Nokia launch the 5320 XpressMusic

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Nokia just announced a new S60 music and gaming focussed smartphone, the 5320 XpressMusic. There's a new 'Say and Play' feature (voice-controlled music playback), up to 24 hours of playback time (almost double that of the N95 8GB), a dedicated audio playback chip and USB2 transfer speeds for loading music on in the first place. Some thoughts, PR details and images below.

Ewan: "The battery life for music players is now squarely in the same ballpark as similar mobile music players. I'm going to make the obvious comparison to the iPhone here, which has 19 hours of music playback (the Touch has 22 hours), but the 5320 is a big step up compared to the N95's 11 hours and the N95 8GB's 13 hours.

While it carries the branding of the XpressMusic phone, the 5320 does appear to be this Christmas season's 'standard' S60 phone. The one you turn to that has no fancy toys or gimmicks, but is the baseline of Nokia's expectations of S60. As such it's good to see the inclusion of both the Ovi ecosystem and the N-Gage platform in a non N-Series device."

5320 XpressMusicBack view
"Nokia 5320 XpressMusic - Dynamic design, 3G social entertainment package
 
Featuring a dynamic design with 3G social entertainment capabilities, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic delivers exceptional music and web 2.0 access.  With the innovative new voice-controlled Say and Play feature, consumers can merely say the name of a favorite artist or song to automatically play it.  Offering an array of additional features, the Nokia 5320 XpressMusic device includes dedicated XpressMusic keys, a 3.5mm audio jack, up to 24 hours of playback time, an audio chip for hi-fi sound quality, extendable memory up to 8GB, HS-USB for fast music transfer and HSDPA for fast access to data. 
 
The full featured Internet browser, access to Ovi and Nokia Search 4.1 allow users to find and share media content and information with ease.  In addition, dedicated N-Gage gaming keys and landscape view deliver a true gaming experience, while HSDPA provides fast access to N-Gage, which will be available for download. The Nokia 5320 XpressMusic is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of 220 EUR before taxes and subsidies. "