The Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic rocks !

And believe me, I'm understating !

Nokia has done a darn good job with it's first touch screen phone. Not too shabby for starters.

For those of you who have been using the N or E series phones, it has the same familiar home screen and menus, so you'd be comfortable with it from the get go. In fact, the 5800 will feel more instinctive as you can now actually touch the icons instead of navigating around using a 5 button D-pad. The screen quality is fantastic, bright enough for a sunny day and crystal clear. I feel the colors are more vivid than the N and E series. I used to own an E90 before this.

For those who do not use a Nokia, but do use Business softwares like Lotus Notes, etc. You seriously need to reconsider moving to a Nokia. Coz that's the only place you'd get the following amazing features.

• (No brainer) Synchronization of Contacts, Calendar Entries, Notes, etc.
• Phone PC connectivity over bluetooth, cable and infrared (though the 5800 sadly does not have an infra red port)
• Automated Synchronization of Images, Music and Videos (even over bluetooth)

From the time I switched on the phone, it took me less than 10 mins to get to the state where I was on my E90 w.r.t. having all contacts, and calendar entries in place (very crucial for me !) and another 20 mins to personalize the phone with themes, ringtones, apps, etc.

I am one of the users who probably uses all the possible connectivity options on the phone and all of it works like a breeze on the 5800. I did have some challenges in setting up the same stuff on my E90 before, but not the same with the 5800. Just to give you an example of what all I do with the 5800,

• I am connected over wi-fi both at home and in office
• Outside home and office I am connected over 3G
  
• I replicate my lotus notes mail and gmail every 3 mins
• I extensively use Maps
• Click a huge amount of photos and shoot a lot of video
• Surf the internet multiple times a day from my phone
• I use a bluetooth headset 24 x 7 ( I have 2 : Nokia BH-903 and the SonyEricsson HBH-DS200)
• Synchornise contacts and calendar over bluetooth with my PC
• And many more things.

The things I am not able to do on the 5800 (as compared to the E90), mostly due to the missing IrDA (infra red) port is

• Not able to trigger my Nikon D80 DSLR camera remotely / wirelessly
• Not able to operate my TV and PC (while watching movies)

I am really looking forward to the N97 as I understand it is all of the 5800 (+ the IrDA port) and mammoths more.