January 7, 2009

Nokia Touch Phone Launched In India

Nokia has launched its much-awaited touchscreen phone in India. That means from now, you can purchase your dream handset in India. The much speculated and talked about phone, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is touted as the company's answer to Apple iPhone.Nokia Touch PhoneNokia 5800 is priced at Rs 21,800 (almost Rs 9,000 less than 8GB iPhone and Rs 14,000 less than 16 GB iPhone). The phone will also feature Nokia's Comes With Music service, which challenges Apple Inc's dominance in the digital music market.Nokia 5800 XpressMusic touch phoneNokia 5800 has good look with same rounded corners and similar screen like iPhone. The screen size is 81mm (3.2-inch) diagonally, with 640x480-pixel touchscreen display that can play multiple types of video at a high resolution.

Measuring 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, the Nokia 5800 weighs 109 grams. Positioned as a music phone, the phone will be available in black, red, and blue variants. The phone supports both finger and stylus touch.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic touch phone comes with 81MB internal memory, 8GB microSD memory card, capable of storing approximately 6,000 songs. The memory can be further expanded upto 16GB. Nokia 5800 is equipped with the Symbian S60 interface which Nokia showed off last year.

The battery life is reportedly as much as nine hours (GSM) or five hours (HSDPA), 35 hours for music playback or three hours of video. The company claims that the standby time is up to 17 days.