Here comes iPhone killer by Nokia: Nokia 5800 "Tube"!

[cooldudie3]

Well lookey what we have here. Hot on the heels of the Nokia Tube demonstration that showed off Espoo’s touchscreen-based competitor to the multi-touch iPhone, here are some more details on the Nokia Tube.

Symbian-freak managed to score a live pic of the Nokia Tube in the wild. The S60 Touch-based handset from Nokia looks a bit awkward compared to the Apple iPhone, but then style and flair are Apple’s forte. And, keep in mind that image is horribly sub-par and that the Nokia Tube is likely still a prototype and will benefit from further refinement from Nokia’s design-heads.

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I've also got a pic here.

[kumarmohit]

Thread already running
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98410

[rageahuja]

Ya nokia 5800 Xpress soon available in India Market .Like N96 with "Om Santi Om" this time AR" Album Will come pre loaded ie"Nokia Connection" will be preloaded in this phone.
Infact nokia has started prebooking for this

Check out www.nokiaprebook.com/index_live.asp

I thought this is the frst Touch Screen Phone by nokia but somebody says its not .Any way 1st or 2nd week of jan 09 it will be out .

[gforce23]

Originally Posted by rageahuja

I thought this is the frst Touch Screen Phone by nokia but somebody says its not .Any way 1st or 2nd week of jan 09 it will be out .

Incorrect. The 5800XM is the fourth touchscreen phone by Nokia, after the 7700, 7710 and 6708. There were actually three more touchscreen units from Nokia (770, N800 and N810) but they didn't have a cellular radio.

[rajhot]

This is the first S60 touch screen mobile from nokia.

[Coool]

If u want to post anything related to 5800 post here..
Official Nokia 5800 XpressMusic discussion thread

[rageahuja]

Originally Posted by gforce23

Incorrect. The 5800XM is the fourth touchscreen phone by Nokia, after the 7700, 7710 and 6708. There were actually three more touchscreen units from Nokia (770, N800 and N810) but they didn't have a cellular radio.

Thanks bro usefull info

Any news about 5800 price and availability in india?

[Charan]

Sorry but I am bit behind in the tech news stuff these days, but I have seen many phones which said it would be iPhone Killer.. but still the same "iPhone killer" Thread is poping out .

HAS ANY OTHER PHONE KILLED THE iPhone YET?

[gforce23]

Originally Posted by Charan

HAS ANY OTHER PHONE KILLED THE iPhone YET?

That depends on how you look at it. In terms of specs and capabilities, the Touch HD has not only killed the iPhone, but buried it.

Camera-wise, a beggar's phone can take better snaps than the iPhone.

When it comes to ease of user interaction though, the iPhone is way ahead in the lead. WinMo, BB Touch, Android and S60v5 have a long way to go while non-touchscreen phones aren't in the race at all. Proprietary touch OSes (Samsung TouchWiz, LG Flash) are great but sadly, aren't used in smart phones.

[the.kaushik]

Originally Posted by Charan

Sorry but I am bit behind in the tech news stuff these days, but I have seen many phones which said it would be iPhone Killer.. but still the same "iPhone killer" Thread is poping out .

HAS ANY OTHER PHONE KILLED THE iPhone YET?

Dude actually every new touch screen comes in the market and some one will post "Here is another Iphone killer".. Say for example: Check the above post he says touch HD is a iphone killer!Just dont take in bad sense but do you know this.. Touch HD is again a windows mobile.. and like touch diamond the interface what you are looking is just an application running and behind it the sad WM interface.. Microsoft if you are listening pls do something!

Really speaking i will love to see a iphone killer! But with the recent market queue i dont see anything soon comming up untill and unless apple decides to come out with something

[ionicsachin]

I dont think anything can become Iphone Killer easily.....coz IPhone is somewat related to invincible continuity and innovation since iPod....many killers came and got killed....its tough to face the legacy of iPhone

[cooldudie3]

Go to the other thread. There will be alot more discussion there!

[subir12]

SO nokia Tube is launched and available.Whats its price including all taxes in different cities.

[confused!!]

^^launched??

[krates]

^^^ yes

[confused!!]

^^price(i guess around 24k)

[Coool]

^^ its 20k

[confused!!]

^^cool price

[ico]

lol @ iPhone killer......

[virilecliffhanger]

I was one of the gibberish guys who was praising other phones comparing them with iphone jus to tell how a loser was apple to make such a shlt...b4 PERSONALLY FULLY using iphone for 6mnths..All I can say is...Awesome....
Fellas .. I'm tellin ya I ain't no nuns.. Its for real.... The kind of apps you get... u can never use any other phone.. once you get used to them....! Its not just your phone man... Its your everything.... I agree that there are some basic stuff missing (camera(min3.2), A2DP, MMS(altho no1 uses) etc) but you forget that they are missing and you don't need to use them at all... OMG... I can't imagine how useful it is... Once go to the Appstore and see those hell lotta apps floating around..... Can you imagine anyother phone competing with it?? Never man... Except when you start doing a dry specs comparison... U need to do a practical comparision nigga!!!!

[amitabhishek]

Originally Posted by gagandeep

lol @ iPhone killer......

^^ Agree!

[nikhilpai]

Originally Posted by gagandeep

lol @ iPhone killer......

Disagree

[Coool]

^^ +1

[amitabhishek]

iPhone is not actually a phone but a powerful computer with a small form factor. Openmoko and soon to be launched Palm's Prē mobile follow the same philosophy. I am not too sure about Android since it is only a software stack. What Nokia has done for so many years is basically taken all of us for a jolly ride. Their overpriced phones never commanded that kind of price but sadly we didn't had much of a choice. If Apple had priced iPhone competitively then 5800 would have had a pre-natal death. 2009-2010 will be the toughest year for Nokia. Unless and until they do some radical change in their ch$@ Symbian Platform their phones will continue to look like phones from Jurassic era.

So guys let us call spade a spade and acknowledge a superior technology.

[ionicsachin]

I think the real iPhone Killer will be the new multitouch phones from HTC going to be with Windows Mobile 7 and the Androids

[MetalheadGautham]

Originally Posted by amitabhishek

iPhone is not actually a phone but a powerful computer with a small form factor. Openmoko and soon to be launched Palm's Prē mobile follow the same philosophy. I am not too sure about Android since it is only a software stack. What Nokia has done for so many years is basically taken all of us for a jolly ride. Their overpriced phones never commanded that kind of price but sadly we didn't had much of a choice. If Apple had priced iPhone competitively then 5800 would have had a pre-natal death. 2009-2010 will be the toughest year for Nokia. Unless and until they do some radical change in their ch$@ Symbian Platform their phones will continue to look like phones from Jurassic era.

So guys let us call spade a spade and acknowledge a superior technology.

Oh please, I have had enough of that crap about smart phones replacing computers. It is a mini computer - yes I agree, but a powerful one ? DEFINITELY NOT.

OpenMoko is more of a Tablet PC than a mobile phone. Even its reviewers agree - that you can use its default OpenMoko OS which apparently feels like beta software or you can use QTopia OS which is a highly stable and well tested platform used by several motorolla phones and owned by Nokia and which is easy enough for casual users, both clear indicatives of it being a phone.

BUT, You can also install Debian GNU/Linux - a full fledged Linux Distro in an OpenMoko phone, and gain access to countless stable and well tested apps - something NO other platform can give because you can use common desktop apps directly. Thats where OpenMoko phone stands out. Its a REAL Computer. Ofcourse, if anybody else makes a phone compatible with debian-ARM edition, it can steal the limelight away, but.... the point is, OpenMoko is the only phone whose developers were cunning enough to ensure support from a platform like this. BUT, not everyone is skilled enough to use Debian, so it goes BOOM. And yeah, add the facts like the hardware has very little VFM, make it FAIL.

Now iPhone. Lets see.... plenty to tell. Great hardware, amazing UI, but hardly any apps. Well, you DO have apps but to get/make them you need to keep spending more and more dough. And I think this is hardly justified because mobile phones are supposed to be a one time investment with the exception of rental. And yeah, both OpenMoko based Neo Freerunner and iPhone have just 2MP camera.

iPhone would have made a wonderful phone but for the fact that its expensive. I seriously doubt Apple can price it lower than what it currently sells for. Contracts may reduce its cost, but if iPhone can go to 200$ AFTER heavy subsidies, why can't 5800 XpressMusic go to 50$ with the same contracts ?

In a nutshell, iPhone and OpenMoko are still FAIL. And android wouldn't be complete till several more months. Till then ?

You just have to live with Symbian S60 phones. OR winmo phones. IF you want to ensure that the phone really is "smart" enough to find apps free to download all over the internet and still be VFM and easy to use.

[Coool]

Originally Posted by ionicsachin

I think the real iPhone Killer will be the new multitouch phones from HTC going to be with Windows Mobile 7 and the Androids

iphone is already killed by many phones and it also commited suicide in india with its price and got succeed....

[ionicsachin]

yeah thats true....i always wondered why its regarded as so great phone...there is nothing so special abt it....even my O2 XDA Neo is better then it minus the multitouch.....

[nikhilpai]

Originally Posted by amitabhishek

What Nokia has done for so many years is basically taken all of us for a jolly ride. Their overpriced phones never commanded that kind of price but sadly we didn't had much of a choice. If Apple had priced iPhone competitively then 5800 would have had a pre-natal death.

You have answered the question yourself. Apple's iPhone is not priced competitively. Nokia 5800 at 19k without any restrictions which Apple has imposed on the iPhone is an obviously better deal than the iPhone at 30k with all the restrictions on usage of bluetooth, iTunes, etc

[virilecliffhanger]

Dudes!!!
R u still in the illusion or isit just ur intuition.... Unless u use the iphone u can't give credit..and if u use iphone with a lousy view...only god should save u...
You can't imagine the power it has.... .Only the apps can take you out of the world..... just see the number of developers and number of apps.... its just too much...No one can deny its greatness(price tag ko goli maro(naruku)...if ya can't afford..then gth).
And the one denies only because he is so jealous of it..