Nokia 5530 XpressMusic with Touchscreen Phone

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic

The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic unlocked phone keeps you moving to your favorite music while on the go as well as helps you stay connected to all of your mobile communication--from voice and messaging to social networking and web browsing. The sleek 5530 features a stainless steel body, tempered glass 2.9-inch touchscreen and built-in audio speakers, and it provides quad-band GSM connectivity for global roaming and EDGE data connectivity for accessing your favorite web sites. Additionally, it's Wi-Fi-enabled for accessing wireless networks at home, at the office, and at hotspots wherever you roam--from airports to coffee shops.

This is one of the best phones on the market right now, and it has received little attention! The 5530 is really in the class of phones priced $100-$150 higher. I have been researching phones for months now, and this is the only unlocked phone with a 3.2 MP camera, touchscreen, stylus and wi-fi all together for anywhere under 250 dollars. The only competitors that come close, Samsung tocco lite and LG cookie don't have wi-fi, and the Nokia E63 has a terrible camera and no touchscreen. This phone is a perfect combination of business featured smartphone and young and trendy media-phone.

Pros:

The unit is dead simple to get started with. Took my simcard from my ATT locked phone and dropped it in, and I was ready to go within a minute of opening the box.

The "Symbian S60v5" OS is quite advanced and has features that the iPhone doesn't have.

• multitasking : you can stream Last.FM and chat on IM (try using Pandora and AOL on the iPhone)
• theme/skinning without hacking the phone
• tethering without jailbreaking the phone
• Flash for web content (not full Flash 10, so no Hulu, but YouTube works).
• You can get apps from other places than the App Store (more like the Mac than the iPhone). Just download the .sisx file, and it installs.
• Good responsive touch screen
• Excellent camera, photos come out with excellent quality
• Stable and powerful OS. You can run many applications at one time, and it does not crash. It is easy and intuitive to use, similar to a computer. It is also very capable, and can do many things a computer can: cut, copy and paste, downloading and installing applications etc.
• Stylish looking, both outside and user interface
• Good full HTML web browser
• QWERTY keyboard upon rotating the phone in almost all applications 

Manufacturer	Nokia
Compatible networks	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA -
Availability	Available. Released 2009, August
Form factor	Bar
Dimensions	104 x 49 x 13 mm, 68 cc
Weight	107 g
Operating system	Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
CPU	434 MHz ARM 11 processor
Memory	Internal 70 MB storage, 128 MB SDRAM, microSD, up to 16G
Data inputs	TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Display	360 x 640 pixels, 2.9 inches
Rear camera	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, Video :Yes, VGA@30fps
GPRS	Class 32
EDGE	Class 32
3G	-
WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth	Yes v2.1 with A2DP
USB	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Others	- SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging - WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds - Stereo FM radio with RDS - WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player - MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player - Photo editor - Organizer - Flash Lite 3.0 - Voice command/dial - Predictive text input- Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh (BL-4U)