Symbian has always been the operating system of choice for Nokia's range of smartphones. The newest version of Symbian is their first mainstream touchscreen OS, and the first phone to use it is the Nokia 5800.
The Nokia 5800 is the first touchscreen phone from the Finnish manufacturer that's broken into the mainstream market. Key to its success is that the new OS powering it is a direct translation
of S60, the OS that powers their other smartphones. It brings all the power of S60 to the Nokia 5800, whilst at the same time bringing a new user experience, with its full touch interface. With a customisable front end, you can change the front screen of the Nokia 5800 to include shortcuts to your favourite contacts, or favourite applications, giving you instant, one touch access to all your favourite content, with the Nokia 5800.
Released as part of the XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5800 is designed to be an exceptional music and media phone. Music playback is of a superior quality, with amazing clarity of sound, and controlling playback is easy, because the Nokia 5800 has a very well-laid and intuitive control interface. MicroSD card support allows you to increase the memory on your phone, and add in more storage space for more of your music collection.
There is also a second version of the Nokia 5800, which comes complete with Nokia's Comes With Music package, which gives you unlimited access to a wide range of songs and albums. The Nokia 5800 Comes With Music variant is the easiest and cheapest way to build up a very, very big music collection.
Internet access is a common element across most modern mobile phones, and it is something the Nokia 5800 also does particularly well. The web browser, based on WebKit, is easy to use, and gives you a true internet experience, allowing you to view full websites, while the HSDPA connection gives you broadband speeds on your Nokia 5800. Rounding out the hardware features are a 3 megapixel camera, which lets you grab instant, sharp photos, and GPS, which comes complete with Nokia Maps, and allows you to use the Nokia 5800 to replace your old sat-nav.
If you want a high-end music phone, that will also double up as your camera and your sat-nav, then the Nokia 5800 is one of the best phones available.
