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Innovative 'Media Bar' and 'Contacts Bar' add human touch to music
experience

Nokia Remix, London, United Kingdom and Singapore - Nokia turned up
the volume on its music offering today by unveiling the new Nokia
5800 XpressMusic, a mobile device for music that brings innovative
new features to the mass market.  Delivering on Nokia's vision to
provide the best total music experience possible, the Nokia 5800
XpressMusic will be among the first devices to support Comes With
Music, Nokia's groundbreaking service which offers one year of
unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue.


When it comes to music phones, people all over the world want a
device that is a great music experience - with more memory, loud and
powerful speakers, easy synchronization - and must still work well as
a mobile phone with direct access to important contacts and content.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic delivers on all counts and allows
consumers to access and share content.

"With the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, we set out to connect people
through the one thing we all feel a universal connection to - music,"
said Jo Harlow, Vice President, Nokia. "The way in which people enjoy
music is different around the world. With that in mind, the Nokia
5800 XpressMusic gives people the freedom to experience music they
love in the way they prefer."

Media Bar, Contacts Bar - putting people first
Taking advantage of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800
XpressMusic introduces the 'Media Bar', a handy drop down menu that
provides direct access to music and entertainment, including
favourite tracks, videos and photos. The Media Bar also offers a
direct link to the web and to online sharing. Because the Nokia 5800
XpressMusic supports Flash content, individuals can surf the entire
web, not just pieces of it.  In addition, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
offers all the music essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB
memory for up to 6000 tracks and support for all main digital music
formats, and a 3.5mm jack. Built-in surround sound stereo speakers
offer the industry's most powerful sound.

Ensuring a seamless music experience, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also
provides easy access to browse and purchase tracks from the Nokia
Music Store, where applicable, while the newly updated Nokia Music PC
software allows for easy drag-and-drop transfer of songs and
management of any music collection.

The innovative 'Contacts Bar' lets consumers highlight four favorite
contacts on their home-screen and, through a single touch, track a
digital history of recent text messages, emails, phone logs, photos
and blog updates.

"As Nokia's first mass-market device with a touch screen, the Nokia
5800 XpressMusic turns a 'user interface' into a 'human interface' by
truly putting people first.  For example, we've introduced the Nokia
Contacts Bar, which is like a digital RSS feed on your life," said
Harlow. "By adding the benefits of touch screen technology to S60,
the world's leading smartphone interface, Nokia is taking the
familiar and giving it a human touch. We have used touch technology
where it really adds value such as the Contacts Bar, Media Bar and
clever shortcuts from the homescreen to menu items such as calendar,
profiles and clock. "

For the best screen resolution available on a mobile phone, the 3.2"
widescreen display brings photos, video clips and web content to life
in vibrant color and true clarity.  With a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and
30 frames-per-second playback and recording, the device is ideal for
VGA quality video recording and playback.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with
Carl Zeiss lens and, with a single touch, images or videos can be
shared via a favorite online community, such as Share on Ovi, Flickr,
or Facebook.  Music playlist song titles can also be shared through
Bluetooth, MMS or online sharing.

Music for the masses
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports 60 languages worldwide, which
covers nearly 90 percent of the world's population. As people around
the world use their phones in different ways, the Nokia 5800
XpressMusic offers a variety of input methods including a virtual
alphanumeric keypad, a virtual computer-style QWERTY keyboard, a pen
stylus -- and for true music enthusiasts, a plectrum -- are all
available.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be available worldwide beginning in
the fourth quarter of 2008 for an estimated retail price of 279 EUR
before taxes and subsidies. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic featuring
Comes With Music will be available early next year. Pricing details
to follow.

Enhancing the experience, Nokia today unveiled four new music
accessories including a new Bluetooth headset and three new stereo
headsets.

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About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We
make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that
enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television,
imaging, games, business mobility and more. Developing and growing
our offering of consumer Internet services, as well as our enterprise
solutions and software, is a key area of focus. We also provide
equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through
Nokia Siemens Networks.

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