Elizabeth M. Lawinger gives the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 5 out of 5 stars
“I am huge on Nokia Phones (tried blackberry 8820, didn’t care for). I upgraded to this phone from the N95. I really like the N95, but since I have started texting so much, really got annoying texting on the N95 (it just has a numberpad, no qwerty). Landscape qwerty on this phone is really nice, but hand recognition is awesome! I can write faster then I can type when texting, and if you want to keep notes, memos, lists, etc… on your phone, the handwriting entry makes it go quickly. All you have to do is write on the screen and it will type what you write. A feature to love.
I have tried the GPS and it is similiar to the N95. I tested it against my Garmin Nuvi, and it is very similiar. Only complaint as that after you pass a road, it takes a second or two longer than the Garmin to realize you did or didn’t turn, which is only annoying if you make a wrong turn (I did so on purpose to test), But for a phone GPS, it is great. Nice for when walking around an unfamiliar metro area. Didn’t use POI’s much, but played around enough to know they hit all the major spots in our small town, and when pulling up a cateogry such as restaurants, the list was extensive. Very, very handy to have GPS on phone, as I never take my Garmin off my car mount, and prefer not to have to. Also, satellite lock was very quick. Nice!
You can keep 4 contacts (with photo icons) on homescreen for quick calling, texting, etc… but why only 4? Wish there was more. Dialing can be a pain, you have to click several times to get to the point of calling a contact, but I have gotten accusotmed to that (same on N95). Nokia should really make it a 2 click process, select contact and call, hope they make that change. If you pull up the name you want on your contacts you can press the green (go) bar at the bottom of phone and it will call that person.
Internet is nice as well, picks up on my wireless internet fast, as well as quickly at the local coffee spot, but haven’t used it beyond that. Video and photos are sweet on the lcd screen. Bluetooth makes transfer of photos and music from you computer to phone a snap. The speakers on this phone are amazing for a cell phone. Very easy to do. There are lots and lots of other nice applications to play with.
This is the best choice I could make for a cell phone (definetly a step up from the N95, which is a subperb phone). If you like to text and want a full keyboard (or the ability to handwrite using the stylus), keep documents on your phone, (bluetooth is quick and easy transfer back to computer), want to enjoy videos and music (with great sound), like surfing the web, want a GPS (with no need for a data plan), and are a techy-gadget person like myself who couldn’t pass up the idea of having a touchscreen, this is an awesome choice.”
Almir Velagic gives the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 5 out of 5 stars
“This is absolutely amazing phone for the money. It has all the features one can possibly want in a phone. Here are some Pros and Cons. The only reason it did not receive a 5 star review is the lack of commitment from Nokia for the US release of this phone, in terms of firmware updates which are long overdue.
Pros:
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- Amazing interface and ease of navigation
- Has great GPS Function. Nokia maps is awesome and for good measure you can get Google maps to work even better with this device.
- Sound is spectacular on the headphones and not too shabby coming from two built in speakers.
- Great array of apps online for use as a work phone or a entertainment phone.
- Great colors and touch screen response.
- Most importantly great sound and connectivity during calls.
- Decent camera not great in the dark.
Cons:
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- Nokia doesn’t really care too much about the US market when it comes to this phone. No 3G on T-Mobile and No firmware updates that have been out in other countries for some time now.
- Little buggy and sometimes can freeze and needs a restart. This is why they need to release a US firmware update really badly.
- The dial pad lacks letters that correspond, so if you are calling tech support that has e.g 1-800-WHAT good luck figuring out what WHAT is numerically.
- Battery is kind of lacking but what touch screen isn’t.
- A little thick but not too bad. Other dimensions are perfect in terms of hand grasp for texting and emailing.
- Definitely not a camera phone despite its great Carl Zeiss lens.
Overall:
If you want to put away your ipod and still be able to listen to music, have a good navigation system, be able to SMS/EMail quickly, read Office documents WORD, EXCEL, PPT, PDF on the run, maybe squeeze in a few games, and have a stable OS interface (for most part) this is really a great phone. I forgot to mention it actually is a great cell phone in terms of call quality. I did not want to get the G3 from T-Mobile because I am tired of the commitments and have Google force everything down my throat kind of like Apple has been doing to their customers. This phone has gazillion free apps that are actually useful. You will be able to squeeze a lot of use out of this phone on the cheap and enjoy doing it.”
