Nokia 5800 + Nokia N97 – an In-depth Look
Posted by admin | Posted in Symbian | Posted on 09-03-2010
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The world of touchscreen mobile phones is starting to get exciting, as the most recognised brand in the business has brought out not one, but TWO mobile phones: the sleek Nokia 5800 and the terrifyingly awesome Nokia N97.
Nokia 5800 – the power of music
First up is a whole new member of Nokia’s Xpress family of music mobile phones, the mouth-watering Nokia 5800. This phone is quite obviously made for music and video; you can tell by the separate XpressMusic button that brings up a list of links to music, videos, the web, and more. Oh, and the Nokia 5800 has a 3.2 inch touchscreen, to let you muck about with those different media files. Basically, the Nokia 5800 was designed as a teeny handheld jukebox and movie player, and as music handsets go, this is easily one of the sexiest.
The Nokia 5800 has also got a 3 megapixel camera, HSDPA internet access and sat-nav, making it a wonderful all-round mobile phone, on top of being a brilliant media gadget. Oh, and it’s got a strap to attach a fake guitar plectrum. That rocks. However, the Nokia 5800 is very definitely a mid-range phone; it’s not, nor will it ever be, a full-fat top-end monster. That position falls to a separate device…
Nokia N97 – the power of power
With the Nokia 5800 all set to deliver touchscreen mobile phones to the mid-range market, that leaves a very big gap at the absolute top-end of the product range; well, there IS a touch-based mobile phone on its way to fill that gap: the frankly awesome Nokia N97. This uses the same Symbian S60 Touch interface and crams it within the shell of a proper, full-tilt smartphone. Which means it’s got a massive, 3.5 inch screen, a slide out QWERTY keyboard, and the camera’s been upgraded to 5 megapixels.
The Nokia N97 is, obviously, destined to be the new flagship Nseries mobile phone, and it’s genuinely as powerful as the rumours said, with HSDPA, sat-nav, digital compass, and integrated Flash, meaning you get an internet experience that tops any other mobile phones! Put it like this: the Nokia N97 is unbelievable. It easily outdoes other mobile phones and while the Nokia 5800 (or, to give it its development name, the Nokia Tube) angles to take over the mid-range, I’m predicting that the Nokia N97 will totally DESTROY the competition next year!
