Nokia 5800 Tube press shot leaks into the wilds
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Sep 24th 2008 8:42AM
posted Sep 24th 2008 8:42AM
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What's with the wedge at the top-rear of the phone?
Looks odd.
Various connections. Headphone jack, Modified (customized) USB connector and something else. Sexy phone but does it come in any colours. Don't get me wrong that red is probably one of the reasons I'd buy the phone but colour options is always nice.
didn't you see the dark knight?
That's where the headset jack and the microUSB port is - the devices' sides are a bit sloped apparently, so the had to add either something like this or recess the ports iPhone 2G-style. While it really does look a bit odd, I prefer using my own headset over a slightly nicer design...
That is one nice touch music phone!
If you like this then you should check out the iPhone! ®
For those that are wondering.
This is how you differentiate your handset's appearance from the iphone.
This is not an iphone clone!
Unlike that pesky lg renoir and countless others...
how is the lg a ripoff when their first phone came out before iphone? oh cause u dont have common sense. got it.
looks pretty nice, nokia. is there a keyboard?
nope.
You could probably add a fullsized bluetooth keyboard like the Apple one I use with my N800.
Or the foldable bluetooth Nokia keyboards or any of the many others that can be paired up with your Nokia.
Don't worry, if you don't like this one, Nokia will release the 5801, 5802, and 5805+, all of which will be incrementally different, and none of which will support consistent upgrades. Nokia just wants to make sure its consumers, developers and storefronts have lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of choices, even if they are all basically the same.
And what's wrong with that? Pick and choose your specs :)
Right, because Steve Jobs was levitating in his office on December 15, 2006 and saw the LG Prada's first spy shots on Engadget. He was so disturbed that he fell out of his meditation and crashed to the ground.
When his aides rushed in, they found him on the floor, shakily pointing at the picture of the Prada and whispering, "it will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine."
In the next three weeks, the Apple team worked around the clock designing the iPhone to carefully ape the Prada's shape, design and interface. Except that they laid out the screen with more icons (which had a different design), they dropped the buttons on the front and used one multi-function button instead, and rounded the edges. Oh, and the screen had more pixels. The design satisfied The Steve, and he put his blessing on it.
In those same three weeks, The Steve went back in time for several months to spread rumors about the Apple Phone, to gain hype for his new product - this is actually Standard Operating Procedure at Apple.
Of course, to get the moulds to the Chinese elf factory in time to start production, Cupertino used it's fleet of stealth Unicorns as ferries. Not the first time to be sure.
May the lord strike down this blasted piece of garbage comment system! This is a reply to the moron above, Deeznuts420.
@Ryan..
ummm... WTF?
Imran, what's wrong with that is Nokia doesn't want to make the perfect device, customers will never get perfect support, and developers will never be able to perfectly support any of their handsets. Contrast that with, ahem, other providers.
How can a phone used as a spy device in the Dark Knight satiate your appetite quickly? I didn't realize iPhone and G1 had built in spy gear...
test
I hope the front buttons are clicky
Does this device have a slide-out QWERTY keyboard? Looks sort of like it does.
I'm sorry, but as sold as I was/am on iPhone, and as blown away as I am by the G1, it just seems like unless you reinvent the hardware or the interface that no one is gonna care anymore..... I think we'll see the market able to support a lot fewer phone models in the future; 90% of the way to unbelievably cool just ain't gonna cut it....
actually, apple copied HTC with their touch screen phones that had been around for years before the iphone...copycat what?
Come onnnn! Everybody is copying the iPhone now in days! and don't tell me no. Incredible, companies with years of experience try to copy a new in cell phone and doesn't even come close. How did Apple manage to do that? So far, from what I see, only Nvidia offers a decent competition with their new chip design. hopefully they don't screw it up withe software.
It doesn't look anything like the iPhone, idiot! Unless you mean it looks the same because it's red, has a screen, and says Nokia on it.
read myc omment above, replied to the wrong comment
yup. this nokia is a KIRF!!!
MR. FORD: you just called your self an idiot: "the Finns definitely borrowed some design cues from Apple's iPhone, but it seems that Nokia has hit all the right notes with the 5800." http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007853.html
I think you will find that those "cues" are actually copied INTO the iPhone from the likes of the Motorola A1200 MING, the Viewty, etc. Apple did things a little cleaner (in their typical spartan way); so in one sense the 5800 looks more like the Ming, the ViewTy etc than the iPhone (which, frankly, is very little besides a fashion accessory in terms of capabilties..)
isnt the new nokia touch phone suposed to be the same one used in the Batman movie?
Doesn't this look pretty similar to the one used in the Dark Knight? I'd say so...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otZNOoj0SVM
yes it is - nice marketing nokia!
So just because it is a touchscreen device, means it is copying the iphone? I think not.
To google:operation Iphone indeed did brought the TS back. There was some competition in 2003 when Nokia example had 7710 already back in 2003, but iphone no doubt brought competition back especially in Europe and Asia where WM(or WM devices at all) TS devices dont exist. Competition is always good for us consumers and Nokia have had it easy in receant years as Nokia has bean beating Moto down and any of the big guys after Moto haven't had it to take Nokia down(Samsung is doing nice currently thought).
Can't wait!!!!11
Considering that it got the features i need and big screen with 640 × 360 reso(compared to iphones 480x320 for example) and 3.2mpx camera.
Thought i might hold for the next years TS devices that are rumoured to be the real thing. As normal Nokia will start flooding market with different TS devices. 5800 starting from mid with cheap price and going to for high end in February next year.
Ahh, the 7710!
It was pretty damn good phone for being born in 2004, 640x320 and under 200g, very nice device indeed.
Also one of the first DVB-H phones was 7710 with additional tuner.
Very solid looking phone, too bad that they never carried on the design/software, I blame the S90 base that was only used by that phone, whereas S60 is very popular.
It's a shame that Nokia or Symbian didn't keep S90 alive back then, but i guess not even Nokia can keep every base on their own even as that's what they have been doing couple of years now(with 40% market share that's kind of the only thing you can still do).
Yeah, There are no WM devices in Europe. None. The XDA and the various Tmobile devices never took off did they?
Tool.
No WM devices in Asia ? Do you even know where Asia is ? I would not expect some one spelling "been" as "bean" to know that anyway. Get your facts before you post anything.
Walk through the streets of London for a whole day and you won't see more than 5 WinMo devices, guaranteed. On the other hand, you'll certainly see 100+ N95s on that one day.
I'm serious.
Well considering that WM got 14% of smartphone market and by far largest part of it is from NA... what's left for Asian and European market. I really need to look hard to find one WM device in Germany at least.
At least here in Finland, Symbian (=Nokia) has a huge share of the market, WM devices are really rare, mostly in some businesses.
i wonder what the price point and everything else about this phone is.
i don't think it will replace my N85.
No solid info yet of course, but it's middle priced like Nokia has it's self said for their first device. Nokia is going for higher end phones at the start of next year.
Aye you are right N85 is real good value of money, but i'm probally going to get 5800XM next to my N82.
this thing better be the shizznit, is all i'm saying.
So this is nokias big new touch screen phone?
Thats really dissapointing, the screens not big enough and its too thick.
Le sigh :(
That photo's actual size. It's HUGE.
Truthfully- not everyone wants slivers. I prefer the Nokia width & if they can bring high quality optics, great reception & usable S60 I'm may have to break a bet w/ my wife (not to buy another phone until August 09- after having 10 this past year).
If the price is right and come with AWS (please Nokia), I'll buy one instead of the G1.
http://www.suomityres.fi/aws.html
Nokia AWS?
I'm not big on S60 or even Nokia for that matter. But they are at the top for a reason. I'm sure the 5800 will be a great device.
@ Anthony: that photo's actual size? look it in a 14" or 65" and I think it's not tha same size...so just take a piece of paper and draw it your own and there you can c tha ACTUAL SIZE...tell me if I'm wrong!
BTW I'm in love with this new TSphone...hope UI's better than we saw months ago...but after all my actual phone is a 1100 or something like that...LOL...that's THE big step for me! =)
Oooh shiny :) Reminds me of a Mercedes for some reason O_o
Gotta be honest. I have a 1st Gen iPhone (love it for what it does) and I am looking for a reason to get rid of it. After year it is a great device, but I want the ability to do things that other phones have had the capabilities to do for years - why do I have to wait until Apple decides it is the right time for me to get GPS, or MMS or flash or cut and paste or.... Damn....they are so slow.
The only thing that is stopping me is iTunes and my Mac. How can I get all my music across to another phone (iTunes bought: DRM'ed and not) onto another phone. My whole world is so simple right now...damn those closed tehcnical ecosystems.... and I am sure there are plenty of other people out there that feel the same way
Right now I feel like Apple has me by the short and curlies - AND IT HURTS!
Well you get what you deserve for buying DRM-crippled music. People like you were always the problem - the labels could get away with it.
As far as general synchronization with iTunes (plus photos/videos with iPhoto) - for Nokia S60 phones (like the 5800) you can use "Nokia Multimedia Transfer". You will also want the Nokia iSync plugin to synchronize your Address Book, iCal, and ToDo list items with your phone.
Just to state the obvious:
Non-DRMed music in your iTunes collection will play fine on the 5800 (and most Nokia phones).
that looks quite nice and sturdy! good job Nokia!
I wonder who will carry it. I'm hoping T-Mobile does!
Nice touchscreen phone, I hope its a user friendly handset. Its buttons looks little bit slippery.