Nokia ExpressMusic 5800 touch phone now in Beijing

Just read that the Nokia ExpressMusic 5800 touch phone (aka Tube), the competitor to Apple's iPhone is now available in Beijing today. Apparently, there is going to be a line up to get the phone, the phone is already available in Taiwan and Hong Kong.



I'm still waiting for the Nokia N97 that was announced at Nokia World 2008, that phone looks cool. The phone competition is really heating up in the touch display and UI world, but this gives great value and choice for customers. The Nokia ExpressMusic 5800 touch phone has been mainly marketed as a music phone that will cater to music lovers and young people with its hit feel and smaller size compared to the iPhone. So the ExpressMusic 5800 is in a different segment than the iPhone. The Nokia N97 however will be targetted for business users and seems will be made available in June of this year.

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The genie is outside of the bottle: Nokia N97

So everybody already knows by now that the new stunning, QWERTY keyboard, touch screen, iPhone competitor is out from Nokia at Nokia World. It is the N97 and it looks really nice. Wow it has 32 GB of onboard memory! My, that's like a server on a phone! It expands till 48 GB if you add a microSD card, just simply amazing! This phone was definitely made for video. It does 16 X 9 resolution. Promo video of the N97 phone is shown below.










Here's a demonstration of one of the videos of the N97 in action at the NYC flagship store:







Robert Scoble (from FastCompany) has a blog post about the N97 compared to the iPhone and his viewpoints which he says has many features better than the iPhone, especially video.




Ah, ooh, and there is mention of doing Facebook on the phone as well. So, how will the N97 fare with consumers compared to iPhone, well only time will tell.



Many people are saying how they want to retire their N95 or other phones to get the N97. Seeing that the price is around $600 US starting, it's certainly expensive for the average consumer but I can see where business people would want to get it.



Just imagine the possibilities you could use this phone for Mobile Web 2.0 and mobile social networking!

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