The Nokia 5800 is a smartphone and portable entertainment device
by Nokia. [4] Code-named the "Tube," it is the first touchscreen-
equipped S60 device by Nokia. It's part of the XpressMusic series of
phones, which emphasizes music and multimedia playback. The
touchscreen features tactile feedback (though it doesn't utilize
Nokia's upcoming Haptikos technology.) [5] .
The 5800 has a compatibility mode for Java applications that are not
touchscreen-aware. It works by using part of the screen for
displaying the essential buttons required by the program.
On January 23rd 2009, Nokia announced it had shipped the millionth
5800 XpressMusic device, even though it still had not been fully
released worldwide. [6] In Nokia's Q1 report released on April 16th,
2009 it was announced they had shipped 2.6 million units during the
quarter, with cumulative shipments of more than 3 million units
since the smartphone's launch in late November 2008. [7] Q2 results
released July 16, 2009 reports 3.7 million units shipped during the
quarter and more than 6.8 million units total have shipped since the
release. [8]
After firmware V20, the 5800 Xpress Music have got a higher CPU
speed from 369MHz to 434MHz to match Nokia 5530 and N97
specification [9] . However, huge improved overall performance can
be observed at firmware V30.