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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic tips and treats
By JBC on 16 March 2009
GLOBAL – The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is rolling out globally and with it is coming a raft of useful tips, tricks and treats from all corners. Our friends over at AllAboutSymbian win the “most comprehensive coverage of a touchscreen handset” award for their immense list of tutorials, reviews and other titbits (we’ll highlight a few in a minute). The peeps inside Nokia have also been busy, with the clever bods over at Forum Nokia assembling a rather nifty classic in the form of Touch Solitaire. Read on for more.
Rafe and Steve at AllAboutSymbian have a host of useful tutorial features written specifically for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. From the basic beginner’s Guide to the more advanced how to take screenshots.
Two that caught our attention (and if you’re a 5800 user, I suspect yours too) are how to subscribe to web feeds and how to take better pictures. The first sounds, and is, pretty straightforward, but the AAS lads put a nice twist on it, highlighting a simple step by step guide to adding a whole collection of feeds at once. So, if you already have an RSS reader running on your computer, you can simply export your feeds, follow the guide and you’ll have the whole lot up and running on your 5800 before you know it. Covering off some basics in a no-nonsense way the camera tips will surely make for better results too.
Elsewhere, Solitaire has hit the Nokia 5800 thanks to the chaps at Forum Nokia. Intended as a touchscreen demo app to show other developers how it’s done, we get the bonus of having another free app to download and keep us busy between (and during) meetings. Check it out and download it from Forum Nokia.
Cosmin over at Softpedia also has a host of quick tips and tricks worth taking a look at. Broken into two articles Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Tips and Tricks and More Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Tips and Tricks there’s plenty of nifty advice to help you get more from the device.
And if there are any other tricks you’ve discovered, feel free to let us know below.
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Tags | nokia 5800 xpressmusic, tips
March 17th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I cant relate I dont have a 5800 hehe
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March 18th, 2009 at 11:42 am
@illusionado, then why bother to comment about it?
Great article, very helpful to 5800 users!
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March 18th, 2009 at 7:26 am
WIll the 5800 have homescreen widgets like the N97 does? There’s too much space being wasted if short cut icons are used.
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March 19th, 2009 at 8:36 am
I had many problem with this phone-
1.I cant refereshed my music library.Whenever i did so its hang for long time then i need to switch off the phone.
2.Maps are not working. whenever i tried to open map is open the earth icon and from there I am not able to do anything as my touch screen doesnt response to me (Hang)
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March 19th, 2009 at 9:04 am
@RAJESH KUMAR,
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March 19th, 2009 at 11:55 am
This phone has alot of problems-calls are dropped too frequently, speaker is a problem and lights do not flash on an incoming call…………….Its waste of money
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September 5th, 2009 at 8:47 am
nothing lyk thats as above..its gud working…n best touch mobile available now in market..
the reason is they dont use it carefully..
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September 16th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Nokia is cheating this time(Nokia5800)-
1. picture quality is like old VGA camera (I was using N73, which has same specification but picture quality of nokia 5800 is worst).
2. Nokia says it as a music phone but music quality is same as old phones (ya, its headset jack is a good thing)
3. No adobe reader in 5800….i have to buy it for Rs. 800.
4.some times it goes off automatically.
5. now i m facing prolem, it does not boot….On switching on phone , it shows nokia logo but does not start….i have shown it to customer care twice but now again same prolem.
6. No file hide software….initially they proides u, file hide software which is a demo n like many other software they demand money after trial period.
7. Games devloped for it r pathetic…….if u like mobile games, this phone will make u cry. this phone is not compatile for most software or games u download from net.
8. its real player plays nothing… u have to download smart movie player software for playing movies which expires after trial and demands money, otherwise phone shows yor movie file as currepted file, even if it is in right formet.
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October 27th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
the nokia5800 is a very good phone,
i love it so much, i dropped it down the toilet twice and stabbed the speaker with a hair clip and its all the same?
i dont know what u are all on about! the picture quality is amazing and graphics are good. i love my nokia and wouldnt change it for any other phone in the world. X
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