Nokia after a few days of speculation finally confirmed that they are leaving Japanese market and will no longer sell any of their devices in Japan. Nokia’s move to quit Japanese market comes out of the current economic downturns and small market share of Nokia in Japanese handset sales.

“In the current global economic climate, we have concluded that the continuation of our investment in Japan-specific product variants is no longer sustainable,” Timo Ihamuotila, executive vice president at Nokia, said in a statement. Read more »

No- Nokia 5800 is NOT officially launched in Russia yet, wait till Dec 5 for that.
Yes- Nokia Flagship Store in Russia start selling Nokia 5800 in limited numbers now but the entire inventory sold out in 30 minutes.

Just as the news spread out in Russia about the handsets hitting Nokia Flagship Stores, people were reported to camped up in line for days, offered bribes to get the handset first and bought out the entire stock in just few minutes of starting the sales. Read more »

Nokia has launched its first true touch screen 5800 XpressMusic model for the Taiwanese with a reported price of NT$14,900 (US$446). The price is a bit higher than the expected but as we see with Russia, Spain and Hong Kong, Nokia Tube is likely to be bundled with an exciting offer for the Taiwanese market too.

Nokia is also expected to come up with a Nokia Music Store, Comes with Music service and a Chinese version of OVI service for the Taiwan market in 2009. Read more »

Nokia today announced officially that it has started shipping Nokia 5800 XpressMusic ‘Tube’. As we reported earlier, the Gadget will now or soon be available in select markets including Russia, Spain, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Finland, among others.

Nokia says the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, “delivers an affordable music device with a touchscreen interface to the mass market”. Read more »

Nokia 5800 Tube continuing its world-ride reached Hong Kong last evening. The city welcomed Nokia 5800 with a dazzling celebration held at the Watermark in Central. The stage come alive with presence of celebrity idols and top-notch DJs. The crowd also witnessed a superb demonstration of this complete entertainment device Nokia 5800.

In an official Press Release, Nokia announced that Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will start sales in Hong Kong from November 29th. The company also announced pricing and bundle offers for the 5800 smart phone in Hong Kong. The declared price for Nokia 5800 in Hong Kong is HK$3,988 which equates to 514USD. The phone comes bundled with a $180 Shure Mobile Headset. Read more »

Nokia India today unveiled its much-awaited touch-screen music phone Nokia 5800 XpressMusic at an event held in New Delhi, India. The company made some significant announcements about its launching plans, pricing and Nokia’s Music Store in India.

The company also announced its tie-up with major international and Indian music companies giving Indian consumers an opportunity to grab their favorite music across genres and languages. Read more »

GyPSii, the market-leading mobile digital lifestyle application and geo-mobility social networking platform, today announced that it is the first location-based social networking application with touch screen experience to be able to support the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.

“GyPSii is ideally placed as the leading innovative application that incorporates social networking and communities with location-aware features - in particular, the ability to provide a location and social graph context to any media captured on the device. GyPSii’s ability to deliver a touch screen experience in one integrated application is key to the Nokia Touch device customer,” said Jure Sustersic, Business Development Manager at Forum Nokia EMEA. Read more »

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic just before getting ready to hit shelves on Nokia Stores created lot of chaos everywhere with their declared prices in Spain and Italy. The pre-booking price displayed on these official sites is 429 Euros instead of 279 Euros (without taxes) which was originally promised by Nokia.

The potential buyers were shocked, stunned and disappointed to see their long awaited Nokia 5800 listed at 429 EUR. They found it simply unacceptable and shameful act of Nokia to not keep its promise on the pricing. However, the clouds of confusions looks like clearing off now with some good news that came our way this evening. Read more »

Its not a surprising news that the Chinese version of Nokia 5800 model is just out, before the original 5800 handset is even launched. Named as LI 5800, the Nokia 5800 clone is not even comparable to the original one in the looks and interface but it certainly has some decent specs.

It measures 110 x 55 x 17 mm, weighs 215 grams and has a 240 x 400 resolution, smaller than the 5800’s. Li 5800 supports video playback, video recording, 256Mb internal memory and memory cards up to 2GB. It even features Mobile TV capability and FM radio. Also included in the list are Bluetooth, MP3, MMS, handwriting input and some cool games. Read more »

Nokia still did not have an official word yet anywhere about the release date, but the rumor markets are hot. The blog NokNok revealed that they have an ‘insider’ news that the 5800 SmartPhone will find its way to Spanish stores on December 1 this year. This will be just prior to the Nokia World, taking place in Barcelona on December 2-3.

The Spaniards will get the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in €279 (check update below) as reported by NokNok. For those at the back, the phone comes with a 3.2 inch screen, support for 16GB SD cards, a 3.2MP snapper and a string of neat embedded games. A Comes With Music version will be showing up later next year. Read more »