We finally were able to get the Nokia 5800 in our labs.  The 5800 is Nokia’s first attempt at a touch screen phone.  How does it fare as a phone or even against the big Apple?  Having been used to other Nokia phones, this phone actually felt refreshing with the touch screen interface. 

I was initially concerned since the phone has a rather elongated look making the screen look a bit thin in portrait mode.   But once you turn the phone on its side and view content, the wide screen makes things a bit easier to look at especially when watching video or browsing web pages.  I was curious as to why the XpressMusic logo at the very top right of the phone is lit.  There was definitely a reason for that: touch that with your finger and you have quick access to some common functions such as pictures, video, web browsing.

The front of the phone has a very simple look with a fairly large screen and 3 buttons towards the bottom.  One button is to make a call, one is the cancel call button, and the middle button is used to the bring up the main menu screen.

 The back of the phone shows the 3.2 Megapixel camera with a dual LED flash.

Stay tuned for a review of this fantastic phone!