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A day later than expected, the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music is officially here in the US.  After a false alarm at their NY and Chicago stores yesterday where they got the phones in, but didn’t actually begin selling them, the phones are now officially on the shelves.

Nokia delves into the touchscreen market with a music smart phone that many people have been looking forward to.  While not really up to the iPhone like lots of people were hoping for when it was first being talked about, its reviews seem pretty positive.

It has 8 GB of memory which lets you store up to 6000 tracks and also supports all of the big digital music formats.  You’ve got the 3.5-mm jack, and surround sound stereo speakers.  The XpressMusic gives you quick access to music (as well as videos and photos) through the “Media Bar.”  You can also use the Media Bar to link directly to the Web.

Implementing the latest S60 OS, the touch screen is a 3.2-inch widescreen with a 16:9 aspect ratio.  You also have a 3.2 megapixel camera featuring a Carl Zeiss lens.  You can do one touch photo uploads as well, which is handy.  Users get a few input methods to choose from -  the QWERTY keyboard, the virtual alphanumeric keypad, or a pen stylus.  You can even use a guitar pick if that is your thing.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is available for $399 at all the regular retailers and etailers, or you can go right to nokiausa.com (although for some reason, it is still listed on there as “pre-order” at time of writing).  Right now, they are also offering up a $50 Amazon Video on Demand voucher with your purchase as well.  (VoD lets you download movies or TV shows).  They are also giving customers a free month of turn-by-turn guided navigation by Ovi Maps.

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