Nokia 5730 XpressMusic Hits The Markets

The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is finally out in the markets and is expected to top the charts for a few upcoming months. The phone is based on Series 60 Symbian OS (3rd edition). The phone incorporates a QWERTY keyboard, dedicated music control keys, a numeric keypad and a 3.2 Megapixel Carl-Zeiss Camera. It is available in four variants to choose from namely Black-Red, Monochrome Black, Gray-Blue and Black-Pink. The device includes with it an 8GB MicroSD card that is available with the box.

Talking of its display, the phone has got a 2.4" 240 x 320 color QVGA display that can display upto 16 million colors. The ambient light sensor and backlight support the display features further.

Speaking of the camera, the word Carl-Ziess itself speaks a good word. It has got an integrated 3.2 Megapixel main camera with Tessar optics and a secondary VGA camera (that's almost invisible) for video conferencing. The camera is capable of generating JPEG and EXIF format images. The main camera is capable of high quality VGA (640 x 480) video recording at 15 fps in MPEG4 format.

The whole assembly is encapsulated in a case measuring 112 x 51 x 15.4 mm and weighs a mere 135 grams including the battery. The phone is Bluetooth 2.0 compatible and the calls are passed over VoIP 3.0. You can stream videos in 3GPP and CIF formats. The powerhouse of the phone is a BL-4U Li-ion battery that can stand 6.5 hours of 3G web browsing, 5.8 hours of video playback, 2.7 hours of video recording and 25 hours of audio playback in offline mode. Nokia has launched the phone with an expected price tag of $366.