Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Comes With Music
After the launching of iPhone 3G recently followed by the announcement of Google T-Mobile G1 soon to be release on October 22, 2008… Nokia had announced Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, an every inch rival of the first two handheld touchscreen devices.
Its been a year of waiting and thinking of a better smartphone that suits my needs. I don’t have any second thoughts now, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is made for my needs. I loved Nokia because of its user friendly interface, in fact I haven’t used any brand at all except Nokia.
Here’s some of technical specifications.
Weight: 109 g
Memory: 81MB internal memory, 8GB MicroSD expandable up to 16GB
Screen: 640 x 360 pixel, 3.2″ touch display
Input methods: Stylus, plectrum and finger touch support
- Alphanumeric keypad, full and mini QWERTY keyboards
- Handwriting recognition
Music Player: Stereo speaker with surround sound and hi-fi sound quality
Camera: 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels)
Video: Recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps (TV quality)
- Clip length 90 minutes (with available memory)
- Front camera for video calls
Symbian: S60 5th Edition, Symbian OS version 9.4
Operating Frequency:
- WCDMA 900/2100
- GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- WCDMA 850/1900 (Latin America and Brazil variant only)
- Automatic switching between GSM bands
Power: BL-5J 1320 mAh Li-lon battery
- Talk time: GSM 8.8 h / WCDMA 5 h
- Standby time: GSM 406.2 h / WCDMA 400 h
- Music playback time: 35 h
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic featuring Comes With Music will be available early next year.
Google, T-Mobile G1: World's First Android Phone
It was announced the released of world’s first Android Operating System in the mobile market, a partnership of Google and T-Mobile on October 22, 2008 initially for T-Mobile subscribers in United States only. No word if it will be available for prepaid subscribers and release in Asia (especially in the Philippines).
Google G1 Features:
- One touch Google search
- Touch screen
- Customizable home screen
- Run by Android OS (Operating System) – Android is the mobile operating system on the T-Mobile G1. It allows developers from around the world to create new and exciting applications that can easily be loaded onto the phone from the Android Market.
- Full QWERTY keyboard – slide open the screen to use the keyboard
- 3 megapixel camera
- comes with 1GB memory card
- Google pre-installed application:
- Google Search
- Google Maps
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Google Talk
- YouTube
- 3G, EDGE and Wi-Fi connections
Google G1 costs $179 with 2-year voice and data agreement (T-mobile) is cheaper than iPhone 3G. Nobody will think that there’s no competition between Apple’s iPhone 3G and Google’s T-mobile G1. For sure, the price would be much higher in my country just like iPhone 3G. How about mobile ebook on this smartphone? I’m sure online mobile ebook reading will be a wonderful experience. 
Glitch On YM UnliChat 24EVER
I recently blog about the trial period of Globe Telecoms’ 24EVER YM UnliChat promo, I didn’t have any problem not until yesterday. I don’t know what happen but when I logged in to my Yahoo account yesterday morning, my contacts are gone. I thought, it could be system maintenance or something so I exit the mobile application and used my PC instead.
Globe 24EVER UnliChat Free Trial
I love freebies and free trials so I installed Globe Telecoms’ recently launched Globe 24EVER UnliChat. 24EVER UnliChat allows us for unlimited chat on our Yahoo Messenger account. It is initially available on Nokia units: N6260, N6280, N6670, N7610, N70, N76, N95 Erickson: K530i, K550i, K610i, K750i, K800i, K810i, W810i, W910i and Motorola V9. More compatible units soon according to Globe Telecoms.
UnliChat is a mobile application that should be downloaded on your mobile. If your mobile phone is included above, provided that you have working GPRS settings and you have Globe simcard (prepaid and postpaid), there are three ways to get the application:
- Via SMS:
- Text the word CHAT and send it to 2979
- When you receive the SMS click on the link
- Via OTA (Over The Air download):
- Open built-in browser, make a connection using MyGlobe Connect
- Go to http://www.unlichat.com
- Via web download request:
- GO to http://unlichat.globe.com.ph/home.php
- Enter your mobile number for request
- You will receive the SMS with the link
Note: All options are free. To get the myGlobe Connect settings on your phone for free, text GO
to 2951 and save settings.
YM UnliChat free trial is from September 5 to October 4, 2008. I hope they will also extend the trial period just like Smart UZZAP (free trial ongoing as of this writing). I like UnliChat 24EVER more than Smart UZZAP. Although, I cannot change my status message using UnliChat, it is much better than Smart UZZAP. Now, its impossible to miss YM messages even if I close the mobile application.
Update (Oct. 3, 2008): The promo is extended to October 29, 2008. See details here.
Update (Nov. 13, 2008): Promo is extended again until December 11, 2008.
Update (Feb. 23, 2009): Promo ended already.
iPhone 3G Launching Party At Ayala Tower One
Finally, iPhone 3G will be launched in the Philippines on August 21, Thursday, 10pm at Ayala Tower One and Exchange Plaza in Makati City. Economically speaking, it may be not a proper timing with the present crisis we have, we can never tell. Have fun to those who will attend the launching party.
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