Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to compete with Apple iPhone

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is supposed to hit the Indian market in early January 2009 and the phone has some special features, which challenges Apple Inc's dominance in the digital music market. It will be available in black, red and blue variants..

NOKIA, ONE of the top mobile companies in India had finally launched the much-awaited touchscreen phone – Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The launch of touchsreen phone in India is touted as the company’s answer to the latest sensation Apple iPhone. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is reportedly priced at Rs 21,800 for the Indian Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is supposed to hit the Indian market in early January 2009 and the phone has some special features, which challenges Apple Inc’s dominance in the digital music market. The phone can handle as many as 60 different languages and it supports both finger and stylus touch.

The phone weighs 109 grams and the screen size is 81mm (3.2-inch) diagonally, with 640x480-pixel touchscreen display, which can play multiple types of video at a high resolution. The phone also has an accelerometer for display rotation.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic comes with 81MB internal memory, 8GB microSD memory card, capable of storing approximately 6,000 songs. The memory of the phone can be further expanded up to 16GB. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is equipped with the Symbian S60 interface.
Positioned as a music phone, Nokia 5800 comes pre-loaded with a vast range of music collection. Nokia’s Comes With Music service is the special feature of Nokia 5800, which will allow users to download music for free for a year from a catalog that includes 4 million songs.