Anyone with the 5730 XpressMusic phone?

To be honest, I'm quite surprised that there are not many users of this phone. Maybe its due to the fact that it was released around the same time as the N97 and marketing was downplayed as a result. This is just my guess, but it is evident that there are not many resources that are available out there that specifically supports this phone.

Are you a user of the XpressMusic 5730 too? I would love to hear from you. Do leave your comments as well as any links to any useful sites about the phone.

My Nokia XpressMusic 5730

Its been awhile since I last posted anything as work and personal commitments have kept me very very busy.

Nonetheless, I am excited to review and talk about my latest handset that I own: The Nokia XpressMusic 5730.

Granted, I was all about the N97 before it was launched and was looking very much forward to its release, but in between the wait and it's actual release, I've been doing more research online and, well, let's just say that Nokia has alot to catch up on with its touchscreen interface.

So while the N97 disappointed me, I happened to stumble upon the XM 5730 by chance. It was a recently released phone in Singapore then, and I was very attracted to its physical outlook.

It looks very similar to the N97 with a slide-out QWERTY keypad, but retains a candy bar look with a full numeric keypad when the slider is not in use. Also present are media keys and as a huge plus, dedicated N-Gage gaming keys.

This could simply mean that when I'm not doing long text input, I have the option of using the numeric keypad, and when I need to say type out an email, I can simply slide out the full and rather comfortable QWERTY keypad for a more productive input option.

As a former N95 user, I've become very used to the way things were on the N series, such as the camera and the dedicated music keys, and I felt that the XM 5730 gave me that plus the QWERTY keypad. No touchscreen though, but with such a small screen, it might prove pretty pointless.

You can find out more about the phone specs on the Nokia website, but generally I feel that this phone could actually give alot of other phones that Nokia has a serious run for their money. To be honest, I'm surprised that there is not alot going on about this phone given the specs of this little device. Couple this with a data plan and you can leave your laptop behind. Its really that good.

I'm using my phone right now to type this post, and it's just really comfortable to use. If you're a Nokia user yourself, you would really find it a joy to use the QWERTY keypad to hammer out all those messages online with the same familiar interface. The camera is 3.2 megapixels using Carl Zeiss optics, and images taken with it are very decent and print-worthy. Music quality is definitely better than alot of the phone-players out there as this model was meant to be a music playing device in the first place. And did I mention that it comes with the Nokia Comes With Music service, which basically gives you 1 year to download all the songs you want from it's website for free. Music downloaded however, can only be played back on the computer that you downloaded it from, or from the phone that came with the service only.

What makes it really cool is that alot of the softwares that I used with my N95 is also compatible with this device, so my productivity is either on par or better on this new phone. I'll discuss about the softwares on my next post, but essentially I'm just happy to say that I think that I've found a good replacement for my N95 8GB.

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This is a test from my mobile phone.