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Did you know that the long awaited Nokia Tube or the 5800 XpressMusic handset was not the company’s first full touchscreen phone? I’ve seen this claim on lots of blogs and I thought so too, till I stumbled upon this piece of info on Symbian-Freak.com.
Seems that the 2003-launched Nokia 7710 was a full touchscreen smartphone as well, but it was discontinued at some point.
Notice the huge difference between a Nokia Tube prototype wannabe (left) and the 7710 (right). Ever used one of those?
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This is so not the Nokia Tube/XpressMusic 5800, that it becomes quite an interesting handset, after being constantly fed info about the upcoming Nokia hit. Designed by Ulisses Gardim, the concept phone features an SD card slot, a touchscreen display and a camera.
Bluetooth, a video and audio player are also among its specs, but that’s the max we can figure out from these two images. I have to say it again, this is a serious approach to the whole “Nokia touchscreen device” thing, but it might just me being shocked by a touch-based handset without rounded edges (noticed that most touchscreen phones feature that design?).
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I had a friend of mine draw his version of the Nokia Tube, after all this hype that’s been going on and on about the handset. He’s not into cellphones at all, but his creation is reasonably funny, if you can take a geeky joke. In other words, here’s the Nokia Tube/Pipe.
Graphics by Doomy. Just remember you saw the thing here first, so credit us!
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By now, you must’ve seen at least 20 pictures showing you the future Nokia touchscreen handset, dubbed the Tube or the XpressMusic 5800, but that’s never enough for the tech-hungry. Here’s a screenshot of the Tube’s browser, a bit more impressive than its bad virtual keyboard, but still not exactly what you’d expect from the S60 Touch.
As these pics are starting to increase in number, we’ve gone through the process of rearranging them. Also, we’ve integrated most of the Nokia Tube leaked pics and screenshots into a YouTube clip you can check out below:
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After seeing the Nokia Tube in the latest Batman movie and checking out a couple of leaked pics, it’s time for… some more leaked photos, this time provided by Digi QQ. They also mention a couple of specs of the long-awaited device, which you’ll find out if you keep reading below.
Among the specs there’s a 3.2 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss optical lens with autofocus, plus Dual LED Flash, built-in GPS, 140 MB RAM and TV-out. Nokia XpressMusic 5800 measures 111 x 52 x 14.5 mm and weighs only 104 grams, but its main feature is the TFT LCD screen, with a 640 x 360 pixel resolution and a 16:9 display mode.
The Nokia Tube also comes with the fifth edition of Symbian S60, vibration feedback during touch interaction, a BL-5J 1150 mAh battery and a 3.5 mm headset. Connectivity’s also got some options lined up like GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA/WLAN support plus Bluetooth. The public demands a video of the device folks, so we’re waiting for it and by God I hope not to see any more pics of the Tube.
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After seeing the Nokia XpressMusic 5800 also known as the Tube in The Dark Knight movie, it’s time for another pic of the future Nokia hit. This time, we get to check out its interface, which is really disappointing, even for a prototype.
Yes, it’s fairly basic and yes it does leave enough room for chubby fingers to press, but still, this is Nokia we’re talking about people… and the Symbian touch OS.
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Folks who have seen The Dark Knight must have been impressed by Heath Ledger’s performance, but there was more to that movie for the tech geek in you. The Nokia touchscreen hit we’ve been waiting for made a special appearance…
Word goes round that the Nokia XpressMedia 5800, or the Tube as we’ve come to know it was spotted in Morgan Freeman’s possession in a scene of the motion picture. The handset hasn’t been launched yet so maybe this is a sign of things to come. Got more on this story? Feel free to comment below.
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Talk about viral sites! Nokia has done it again, by making us feel like Lara Croft and Indy while we’re exploring the mystery of a … video. OpenAtYourOwnRisk.com is their latest viral site, that greets you a pretty easy to solve puzzle and reveals the details of the “game”.
They talk of some royalties creating a clip “of grande weirdness” hundreds of years ago. Also the site mentions that this clip was hidden inside a box and that it’s protected by 4 seals. Of course we get clues, but they’re hidden in artefacts like Edison’s lightbulb, Apollo 11 and the Nokia Download Store.
The enigma will be cleared on Monday, July 7, but I bet that everyone will be celebrating the 4th of July and won’t have time to trouble their heads with such riddles. I smell a Nokia Tube launch… Do you?
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Seems that most awaited handset of the year, the Nokia Tube touchscreen phone, was leaked on Flickr, where it showed up with its beautiful black case and not too many details. The Flickr user J. Blade made those pics public and he mentions that the handset will be available in January 2009.
We’ve named it Nokia Tube, the Tube, Nokia 5800, Nokia XpressMedia 5800, but now it goes as Nokia 5800 X-Press Music C. All we know is that this device is a prototype, without a battery, but there seems to be a 3 megapixel camera at the back of the phone and a Carl Zeiss lens to complete the specs.
Nokia refused to comment on this story, as they usually never talk about rumours or speculation. Is this the real thing? Disappointed, are we?
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We’re familiar with the Provoke Design name, since we last saw their brilliant interface showing us the true power of touchscreen displays. Now we’ve spotted a prototype image of theirs showing a pretty neat touchscreen device. Provoke is known to work closely with Nokia, so with a bit of speculation this phone might turn out to be the Nokia Tube.
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