Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Review

Organizer and Software:

As a whole, the organizer hasn’t been changed significantly, compared to the one from the previous version of the operating system. In the calendar you can view a whole month, week, a certain day or all To-Do notes, as the first two are now equipped with an additional field that displays the nearest 4 events for the chosen day. We’ve seen a similar feature in the latest E-series phones of the manufacturer, the E66 and the E71.


The calculator stays the same, without any advanced functionality. In addition, there is also a units and currency convertor. And if you feel like exploring the various directories, you can use the file manager, which is well-known from other Symbian S60 models, but also includes a Backup option. It’s very useful, as it allows you to make backup copies, without having the need to connect your phone to a computer.


We were disappointed because the 5800 couldn’t open any Office document or PDF files from the start. After all, this is a smartphone and the fact that it belongs to Nokia’s music series doesn’t excuse it. Hopefully, the solution can be found in the Download! menu. Here, you can find a few downloadable applications, including Quickoffice. As in previous Nokia smartphones, Office 2007 files cannot be opened, but an option for purchasing a license for their support is missing here.



Those who made the transition from S60 2nd Edition to 3rd were disappointed that it did not feature backwards compatibility, but such an issue should not be experienced with S60 5th Edition since its code is compatible with 3rd Edition applications… at least in theory. We downloaded a few programs to test this and had a partial success. The installation of each has been pursued with a message, saying that the application is not compatible with this operating system, but after you click OK, the installation continues to the end. The phone managed to flawlessly run about 1/3 of the apps, but the rest of them either crashed or couldn’t be controlled. This issue may be resolved with a future software update, but until then we recommend that you use programs developed for S60 5th Edition. There aren’t too many of them now, but we suspect that the developers will soon open the floodgates.