Zagg InvisibleShield Follow up post

It's been a few weeks since I'd installed my Zagg InvisibleShield and the device has already been through it's usual quota of free-falls and scraping. Interestingly, the Invisibleshield has performed pretty well. The screen is still scratch free and the little stickers at the sides have yet to fall of. Of the few drops that were on the heart-stopping side one was particularly wrenching.

The fall was from a pile of books on my table top. When I'd pulled a booklet from under them the whole thing toppled with the n900 leading the way. This was followed by a direct hit on a metal dumbbell. Seemingly the Zagg InvisibleShield took the brunt of the hit. Check out the pics below.

So much for being invisible and Invincible. Now let's see if it lives up to Zaggs self-healing hype.

Space Dancer, the First Multi-Touch Game for Nokia 5800 XM

It seems that the first multi-touch application developed for the Symbian S60 5th edition operating system, or for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, has finally made it into the wild. The game, called Space Dancer, comes from a UK programmer, Jamie Fuller, and it seems to reminds us of the popular Guitar Hero console games.

The version that has been recently released is only in alpha stage, yet it is great to hear that a multi-touch application for the high-end mobile phone is already available. According to the developer, Space Dancer can be seen as a game similar to 'Guitar Hero' or 'DDR', where users have to press one or more buttons along with the music. The multi-touch system used in the game is only an experimental one, yet we should remember that up until recently it was almost impossible to run multi-touch applications on resistive touchscreen displays. Others too are working on this at the moment, and companies like Stantum are reported to also be successful in their attempts. The new game Jamie Fuller developed for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic allows users to play it in landscape mode, by tapping the title of the song on the main screen, and then pressing the corresponding onscreen buttons as the red laser approaches them.Unfortunately, the game creator says that he doesn't intend to make any further improvements to the version released now, which will be a great loss in case the title proves to be a rather popular one. Those who would like to see what the game looks like can do so by watching the video below. In case you'd like to try the game for yourselves, you can download it for free from Softpedia via this link.

Courtesy: Softpedia, Symbianfreak

Symbian: ScratchPad - Draw your notes on the Nokia 5800 and S60v5 phones

With this application you can take a note simply writing on the phone display like a paper notepad. It saves every scratch you made and support pages for new memo.You can also turn pages or tier a page.

Download:

The application is optimized for the Nokia 5800 and S60v5 phone.

Source: dailymobile

The all new Nokia 5800 (tube)

Finally some new pics of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (also called "TUBE") Enjoy!

Nokia 5800 Spec:
Measurements: 111 × 52 × 14.5 mm, and weighs only 104 grams.
16 million color TFT LCD
640 × 360 pixel resolution
16:9 display mode
Fifth edition of Symbian S60.
finger touch operation will provide vibration feedback function.
3.2 megapixel Carl Zeiss optical lens with autofocus
Dual LED flash
Built-in GPS
140 MB RAM
GSM / GPRS / EDGE / WCDMA / HSDPA / WLAN wireless networking and Bluetooth technology.
3.5 mm Headset interface
TV-out interface
BL-5J 1150mah Battery



















Courtesy: thenokiablog.com

Can the Nokia 5800 expressMedia actually challenge the iPhone?

Dipen Nandani from MeriNews says

With this, one thing is for sure that Apple’s iPhone will have a tough competition in the coming months. Nokia’s touch sensitive handset will be called the Tube 5800. An auto focus 3.2 megapixel camera along with the support for DVB-H technology would be one of the many features of this model. The handset would support Java and a 3.2-inch touch sensitive display would add a difference to the handset. The set would be equipped with a direct upload feature for videos and images, bluetooth, WiFi capability, GPRS, 3.5mm earphone socket and a lot more. It would also be compatible with 3G and HSDPA. Moreover, it will have a TV out socket and support Haptic Technology. Images taken from the camera can be geo tagged and a lot more features are being expected to build in.

Some of the features which look pretty certain are -

• Wi-Fi
• 3G
• GPS

Another option for HSDPA could be on the cards for this release, but no-one seems to be sure yet.

Thing is all these features are already present on the upcoming iPhone v2.0 ! Not only that, the iPhone also comes with a whopping 8GB/16GB of storage - seen only on special editions in the Nokia NSeries or in other words the best of the best of Nokia. Then where does the phone actually compete ? That is what remains to be seen..

Read more about the iPhone v2.0 !

Chris has made a real good comment in the Comments section - be sure to read it. Just click on the comments (the black bubble) or the title of this post and scroll down.

Nokia 5800 ExpressMedia a.k.a Nokia Tube

The Germany-based Nokiaport has posted the list of specs and a picture of a speculated Nokia’s first smartphone on S60 Touch interface. Codenamed the Tube it is expected to pop up under the name of Nokia 5800 Xpressmedia. The release of the phone will take place by the end of 2008, reports the source. The smartphone lacks any buttons and features a big touch-sensitive display ready for both stylus and finger operations.

The Nokia Tube would most probably be shipped as the Nokia 5800 Tube and will sport a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus. A 3.2-inch touchscreen display with 16 Million colors will go up against the iPhone's 3.5-inch multi-touch display. Then there's a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio with 3G UMTS/HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi, and some GPS thrown-in as well. There's also a 3.5mm headphone jack and TV-out port on the Nokia 5800 Tube - much like the recent nseries handsets. And, just like the updated N82, the Nokia 5800 Tube will support geo-tagging of pics - a nicety allowed by the built-in GPS receiver.