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Best of 2008 in Products – The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

By Charlie on 31 December 2008

ESPOO, Finland – The Nokia 5800 had at least two interesting things going for it this year, 1) it was leaked long before launch (when it was known as “Tube”), and 2) it was Nokia’s latest touchscreen device and there were some expectations that it would go head-to-head with the Apple iPhone.

Despite this, the Nokia 5800 hit the world on its own terms. It was clear to the public that it was not going head-to-head with the iPhone. The 5800 came in at a different price point, different set of features, and targeted at a different segment. Yup, the touch-screen commonality was not enough to lump the whole 5800 into the same iPhone niche.

Furthermore, while I claim the 5800 was big in 2008, I think it will be big as well in 2009, which is why it’s on our list of things to watch for next year. Here is a sophisticated device at the right price point that will bring touch-screens to the masses. And we think it will really fly off the shelves once it gets officially connected to Comes With Music.

Are you excited about it? I sure am.

In any case, for your own pleasure, a video of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic:

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Renegade Fanboy Says:
January 2nd, 2009 at 3:42 pm

It will definitely be bigger in 2009, considering that it only made it to a couple of countries in limited quantities

Moz Says:
February 18th, 2009 at 9:27 pm

Hi I’ve just got a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and I’ve noticed one big drawback with this phone. I dialled my service provider Orange and as usual I was asked to enter certain alphanumeric characters from my password. On bringing up the dialler I was horrified to find that there were no letters on each of the number keys as with traditional phones. The day after I looked at the other option in the text messaging screen where you can pull up a traditional alphanumeric keyboard but trying this seemed to lose my call – Is this phone a white elephant for serious phone users?