Technology bloggers and cellphone addicts have seen and heard about Nokia’s first full touchscreen phone, codenamed ‘Tube’ for months already. Most of the public though, first saw the phone in the hands of Morgan Freeman, who played Lucius Fox in the Batman epic The Dark Knight.
In the Dark Knight, it has features that well, let’s accept it, are nowhere near reality. But in real life, it still has enough going for it to grab a good portion of the sales pie.
The ‘Tube’, officially the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, is Nokia’s first touchscreen only phone. It runs Symbian S60, modified for touch input of course, and uses a resistive touchscreen with haptic feedback. See, unlike the iPhone, this Nokia vibrates to let the user know that the key input has been accepted, that’s pretty neat if you ask me. It also comes with a pick-shaped stylus though, so no worries if you don’t like using your fingers.
As is the case for all XpressMusic branded phones, the 5800’s main focus is music playback. For this, it has a bundled 8 GB microSD card, a 3.5 mm jack, and excellent audio quality.
If you’re looking for a music phone with a touchscreen that is not an iPhone, then the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic could be just right for you.
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