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Anyone who likes touchscreen phones should be excited; the most well known face in the game has waded in with not one, but TWO mobile phones: the sleek Nokia 5800 and the unbelievably awesome Nokia N97. Evolution in action - early Nokia touchscreen phones Many people seem to be under the incorrect assumption that the Nokia 5800 is the first touchscreen mobile phone Nokia have ever made. It's not. Actually, there have been several touchy-feely phones released under the Nokia brand. Starting with the 7700, the world has seen a couple of Nokia mobile phones that are controlled by you prodding and poking the screen. They had a relatively big (for the time) touchscreen in common, but unfortunately, they shared something else: they were unbearably rubbish. Only one of these devices, the 6708, showed any promise, but that was made solely for the Chinese market, and so, we never got to play with them in the UK. The mobile phones WE got were, and I use this phrase with much feeling, total, and complete garbage. However, these unpleasant memories have all been removed by the launch of a pair of new Nokia mobile phones, both of which have touchscreens, and both of which are so much nicer... Nokia 5800 - raw gorgeousness First on the list is a totally new entrant into Nokia's Xpress family of music mobile phones, the gorgeous Nokia 5800. This one's very obviously built for music and media, as it has a dedicated XpressMedia button which brings up a list of links to music, videos, the web, and more. Then, of course, the Nokia 5800 has a 3.2 inch touch-sensitive display, to actually play with all your media content. Essentially, the Nokia 5800 was created to be a teeny handheld entertainment centre, and as music handsets go, this is easily one of the sexiest. The Nokia 5800 also has, built-in, a 3 megapixel camera, HSDPA internet connection and sat-nav, making it a superb all-rounder, as well as a wonderful media box. Oh, and it has a strap to attach an imitation guitar pick. That rocks. Despite all those features, the Nokia 5800 is very definitely a mid-range phone; it isn't, nor was it ever meant to be, an absolute top-ender. That job goes to a separate handset... Nokia N97 - phenomenal cosmic power With the Nokia 5800 on course to bring touchscreen mobile phones to the mid-range market, that opens up a great big gap at the absolute top-end, and yes, there IS a touchscreen mobile phone waiting to be unleashed to take its place as the top-end powerhouse: the frankly mind-blowing Nokia N97. This uses the same Symbian S60 Touch interface and crams it into the shell of a proper, full-tilt smartphone. So it's got an even more huge, 3.5 inch screen, a flip out QWERTY keyboard, and the camera now weighs in at a meaty 5 megapixels. The Nokia N97 is, obviously, destined to be the new flagship Nseries mobile phone, and it really is as powerful as the rumours had us believe, with HSDPA, GPS, digital compass, and integrated Flash, meaning you get an internet experience like no other mobile phones! Put it like this: the Nokia N97 is simple incredible. It gleefully relieves itself over other mobile phones and while the Nokia 5800 angles firmly for the mid-range, I'm predicting that the Nokia N97 will completely DOMINATE the world next year!
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