Comments on: Nokia goes all out with new music phone

The Nokia 5800 is a touch-screen phone with a high-end music player and a 3.2-megapixel camera.

[myles taylor]

Your first mention of the LG Dare is spelled "Bare".

Looks like a nice phone. If I decide to stick with my current carrier it might be worth looking into. I'm curious about the web browser though and apps. I already have an iPod Touch, so an iPhone seems like something I wouldn't want to get. If I could somehow get a data plan on my iPod, I wouldn't need an iPhone.

[jedmmj11]

no its not (spelled bare)

[myles taylor]

Actually it was, but it was changed. ;)

[dru168]

Not bad. Not bad at all. Those other iPhone copycats are ugly.

[jsarrafi]

If this is Nokia's first touch-screen then I must have been some sort of Prophet 4+ years ago when I had the Nokia 7710 which...happened to have a touch-screen.

[bobfox321]

Google's Android will be making, IMHO, a major impact and I will wait before I buy anything else. I suspect my waiting time will be 6 months to a year. In the mean time, I would refuse to sign a 2 year contract for any other service.

Go Android !

[AppleSuxLeo]

AAPL dropped almost $9 today while MSFT actually was up a few cets. Here is one reason why...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7649060.stm
DRM-free tracks the user gets to keep from the Nokia service. All the major labels and a lot of independants are on board.
Sux to be AAPL right now. The music DL model is changing...and iTunes is the Model T .

[AppleSuxLeo]

Nokia`s new music buying model and Gphone with AmazonMP3 are two big daggers to the heart of Apple. AAPL $40 soon ??

[alqaqish]

Nokia can dismiss the iPhone all it wants, but if it weren't for the iPhone Nokia, LG and Samsung for that matter would still be making the same crappy phones with the same old designs year after year.

Say what you want about Apple or the iPhone, the bottom line is that the iPhone changed everything!

[TheTiredGuy]

LG actually had a full touchscreen phone out before Apple. It was the Prada. The iPhone design looks almost exactly like it.

[Uzbekistani]

I'm getting this phone even if the US carriers don't pick it up -- in fact I'm more than happy to pay $400 (I'm sure in a couple of weeks after its release date it will shed $20-50 )for an unlocked, touchscreen phone. Realistically, this is THE phone if you're looking for an unlocked touchscreen phone (what are my other options -- HTC or Samsung with their <$600 phones? -- give me a break) which doesn't come "loaded" with $80-$100 voice/data plan. It's perfect -- Xpress Music means perfect sound quality, wi-fi means free internet, unlocked means I can install whatever I want (voip among them), up to 16gig support means I can upgrade to 16 gig card when they are more reasonably priced. Also, I'm getting videorecording (Iphone anyone?), 3.2 mp camera (Iphone's choking), and Symbian -- probably the best mobile OS. Also, Nokia phones have flash support, so I can watch internet video -- good luck with Safari.

Not saying that Iphone sucks (it doesn't, I like it), but I like this phone so much better. Great job, Nokia. And for all those who are claiming that Iphone started this whole touchscreen trend, check your history books, Nokia 7710, which came out in 2004, (just for the Apple fanboys who have problems with math -- 2004 IS earlier than 2007, big surprise, huh?) had a touchscreen.

[kmg1186]

Will Verizon let me use this phone with their network? They must have some sort of plan for unlocked phones, no? If not, is there anyway to give and receive text messages (not instant messages) or make phone calls (assuming something like Skype?) without a carrier?

[futurevanurse]

Verizon is a not a GSM carrier. Unlocked phones are only for use on GSM networks. Verizon is a CDMA network. The two networks are not compatible, also CDMA network don't use SIM cards.

[Harry D]

An open letter to Nokia and all manufacturers about their cell phones: they stink.

Phones have become so feature-laden that they're just toys anymore. Why do you cater so much to children?

I'm an adult and above other things i need a phone that makes calls reliably. Reception has become a major issue across the board with all phones by all makers, but damn, they have nice cameras and music players (that's sarcasm, btw).

I need a phone with good reception that works as close to anywhere as possible. I don't need a computer in my hand, and I won't use text to communicate - it's a phone, remember? It uses the most efficient means of communication that has evolved over centuries of anthropology: the human voice. Features are nice, but please don't forget that these are PHONES, not typewriters nor iPods.

thanks, trying to be a loyal customer here.

[askalako]

Harry, you have to remember that not all phones are marketed for everyone - just as this phone is probably not marketed for you. You may not need a computer in your hands but nokia has a LOT of phones that don't have PIM or wifi or browsers, etc. You're an exception when it comes to cell phones. Generation X and Y don't need pure cell phones. They want an all in one gadget so that they do not have to carry a camera, a PC, a phone, and a PDA in a bag. I used to carry a cell phone and my Palm Vx as a PDA. Now, I simply have a Palm Centro. You don't need this product? Easy, go buy something else.

[askalako]

Harry, you have to remember that not all phones are marketed for everyone - just as this phone is probably not marketed for you. You may not need a computer in your hands but nokia has a LOT of phones that don't have PIM or wifi or browsers, etc. You're an exception when it comes to cell phones. Generation X and Y don't need pure cell phones. They want an all in one gadget so that they do not have to carry a camera, a PC, a phone, and a PDA in a bag. I used to carry a cell phone and my Palm Vx as a PDA. Now, I simply have a Palm Centro. You don't need this product? Easy, go buy something else.

if ur network is t-mobile, can u still use this phone?
because i bought an un-locked nokia phone one time and i couldnt go on the internet or send and recive picture messags

[memyselfandi5686]

i had the xpress music 5300 & i twas junk. i just now got the xpress music 5610. its ok better apps but the SAME OLD display. i didnt like the g1 or samsung behold. is this 5800 good? kinda steep on price but i do like touch screens. dont need the internet (id use the wifi tho) tmobile charges an arm & a leg for the internet. this would work w/ tmobile wouldnt it? their current line of phones sucks!

[abcyesn]

Aloha from Hawaii. My name is Tim, aka Cellular-Decay.

In spite of my fascination with gadgets, I only recently got into fancy cell phones ("smart" phones). I used to carry a basic phone and a PDA, because I didn't like what was available in "convergence" devices. It just seemed like they were too much of a compromise.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic "Tube" seems to have changed my mind, since my old Razr and Zodiac have been collecting dust lately. There are things the Zodiac did better, but I'm still early in the learning curve for the 5800, and I'm pretty confident that with some more time (and applications) I will find it easy to forget the old Z.

There are, of course, lots of things the 5800 does better, so even if I can't totally forget the Z, I'm sure I won't have any regrets.

Oh well..I hang out at http://www.Nokia5800Forum.com a lot. take care all. See ya 'round.