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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

25 Feb 2009

Nokia, the Finnish giant, has unleashed their first full touchscreen phone, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. What's more, it Comes with Music in more than one way.

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			<a href="/feature-getting-right-touch-touch-screen-phone-feature" alt="/product-nokia-5800-xpressmusic/review?review=10183">Getting the Right Touch - A Touch Screen Phone Feature</a>			</li>
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			<a href="/review-nokia-5800-xpressmusic-commitment-music" alt="/product-nokia-5800-xpressmusic/review?review=12464">Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - A Commitment to Music</a>			</li>
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			<a href="/review-preview-symbian-s60-v50-nokia-5800-xpressmusic" alt="/product-nokia-5800-xpressmusic/review?review=12389">Preview: Symbian S60 V5.0 on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic</a>			</li>
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			<a href="/review-preview-nokia-5800-xpressmusic" alt="/product-nokia-5800-xpressmusic/review?review=25590">Preview - Nokia 5800 XpressMusic</a>			</li>
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			<h2 class="header-green">Nokia 5800 XpressMusic - A Commitment to Music</h2>
		<span class="byline">Reviewed by Seow Tein Hee on Wednesday, 25 Feb 2009</span>
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<p>Having had a successful run with its Symbian S60 operating system, especially with its older, but more popular Nokia N95 8GB, it was high time Nokia left familiar grounds and evolved to catch-up with the other players in the market. As you might have surmised, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be the first of many other touchscreen devices (think Nokia N97 which will be available within the first half of 2009) from the Finnish giant with an updated OS. To sweeten the deal, the 5800 XpressMusic will have Comes with Music bundled within, with Singapore being the first in the region and second in the world to introduce Nokia's own unlimited music download service. In our earlier article, we've taken a <a target="_blank" href="/view/12389">quick look at the updated Symbian S60 V5.0 OS</a> and some of its newer touchscreen features. But how will it fare on an actual unit? The answers are coming right up after a quick glance at the phone's specifications below.</p>
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