Speaking on the announcement, Francois Mahieu, Director of Devices for Orange UK, said: “We’re extremely excited about being the exclusive UK operator to offer Comes With Music on the Nokia 5800. We are always looking for ways to remove the barriers that stand between our customers and the things they love and believe that by offering this service, we are able to do just that.”

 v21.0.025 Change Log [via symbian-freak]

New Feature

• Notification Lights according to Nokia Design specification
• Touch usability improvements:
  • Finger touch support for Special Character Table
  • Size of arrows (tab pane & navi pane) in touch UI
  • Arrows in forms, date & time selection, touch UI
  • Profile, date area in touch UI
  • Calendar Finger usability: change single row list items in day view wider

Fixes

• Lock code does not work after FOTA update
• Logs: Info cannot be seen in missed calls if name includes special characters
• The envelope icon doesn’t open after reading the sms
• Autolock requested via MfE but not activated
• MPX harvester server crach with DRM files
• Oper. menu application icon missing after NSU update
• CDP Displays: CDP Clock and Data Have To Be Transmitted 2 Frames Before Sleep Out (SLPOUT 11h) Command
• “Program closed: Idle” after Restoring factory settings
• Video telephone: Phone reboots after tap call button several times when answer an incoming video call
• Music Player crashes when user tries to refresh Real audio into Music library
• Dialer: The cursor is not displayed in dialer panel
• Audio disappears after playing music long time with BT
• Music player the album art in Now Playing view is downscaled
• Access point password is not provisionable
• Voice commands application crashes after language change
• Synchronization cannot be done using PC Suite Sync application
• FL3.0: Inline Text editing from browser plugin is not successful
• Browser does not show some MIME-types of type image correctly
• Browser: Not possible to move the cursor when typing in a textarea field
• Browser: Page scroll wobbles if user scrolls with flash while page is in scroll motion
• Browser: Page does not scroll if drag is started from the edge of flash window
• Browser: Page scroll does not work after stopping going to new page opened via flash banner
• Bluetooth causing extra current consumption when activated
• Predictive search not working properly in country selection
• Music Player application crashes if album art is selected to be changed
• Duplicate contacts after restore
• Music Player: White screen displayed if change orientation between landscape and portable mode
• MO/MT calls will not work when restoring backup from old phone to more recent version

Improvements in the new software version include faster data download from Internet, improved e-mail experience, better search experience with in-device search. Many additional features are also included in the software update:

• Faster user interface and faster download times
• New camcorder features: second camera support for still image capture in addition to video calls, burst mode that allows people to take multiple pictures one after another without needing to repress the picture taking button
• Mobile Dictionary: built-in dictionary functionality with voice playback of words utilizing text-to-speech technology, support for 38 languages
• Application Update: with Application Update people can check for available updates for applications and update them directly in the device. Applications can also be kept up-to-date by setting the checking to automatic.

“The update includes great improvements in the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. As mobile devices become more and more advanced, additional features and new functionalities are easy to install to the existing device. We recommend people to take advantage of the new features and upgrade their Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, and get more from their existing device,” said Soren Petersen, Senior Vice President, Devices, Nokia.

Nokia Statement below:

We have learned that some Nokia 5800 XpressMusic devices are having issues with 3G performance. This is a very isolated problem concerning only the North American market* and is not specific to any other region or country. We are currently investigating the matter further to find a quick remedy to the situation. Customer satisfaction and product quality are very important to Nokia and we take all quality and customer satisfaction-related issues seriously. Nokia is investigating the issue. Existing customers of the 5800 XpressMusic who experience 3G signal issue with the device are advised to contact Nokia Customer Care.”

*only NY and Chicago affected, in Dallas and Miami the devices are working OK. The investigation is ongoing on the device itself and the network used in these cases.

[via slashgear]

Nokia Comes with Music devices comes with one year subscriptions of using Nokia Music Store. You can download unlimited number of free songs from the music store, and keep the songs in your phone or computer after the subscription is ended. Nokia Comes With Music is already live in the United Kingdom and on the Nokia N96, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia 5310 XpressMusic and will be available on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic later this year.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers a complete music experience and features a number of music and entertainment essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory, support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. With a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and 30 frames-per-second playback and recording, the device is ideal for VGA quality video recording and playback. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and, with a single touch, images or videos can be shared via a favorite online community, such as Share on Ovi, Flickr, or Facebook.

Ironically, the appointment glaring at the bottom of his screen reads “product placement meeting.” Nokia Conversations wrote:

The 5800 appears throughout the video, but it’s its first viewing which, if you look closely, will give you the best laugh. With the camera zooming in on the calendar, the entry for that day hits the spirit of the thing, and offers a chuckle.

Pocock (Giles Pocock, Nokia’s man in the music chair) explains

“The idea cam from Nokia and our agency working with the record label video team and the Director to come up with the integration scenario that would work for all parties.”

[JustJared via MocoNews]

“We will have lot of touchscreen phones coming up, including an N-series device very soon,” said Devinder Kishore, director marketing, Nokia India at an event in New Delhi as quoted by CellPassion.

The “very soon” might be meaning as “it will happen before the end of 2008, or at least in early 2009″. Yay!

[CellPassion via Engadget]