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OFFICIAL: Nokia's first touchscreen phone, the 5800 XpressMusic
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, formerly known as the Tube. It’s not quite as red as we first thought, which is a shame, but our rumour was correct about the announcement date…
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic "Tube" to be announced on October 2nd?
A Czech website, Mobil.cz, has managed to get its hands on what appears to be the first official press shot of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, a.k.a. the “Tube”. The handset, which is Nokia’s first touchscreen device, is looking like it’ll be announced on October 2nd at the launch of Nokia’s “Comes With Music” service…
Rumour: Nokia's Tube launching in the UK next month
With Internet BS shovel at the ready, we tread tentatively towards a big flashing neon sign which announces that the Nokia Tube (Nokia 5800) could be launched in the UK in exactly a month’s time, on 8th October…
More leaked pictures of the Nokia XpressMusic 5800 (nee the Nokia Tube)
Another week, another inch closer to the Nokia Tube, which now seems to be going under the name of the Nokia XpressMusic 5800 – far catchier, I think you’ll all agree.
Now when I say inch, I actually mean some other unit of measurement that’s half as small as the smallest increment detectable. Today’s mindboggling update is a shot of the Tube in the wild…
Nokia hints at a gesture-controlled UI and claims "maybe touch is not good for everything"
I grabbed the opportunity to speak to the Director of Product and Technology Marketing at Nokia, Sari Ståhlberg, about the still-unconfirmed Touch Tube handset and the patent application for a gesture-controlled UI (pictured), who unfortunately couldn’t say too much about it, but did “confirm there will be a touch device coming out later this year.”
She acknowledged that “touch is something the market wants…it’s a great thing, it is a way to access all the things we have in the S60 platform”, but that “maybe touch is not good for everything”.
That gave me the opportunity to ask about the patent application that was flying around the internet a few weeks back, showing a gesture-controlled UI involving sensors and emitters sending out soundwaves. “Sensors are a big thing for us, like motion in the Nintendo Wii…we have been announcing we’ll be bringing sensor frameworks for the S60 platform, a framework where you can plug in some kind of sensor, like motion, light, humidity and sound”….
Will the Nokia Tube handset be the saviour of mobile TV?
Over at the Nokia-obsessed blog NokNok, a very valid point has been raised. We’ve all been banging on about the recently-announced-but-still-unannounced Tube handset, but have never once pondered on the significance of the name.
At a recent press conference in Helsinki, their Head of Internet Services, Niklas Savander, spoke about mobile TV, claiming “it’s all a bit in turmoil”, and that Nokia “have seen that there are multiple segments who are not interested in the broadcasting, but rather…
Nokia shows off touchscreen 'Tube' mobile, their touted 'iPhone killer'
It’s good of Nokia to join the hordes of mobile manufacturers vying to topple Apple from the Touchscreen throne, with news breaking today about their ‘Tube’ concept phone.
It was shown off at the Evans Data Developer Relations Conference over in California, where the Vice President of Forum Nokia, Tom Libretto, claimed Apple’s five million sold units is a drop in the ocean compared to Nokia’s, as “we’ve done that since we’ve had dinner on Friday”. Forgetting, of course, they’re mostly entry-level PAYG models…
Opinion: Oyster-enabled Nokia handsets are the right kind of mobile convergence
A confession: I don’t have an Oyster card, being a hick from the sticks who still has to buy physical tickets when travelling into London. So the idea of swiping your way through tube barriers rather than holding up dozens of commuters as you squash your malfunctioning piece of card into the slot already feels space-age to me.
London Underground to trial in-train mobile phone service
London Underground has announced that it is to begin a six-month mobile phone trial on trains and platforms on the Waterloo & City Line. Though it's not due to start until at least April 2008, the trial will provide mobile…
Transport for London launch new web site
Thanks to the interesting nature of the London transport system, the Transport For London web site is one of my frequent visits. The site, which gets five million visitors per month, has been revamped in a bid to make it…
