Friday, June 08, 2007

Announcing the Nokia 5700 XpressMusic!

Nokia have announced the arrival of their stylish new 5700 XpressMusic phone. On first sight you may think its an update on the Nokia 5300, but you’d be wrong as its actually an update on the now ageing Nokia 3250. Remember that phone?…the one with the swivelling bottom? With eye-catching looks the 5700 has been pretty well toned up from the 3250 in most aspects I must say.

Nokia 5700

It’s now a 3G smartphone, which includes GPRS, HSCSD, EDGE and 3G on the data front, so keeping on top of things isn’t a problem. The camera has stayed the same at 2MP unfortunately, however there is the added benefit of a larger screen that supports up to 16 million colours.

As with the 3250 the 5700 also has the unique swivel designed bottom for switching between modes - music player, smartphone, camera, and video calling. It now actually looks rather appealing compared with the dull looks of its predecessor the 3250!

Swivel to chage mode

The 5700 comes with a fairly modest 35MB of built-in memory by today’s standards, but at the same time has the capacity to store up to 2GB via the microSD card slot (that’s probably around 1500 music tracks!). Enough to store all your music, pics and videos then! Oh and for music listeners there’s a dedicated audio chip to boost music performance…fantastic! Formats supported include AAC, eAAC+, MP3, MP4 and WMA, which you can enjoy through the stereo loudspeakers, a bluetooth headset wirelessly, or by simply plugging your favourite headset into the standard 3.5mm connector!

Plug in your favourite headset

The 5700 also has an FM radio and runs on the Symbian S60 Operating System. It has trimmed down to 17mm, and weighs only 115 grams - that’s a good 15 grams lighter than the 3250!

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