My First Purchase: The Nokia 5800 Xpress Music

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So I'm driving home from work today, my phone vibrates and makes an incredibly annoying sound.

Oh wait, that's not noise.

It IS my ringtone.

How can this be? An online millionaire shouldn't be using such a "classical" piece of communications tool. LOL.

Below is my current cellphone. Tragic I know. LOL.

So I make a detour from the freeway and head to nearest phone dealer I can think of. Ah, yes, lets go to Low Yat!

After a 30 second stroll past the entrance, one phone immediately caught my eye and made all things clear.

"Tauke, how much is this one?" I ask the vendor whilst pointing at my new shiny toy.

"Satu ribu tiga ratus ringgit boss (RM1,300 approx. USD 36O)," replied the young-ish looking boy. He should still be in school I reckon. Anyway, I came back to him with a "Ok. Saya angkat sebiji (Ok. I'll take one)."

Finally, I have it in my hands. Was just thinking about it just the other day. :)

So what do I think of it?

It's brillliant. For one, the screen is huge compared to my old phone (d'uh) and its touch screen for crying out loud! Didn't think I'd see the day that Nokia would come out with a touch screen mobile phone. In terms of looks, I don't have any qualms about it and it's very pleasing to eye indeed.

How connected does it keep me? Very. Browsing the internet on the go? Facebooking anytime and anywhere? Fantastic. We've got 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth etc. But wait, no infrared? No biggie. Don't really use it anyway.

In terms of sound, naturally being part of the Xpress Music collection, is excellente. The stereo speakers are pretty good and it comes with a standard size headphone port so you can listen to your favourite tunes using your favourite headphones.

One nifty thing about it that I can't keep harping about? The screen brightness adjusts itself to the surrounding lighting conditions!

One drawback for me though is that the Nokia 5800 comes with a stylus. Man, I'm bound to lose it in a day or two. LOL.

If you're not feeling like leaving home to purchase this phone, no worries, you can purchase one of these at Amazon.com.