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Nokia finally took off the covers from its touch screen phone, 5800 XpressMusic. The phone better known as Tube is the first to run on Symbian’s Series 60 5th Edition OS. We would refrain it to compare it with iPhone but LG’s KP500 could be its next best competitor in terms of price.

The phone has a vivid 3.2-inch VGA touch screen display with an aspect ratio of 16:9, Carl Zeiss 3.2 megapixel optics with dual LED flash, Wi-Fi, stylus or plectrum support, GPS, HSDPA, TV-Out, 3.5mm audio port, Bluetooth 2.0 and microSD slot supporting up to 16GB although 8GB card will be bundled with the phone.

The phone will start retailing from Q4 of this year for 279 Euros (US$387) and a Comes with Music equipped phone will roll out in early 2009.

Specifications:

Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100/1900/850/900
Data: HSDPA/UMTS/EDGE/GPRS/Wi-Fi (b/g)
Dimensions: 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm
Weight: 109 g
CPU: 369 MHz ARM 11 processor
OS: Symbian OS v 9.4 (S60 5th Edition)
Display: 3.2-inch VGA with a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels
Camera: 3.2 megapixel CMOS sensor, Carl Zeiss lens with dual LED flash
Memory: 81MB internal, expandable via microSD slot
GPS: A-GPS
Battery: 1320 mAh
Talk Time: GSM up to 8.8 hours, WCDMA up to 5 hours
Standby Time: GSM up to 16.9 days, WCDMA: up to 16.6 days

Other Features:

Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP
USB 2.0
Nokia AV 3.5mm
Accelerometer Sensor
Flight Mode
FOTA Firmware over the Air
Nokia Maps 2.0
Proximity Sensor
Stereo FM RDS Radio
Stereo Handsfree Speakers
Still Image Editor
SyncML
Themes
TV Out