Because the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports Flash content, individuals can surf the entire web, not just pieces of it. In addition, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks and support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. Built-in surround sound stereo speakers offer the industry’s most powerful sound.

‘As Nokia’s first mass-market device with a touch screen, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic turns a ‘user interface’ into a ‘human interface’ by truly putting people first. For example, we’ve introduced the Nokia Contacts Bar, which is like a digital RSS feed on your life,’ said Harlow. ‘By adding the benefits of touch screen technology to S60, the world’s leading smartphone interface, Nokia is taking the familiar and giving it a human touch. We have used touch technology where it really adds value such as the Contacts Bar, Media Bar and clever shortcuts from the homescreen to menu items such as calendar, profiles and clock.’

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and, with a single touch, images or videos can be shared via a favorite online community, such as Share on Ovi, Flickr, or Facebook. Music playlist song titles can also be shared through Bluetooth, MMS or online sharing.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be available worldwide beginning in the fourth quarter of 2008 for an estimated retail price of 279 EUR before taxes and subsidies. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic featuring Comes With Music will be available early next year. Pricing details to follow.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Features List

Contacts Bar -Person centric user interface with visualized contacts
Media Bar -Always an easy access to your favorite media
3.2 inch display
Stereo speakers with surround sound
Stylus and finger touch support for text input and user interface control
Powerful connections with 3G, HSDPA and WLAN
3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeissoptics and dual-LED flash
Front camera for video calls
Built-in A-GPS and Nokia Maps and voice guided navigation
Responsive touch screen with tactile feedback
Proximity sensor for preventing inadvertent touches and for saving power
nHDwidescreen quality video playback

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Specifications:

WCDMA 2100/900,GSM 850/900/1800/1900,HSDPA, WLAN
or GSM 850/900/1800/1900
or WCDMA 850/1900, HSDPA, WLAN, GSM 850/900/1800/1900
User Interface:S60 5th Edition
Dimensions:111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm (L x W x T)
Weight:109 g
Display:3.2 inch nHD(640 x 360 pixels) with up to 16 million colors
Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5J,1320mAh Lion
Memory:81 MB internal memory, support for up to 16GB microSD memory card
CameraLens:Carl ZeissTessar
Image capture:Up to 3.2 megapixels(2048 x 1536)
Video capture:nHD(640 x 360) at up to 30 fps
Flash:Dual-LED camera flash
Talk time: Up to 9 hours (GSM),5 hours (WCDMA)
Standby time: Up to 17 days (GSM),17 days (WCDMA)
Music playback:Up to 35 hours
Video playback:Up to 5 hours (Mpeg4) 3 hours (nHD)
WLAN (IEEE 802.11 b/g)
MicroUSB, 3.5 mm AV connector
Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, AVRCP

Codenamed Tube, the handset will be the first touch-screen model from Nokia and will compete in the high-end market alongside the Apple iPhone and the latest models from Samsung and HTC.

Since it was first announced in early August, details on the Tube project have been few and far between.

In addition to the touch-screen capabilities, the Tube is said to feature a Wi-Fi connection and support for Java as well as DVB-H mobile TV broadcasts.

Nokia Tube runs on the Nokia’s next generation S60.It has a touch user interface.It has 16M TFT display with 360 x 640 pixels resolution with a 16:9 aspect ratio.The screen would measure something around 3 to 3.5 inches.It does not provide a multi touch interface like that of iPhone.A stylus is also provided for hand writing recognition.No info about the camera and its megapixel count.

Video of Nokia Tube:

It supports all the major comunication options like EDGE,GPRS,HSDPA with uPnP support,WiFi,bluetooth with A2DP support.It has a built in GPS with A-GPS.

It will not come with a N-Series tag and will release in the first quarter of 2009.