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Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian

We already caught sight of one early review of Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic handset a little while back, but if you’re looking for something more to whet your appetite you may want to head on over to All About Symbian, which has an expectedly exhaustive look at the touchscreen phone. That naturally includes plenty of pics of the device and its interface, although the site is reserving its final conclusion for part two of the review, which is promised “soon.” That’s not to say there aren’t plenty of impressions to be found though, including word that the device’s build quality seems solid despite its plastic constrution, and that the device’s resistive touchscreen is “extremely good” compared to other resistive touchscreens (it also seems to have been improved compared to earlier Tube pre-production models). Still on the fence? Then hit up the read link below for more.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic gets examined in-depth originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Sprint, Windows Mobile, EV-DO, CDMA

It was only a matter of time before the WSJ (Katherine Boehret, in this case) got their hands around Sprint’s still-not-official Touch Diamond, and we can’t say that the conclusion she drew is at all shocking. As Mossberg and his partners so often do, Katherine mentions Apple’s darling just as much as the topic of the review itself, and while she seemed impressed with the hardware, it was the software that suffered the brunt of her attacks. She proclaimed that “despite its handsome TouchFLO 3D software and animated icons, the device failed to disguise the frustrating interface of Windows Mobile often enough for [her] taste.” Beyond that, she also found room to gripe about the “cramped” keyboard, which she felt was “next to impossible” to use with just her fingertips. On the plus side, she did give the browser a decent amount of praise, but if you were looking for support from this critic before picking up the forthcoming handset, you’ll be sorely disappointed.

[Via phonescoop]

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