Nokia 5800 Express Music

Nokia has just released the 5800 ExpressMusic! It is Nokia's first mass market device offering with touch screen.

According to Nokia press release,

Taking advantage of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic introduces the ‘Media Bar’, a handy drop down menu that provides direct access to music and entertainment, including favourite tracks, videos and photos. 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, not just pieces of it. In addition, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks and support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. Built-in surround sound stereo speakers offer the industry’s most powerful sound.

Specs in detail:

• 3.2-inch 16M touchscreen.
• 640 x 360 pixels resolution (16:9 display ratio).
• Symbian S60 5th edition OS with touch input
• Accelerometer for auto screen rotation.
• 3.2 MP AF Carl Zeiss lens, dual LED flash and geo-tagging support
• GPS with A-GPS function
• 3.5mm headphone/video-out jack
• microSDHC card slot (up to 32 GB)
• 8GB microSDHC card included

Check out review at TimesOnline.co.uk

Samsung Pixon M8800

Samsung introduced a new phone called the Pixon last month. Pixon is equipped with an 8 megapixel camera with auto-focus, fast-shutter, face detection, geo-tagging and LED flash.

The pixon features 3.2-inch screen offering 240x400 resolution and TouchWiz, similar to Omnia. The 8-megapixel camera offers maximum image resolution of 3264x2448 with auto-focus, face-recognition, Wide Dynamic Range, Advance Shake Reduction, GPS geo-tagging support, and WSVGA and VGA video recording at 30fps. Based on the Qualcomm MSM6281 chip, the M8800 will offer 3G support for faster Internet, in addition to support for quad-band GSM and tri-band HSDPA networks. Surprisingly the M8800 will not feature Wi-Fi and a 3.5mm jack.

The Samsung pixon, is a touchscreen phone that will compete directly with the LG KC910 Renoir which also sports an 8-megapixel camera. The LG KC910 might carry expected price of $800, while Samsung M8800 will be priced at $979.

Reviews at TechRadar.com

LG KC780 Slimmest Camera phone?

The LG KC780 cameraphone is now officially confirmed. Detailed specs are still not revealed but we know that the KC780 is 8 Megapixel phone, and slimmest 8 megapixel phone to-date. Slimmer than 13.8mm to beat the Samsung M8800 Pixon.