Archive for February, 2009

Nokia’s XpressMusic 5800 troubled with speaker and NAM radio woes?

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

Seems all’s not rosy in North American XpressMusic 5800-land, as tipsters and forums are buzzing with reports that the newly launched touchscreen isn’t connecting to 3G. We did a little spelunking on the newly launched set ourselves, and we can confirm that 3G appears to be a complete no-go [...]

Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic finally up for grabs Stateside

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA

There was a bit of a false alarm at the flagship stores yesterday — Nokia’s New York and Chicago stores got inventory, but didn’t start selling the 5800 right away, causing much anguish in the hearts of American plectrum lovers and our very own Chris Ziegler. Well, all [...]

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic now for sale at flagship stores

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

Yep, the North American version of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now on sale for 9 at the flagship store in NYC, just as we’d heard. (Chicago doesn’t seem to have them yet but we’re sure that’ll change soon.) Sure, you’ve been able to score a 9 Euro unit for a while [...]