Nokia 5800 XpressMusic kick-starts the year of the widget

GLOBAL – It’s fair to say that in 2008 widgets were more of a hardcore curiosity for users of top-end devices than the mainstream staple of smartphone living. However, 2009 is almost certainly destined to become the year of the widget, popularizing these bite-size Internet-linked applications with the advent of Nokia touchscreen devices tailored towards widget-centric home screens. In fact, the year of the widget is already gaining serious momentum with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, and when the Nokia N97 launches it’s certain to cement these web-connected mini apps as an indispensable new breed of tool tailored to extracting dynamic Internet information on the move.

Click through to find out which widgets are leading the charge on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

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Nokia 5800 tips and the big advice question

GLOBAL – As is the nature with these things, since the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic entered the wild we’ve witnessed a flurry of wonderfully helpful tips for the device emerge from expert sites and online community hubs. Now, I’m a huge believer in the power and uncapped value of communities getting under the skin of a device to help the anyone get more from that product, but this most recent blizzard of bite-size tips for the 5800 made me question why?

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The Nokia 5800 hits Regent St, London with great expectations

LONDON, UK - James, Mike, and I have been harping about how the Nokia 5800 is the real sleeper of 2009. We’ve been hearing reports about how many have been sold in the past two months, and that’s with limited availability (hopefully more news later).

But today’s news is that the Nokia 5800 has come to the Nokia Flagship store on Regent St. in London. And, in contrast to other device launches there, we are pretty happy with the crowd.

Read on for more on this story.

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Comes With Music foundations laid for rest of Europe

GLOBAL – Comes With Music burst into the world screaming to the tune of millions of songs with unlimited downloads to keep, and is now maturing from a mildly misunderstood infant to a mature all-you-can-devour music download service in the UK. With this in mind Nokia has been working to cement rock solid foundations for rolling out Comes With Music across Europe, announcing new pan-European licensing deals with Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and CELAS/EMI Music Publishing.

Read on for more info on the Comes With Music roll-out and to get the full lowdown on what the service is all about.

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Dumping the dirt on you

ESPOO, Finland - James and Mike have been slogging away, making sure great stories still came through while I cavorted with web-heads at Le Web 08 last week. But, I do know that you folks like it when I point to things that interest us, so I’m back with a few things for you to read.

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Video: Mikko Kuusisto and phone updates over the air

ESPOO, Finland – I found out that the N96, the N79, and the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic all have something interesting that I have been expecting for a long time: phone software updates over the air.

What does that mean?

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Software update over the air, N96, N79, Nokia 5800

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Video: The man behind the launch of the Nokia 5800 speaks

LONDON, England – Mark Fletcher is one of Nokia’s key people responsible for the launch of products such as the recently unveiled 5800 XpressMusic.

Last week we briefly caught up with Mark at the launch event for the device at Koko in London (one of the loveliest but loudest venues in the capital, as the video is testament to). Click through to see what he has to say in response to both positive and not so positive reactions that emerged soon after the announcement…

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Now that the dust has settled

LONDON, England – There’s an inevitable mania and intensity that envelops any significant product or service launch, and last night it felt somewhat amplified.