Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to launch early February

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to launch early February

Auckland, 16 January 2008 - Nokia announced today that the highly anticipated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be available in New Zealand in early February. The latest in Nokia's XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic delivers a stylish music device with a touch screen interface to the mass market and is expected to retail in New Zealand for $899.

Aiming to put music into the hands of millions, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks, support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm headphone jack. Built-in surround sound stereo speakers offer the industry's most powerful sound.

"When it comes to music phones, people all over the world want a device that is a great music experience and still works really well as a mobile phone, without sacrificing features," said Jo Harlow, Vice President, Nokia. "The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic delivers on this and allows consumers to quickly and easily access and share the content that is most important to them with the people that are most important to them."

Making the most of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic delivers easy and fast access to all music, videos and photos through a one-touch 'Mediabar' drop down menu. 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.

The innovative 'Contacts Bar' lets people highlight four favourite 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.

With exceptional screen resolution the 3.2" widescreen display brings photos, video clips and web content to life in vibrant colour and true clarity. With a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and 30 frames-per-second playback and recording, the device is ideal for VGA quality video recording and playback. 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 favourite online community, such as Share on Ovi, Flickr, or Facebook.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers a variety of input methods including a virtual alphanumeric keypad, a virtual computer-style QWERTY keyboard, a pen stylus, and for true music enthusiasts, a plectrum.

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Note to editors:
Photos of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic are available at www.nokia.com/press

About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television, imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

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