Today, Nokia announced their first ever touch screen device, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic running S60 Fifth Edition (what happened to 4th? no matter) on Symbian OS 9.4. Nokia has priced the device at a reasonable 279 Euro and this is with a full year of Comes With Music. That is not too much for a feature-rich device with all the music you can consume. AllAboutSymbian has a solid preview of this device.
To most people's minds, that is still pretty expensive in the US, where phones are usually $50 due to signing your soul away for a long contract. Nokia is rarely able to offer subsidized phones on the US networks, but let's hope they can do something and not at the same time kill the device with carrier demands.
I don't normally post topics re-telling a news release, but this one ties in with what I am currently writing about regarding music on your mobile phone. I phone that is not only a good iPod replacement because it holds plenty of music and has a standard telephone jack, but excellent stereo speakers for when you want to listen but not wear headphones.
To most people's minds, that is still pretty expensive in the US, where phones are usually $50 due to signing your soul away for a long contract. Nokia is rarely able to offer subsidized phones on the US networks, but let's hope they can do something and not at the same time kill the device with carrier demands.
I don't normally post topics re-telling a news release, but this one ties in with what I am currently writing about regarding music on your mobile phone. I phone that is not only a good iPod replacement because it holds plenty of music and has a standard telephone jack, but excellent stereo speakers for when you want to listen but not wear headphones.
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