Nokia 5800 XpressMusic review

Now, technically, is not the first time Nokia is dirty hands with touchscreen displays, but it seems that this time are determined to do better business in the field. Nokia 5800 is not a simple story. With the influence of Symbian platform, 5th Edition S60, this model will remain in memory as the first full touchscreen model, beyond the inherent problems of the first experiences. It's a XpressMusic series terminal, with an affordable price and a strong personality.

Characteristics
* LCD TFT display 3.2' touchscreen 16 million cuore
* 3.2 MP camera with autofocus and dual LED flash
* Video recording at 30 fps
* Symbian S60 5th Editon
* ARM 11 369 MHz CPU, 128 MB SDRAM memory
* Dual band 3G support with HSDPA
* WI-FI connection with UPnP
* Quad band GSM
* GPS receiver with Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch
* MicroSD slot card and 8 GB
* Stereo jack 3.5 mm
* TV Out
* FM Radio with RDS
* Stereo Bluetooth and USB 2.0.
* Proximity sensor for closing the screen
* Accelerometru screen rotation
* Virtual QWERTY keyboard
* Sales package rich
* Office document viewer
* Integration and OVI MySpace

The main disadvantages

* Limited availability software
* User interface is still immature
* Does not have smart dialing
* Low quality image without geotagging
* Web browswerul touch move heavy
* Does not load via USB
* Does not allow editing office

Package Sale

For starters, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic comes with a memory card with 8 GB, which is not bad for a phone with price around 300 euros. There's also a USB cable for data connections, cable TV-Out and a handsfree in two parts, with a plug of 3.5 mm at each end, so you can easily replace the original castle without sacrifices. To complete the exploration box should mention mandatory, except for husa skin loader and a DC and a lot of manuals and guides to start using the phone as soon as possible. There is also a mini DVD that contains an overview of the characteristics of the phone and all necessary software to sync with your PC ..

Overview
5800 XpressMusic has 111x51.7x15.5 mm in size in the beauties or the touchscreen. That amounts to a volume of 83cc, therefore we can not say is the most compact in its class. This is primarily due to its thickness and considerable height. Form leaves little room for variation and Nokia 5800 tries to construieasca identity as nearest house style. So instead of looking just like a telephone touch you in front of one eye with which boasts that it is without doubt a Nokia pure blood. Removing the back find the battery, behind which you can find space for the SIM card. This is so unusual that they had instructions to draw the cover for this purpose. Behind Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and a Dual LED flash. Another interesting thing is the stylus, which gliseaza easy in a particular place for.

The battery is a 1320 mAh Li-Ion. Quoted at length the impressive life of 400 hours in stand-by and at 8 hours and 45 minutes talk time, is sure that this battery is pretty strong that the phone will Mantini functional enough time. Promise to play 35 hours of music makes us believe a viable. However, these values are maximal. Large screen applications and consuming energy, such as Wi-Fi, 3G or GPS can make the problem even more powerful batteries. In reality you can expect two days of regular use.

The phone on the outside gives us a sense of robustness, but is destroyed by constant unwanted noises made by the back - Nokia 5800 and smte looks more like a wobbly sliding than a monolithic bloc. The screen is impressive in size and resolution. In fact those of its 3.2 inches, is the largest display of all Finnish phones. Resolution of 360x640 pixels are in top after another monster E90 business. In fact, no other terminal can not measure the resolution, nor even omnipotent iPhone 3G. Contrast and brightness are good, though - must admit - does not compare with OLED technology on the N85. But in terms of screen size all know that counts above all. Unfortunately, legibility under direct sunlight is quite weak. It is the same with HTC Diamond which means that it is quite difficult to find an angle of the job to use the phone in a day with strong sunlight. It seems that the interface is not the only place where iPhone was removed from the competition. You might have some problems before you used to screen sensitive, but if you use the stylus accommodation becomes much easier.

Evolution Symbian S60
We have now reached the most important part of the performance of 5800 XpressMusic. How good or how weak is the phone very much depends on how well goes Symbian S60 touch. Do you believe that the S60 is the most user-fliendly and stable interface for smartphones, but will not necessarily make the facility was a touch better than it is at this moment. S60 optimized touchscreen display is more a curse than a blessing in this moment. Honestly, I felt like 5800 all owners have their uses this terminal as a huge group centered in time of testing various elements of the new interfaces. Comparing interfatele touchscreen S60 5th edition of the LG and Samsung and Windows Mobile will not reach a conclusion in favor of Nokia. And only a mere mention of iPhone would be devastating for morale's 5800 XpressMusic. The interface is fairly intuitive, but it is not the best of the touch control. Each screen comes with submenu and contextual buttons, so browsing will not differ from phones that use a D-pad or soft keys. Unfortunately, when you rotate the phone in the input text, instead get a keyboard Qwery automatically, you only get multi-tap. To activate the virtual QWERTY keyboard, have to manually activate the menu - still a compromise that is far behind the competition. There are a number of options for customizing the interface, either by enabling or disabling the theme or by changing the image and like that. The phone comes with one theme preinstalled, but is by online download many other topics. Casting a glance what the applications can be run on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic I can say that their number is much in favor of Windows Mobile.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic uses an agenda identical to what the previous version of the interface provided. Except of course feature touch. Agenda has unlimited capacity prectic editing a contact and provides a wide variety of preset fields and you can duplicate each of you many times. You can create new fields if you need. Personal ring tones and videos are also available for their award from the contacts. If you prefer, you can contact grouped and assigned each group a specific ringtone.
I had no problem regarding the performance of the call of Nokia 5800. The reception is pretty good, pretty powerful speaker and there were no interference. It seems as though we have been a happy event, since many users had problems with the loudspeaker which burns very quickly, partly solved the problem by changing the Nokia producer speaker. It is quite embarrassing for Nokia that allowed such things to happen to one of the most important portfolio of phones.
The message is still a part that has not been changed too much in comparison with previous models. There are several changes, most often an attempt to simplify the interface and, of course, to add new methods of charge type touch. Will notice a slight change in appearance, but it remains as conservative. 5800 supports all message types - SMS, MMS and E-mail. All have a common intuitive editor which is quite familiar. When composing an SMS, a character is displayed to a maximum of 160 characters. Another indicator divides the number of parts in which the message will be sent. In the end, 5800 offers handwriting recognition, but do not use unless you have a patient iron. Very important is the function of training written by hand, which the phone learn how to write by hand. Another proof that the addition of Nokia have developed as it should feature.
More email accounts and various security protocols are present, so you can be sure that any email service will run without problems on the 5800 XpressMusic. The client can download either the message header and can be set to check mail at a certain time. Another useful application allows you to schedule sending an email when an internet connection is detected. There are also support files and attachments, signature, and generally, you can not think that he would miss something important for the e = mails. In addition, the screen resolution makes reading an email is a real pleasure.

Multimedia
Music player could handle much better. Do not say that player is not capable, but for a touch interface does not look too pleasant. Bibilioteca music is automatically sorted by artist, album, genre and composer and gradual search is available as well. The process of adding a song is as simple as choosing the refresh option. With a large number of formats supported harder you come across an audio file that can not be run. The Equalizer comes with five preset, but there is the possibility adding new ones. On the music player, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has done best of all terminals Finnish before. Video player, instead is made especially like to dezamageasca. Accept only a limited number of codecs, DivX or XviD missing.
FM radio show very well. He has a simple interface and care and can automatically scan and save the available stations in the area where you are. RDS is supported, and the first for Nokia, has automatic updates for alternative frequencies. This means that if you are going, 5800 will deal with automatic switching frequencies of the selected radio.
Gallery of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is yet another part of the interface that has not been radically changed in comparison with other models. This has no way of viewing 3D nor customizable as slideshow series N. The only difference is adding touch-friendliness. In fact, the gallery is one of the few places where the touch interface with finger movements allows the screen surface. File Manager is in general a Symbian interface. The application can do whatever you go through your mind with files - move, copy, rename, sorting or sending. You can also set a password to protect information, if considered necessary.
Camera
Another downside that comes with a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. With 3.15 megapixels and a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 pixels, Carl-Zeiss lens and Dual LED flash could you give the impression that you obtain quality images, at least above average. After the first click in optimal lighting conditions and with all settings at maximum, you will have a downside that could hardly be overcome. Even if the range of settings is quite extensive-from the hand of white ballance, ISO, exposure compensation until the sharpness and contrast - you will not get any pictures impressive. I was quite surprised by the lack of unpleasant geotagging despite how this GPS incorporat. Regarding the video recording is decent handle much more than in photos. The phone has VGA resolution with 30 fps. Pretty good rate on a frame design makes pleasant viewing, clips are captured in MPEG4 format. You can choose whether Dual Flash LED's to stay on permanently, or on the required registration to a certain point.
Connectivity is one of the strengths of Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, otherwise as any smartphone that respect. The phone supports all means of data transfer, either by cable or by wireless. Version and the USB and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP present. Wi-Fi connectivity with UPnP support is also available. The remaining types of connectivity are integrated, from GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA up to.
Web browser is the same as the version of 3rd Edition Symbian S60 interface. It is a shame though is a decent browser, but I have preferred to include a new generation in May and faster than this. Luckily I can install an alternative browser, such MiniOpera which move much better and includes superior facilities net of pre-installed.
Calendar is a useful feature, with three different viewing modes and well known: monthly, weekly, daily plus four types of events available for setting: meeting, memo, anniversary, and to-do-list. Each camp has its own alarm. This smartphone has preisntalate and applications such as Word files to open, Excell, PDF and Power Point. Unfortunately, editing documents is not supported by Quick veriunea Office. Activation option if you want to edit, you will need to purchase another application from the Nokia Download Center. Another useful application is ZIP files manager that lets extract archives directly in the phone.
GPS Module
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic comes with an integrated GPS receiver and judging by our experience, it seems that one is very sensitive. Get the phone took about 2 minutes to connect to the satellite and can start surfing, while we drive in a car, which is pretty decent for a Nokia not accredited specialists in GPS. High-resolution screen is a premise to use reasonable device for GPS navigation. Unfortunately 5800 XpressMusic has voice guided navigation, unlike other models from Nokia, is still expected for a terminal at this price. Comes with Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch preistalat. As you might have guessed, this is more of a touch-enabled version of the standard application, offers ample free maps, but have to pay for the remaining functions, such as traffic information or visit the town guide..
Gaming zone
Accelerometrul integrated rather than help control what games they were expected to be in the center of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Truth is another phone that has only two games preinstalled and one of them can be controlled through gestures. Moreover, it is not a very precise control as we have hoped to offer him, and while the screen is great, certainly a welcome benefit, touch interface is a big disappointment when it comes to games. Instead you can download an extra free game from Nokia Download Center and several manufacturers have released several titles devoted his 5800 XpressMusic, against payment of course. However, Java games can also be considered as a free option to take into account.
Conclusion
At the end of this test ExpressMusic Nokia 5800 we can say that the phone can be seen as an acquisition rather good for the fans of the brand. Sure, in an exchange to receive an interface immature, inconsistent and quite lacking in features, but for the price of sale seems a deal. On the other hand, the first terminal with touch screen Nokia thrown into battle with other industry giants, who are the 3rd generation of touchscreen sites, we can say that is a device that wants to test the market. Unfortunately, poorly adapted Symbian interface touch function, problems with the loudspeaker and camera disappointing, make Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to be a kind of hybrid between the series devoted to the Finnish manufacturer, which fails to build an identity phone personality.