Nokia Clearly has a Winner with the 5800 Tube
Nokia ships half a million Tubes in their 4th quarter.
Nokia clearly has a winner with their 5800 Tube Xpress music player, having shipped 500,000 of the units in very select markets. Nokia has done some creative marketing with this unit. There have been music benches in some cities with the 5800 attached or places to attach one.
For a reminder, here are the 5800 XpressMusic “Tube”:
Dimensions: 4.37 x 2.04 x 0.61 in
Weight: 3.84 oz
3D image engine
Stylus, plectrum and finger touch support for text input and user interface control (alphanumeric
Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 High Speed
3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
MicroSD card slot, small DC jack, Micro USB cable interface to PC (CA-101), TV out interface (CA-75U)
Talk time (maximum):
- GSM up to 8.8 hr
- WCDMA up to 5 hr
Standby time (maximum):
- GSM up to 16.75 days
- WCDMA up to 16.7 days
Browsing time with packet data (maximum): up to 3.4 hr
Video playback time (maximum): up to 5.2 hr, Video playback time (maximum, nHD/Mpeg4)up to 3.4 hr, VGA video playback using TV-Out with Stereo BT Headset up to 3.8 hr
MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 16 GB
81 MB internal memory
8GB microSD memory card in-box
Bluetooth version 2.0*
- Bluetooth profiles: A2DP & AVRCP
MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
TV out with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, in-box)
Support for PC synchronization with Nokia PC suite
Oh, and it makes calls, along with messaging, email, web browsing, GPS and navagtion, photographs, and a whole host of other things, too.
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:00 am
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