My first impressions on the 5800 XpressMusic

Rafael T. — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:41:52 +0200

Just got my brand new 5800 XpressMusic 3 days ago and I'll post some impressions here:

Design

In my opinion, the phone is very good-looking. Nothing to compare with a Nseries, but we have to consider it is not a high-end device like the N96, for example. Although, got disappointed with the phone casing, there is a little gap on the top right corner, which makes a cracky noise when you press that region. Searching in the internet found out it is a common issue ...

Multimedia

I'm really satisfied with the multimedia features of the phone. Watching videos, listening to music, browsing through the photos and surfing the internet is just as good as it could be But the camera ... what can I say? It barely looks like a 3.2 megapixel camera. N73's camera was better than that! Downgrade here ...

Touch UI

I was thrilled to try a touch interface in a Symbian phone. And they work nicely together! The 5th edition still has much more to evolve but it was nice to see it is in a good stage already. I really enjoyed the way they ported the Symbian plataform and adapted it according to the needs of a touch-based device.

Battery

The battery is just much better compared to my N95 8gb. It lasts easily 2 or 3 days with intense use, so it should last a lot with normal use.

Conclusion: I'm really happy with it, since it got much better than the prototype I tested last year and seems very good for a first touch-based device by Nokia using Symbian plataform. Can't wait to test the N97!

Hi, fellow Champions!

Rafael T. — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:18:50 +0200

Hi mates,

I'm pleased to be selected among the new Forum Nokia Champions. I have to thank Forum Nokia for the great community and support, and my friends Pankaj Nathani, Jouni Miettunen and Bogdan Galiceanu that inidicated me for the award and now are my fellows!

In this first post I would like to present myself, since we will be working and exchanging ideas during this year.

My name is Rafael Tavares, I live in Brazil and have passion for Symbian programming, specially using Python for S60. I am 15 years old only, maybe the youngest Champion here, but for me, the age doesn't matter when you work hard to reach your targets. And that's what I did: studied hard for 1 year and enhanced my programming skills even more by participating in the Forum Nokia Community! Help is learning, and I learned a lot by helping!

I hope we can work together and make this site even better!

Thank you, Forum Nokia!

Rafael Tavares' Forum Nokia Blog

My first impressions on the 5800 XpressMusic

Hi, fellow Champions!