Personally, I aint a big fan of listening to music. Sure its a great thing to do while stuck in traffic, but thats about it. So I never did understand all the hullabaloo about the iPod or the music features of the iPhone. Apparently it mattered a lot, to a lot of people. And Nokia felt sufficiently threatened to launch a whole new range of cell phones which concentrated on music. Thats not to say that I never dug music based cell phones. I went in for the Nokia 5500 for its music features despite its bulkiness.

Coming to the Nokia 5800, which reminds me in size of my erstwhile Nokia 5500 (of course the touchscreen and weight are something that make a HUGE difference) , the primary motive of satisfying customers interested in a music phone remains the same. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is aomngst the first devices to support Comes With Music, Nokia's groundbreaking service which offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue. Thats Nokias answer to the Apple iTunes.

Theres some amazing features that Nokia has integrated into the 5800 that have never been seen before.

Taking advantage of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic introduces the 'Media Bar', a handy drop down menu that provides direct access to music and entertainment, including favourite tracks, videos and photos. The Media Bar also offers a direct link to the web and to online sharing. 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.

Ensuring a seamless music experience, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also provides easy access to browse and purchase tracks from the Nokia Music Store, where applicable, while the newly updated Nokia Music PC software allows for easy drag-and-drop transfer of songs and management of any music collection.

The innovative 'Contacts Bar' lets consumers highlight four favorite contacts on their home-screen and, through a single touch, track a digital history of recent text messages, emails, phone logs, photos and blog updates. The underlying Series 60 OS is extremely popular and the addition of touchscreen to it has only made it even more powerful.

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.

According to Dialaphone, this 3G handset also has 3.6Mbps HSDPA support, plus GPRS, EDGE and Wi-Fi to support it.

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