Nokia announces the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic

Nokia today announced the arrival of new Nokia Music Stores, more Comes With Music launches and three new music devices. The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic (as well as 5330 XpressMusic and 5030) bring people's music to life with features that give music lovers around the world easy access to the music they love. By expanding the music range to different price points, introducing more markets with Comes With Music service and the Nokia Music Store as well as making the integration of these elements as easy as possible, on both on the mobile device and the PC, Nokia is changing the way music is enjoyed. The digital music player that rings in your pocket is also the library, the shop and the platform to manage all your music.

"We've sold more than 425 million devices with a digital music player and more than 700 million devices with an FM radio, which clearly shows that the mobile phone is the natural device for listening to the music and carrying it with you," said Jo Harlow, Devices, Nokia. "Combining a connected digital music player like the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic with unlimited access to millions of tracks via Comes With Music means that in addition to their favourite tracks, music lovers can discover, experiment, and keep the new music they find."

Currently available in 15 markets across three continents, the Nokia Music Store lets people browse or purchase music, get recommendations or search for their favorite artists, songs or albums directly from their device. Nokia Music for PC software makes it easy to organise and transfer the music between a PC and compatible device, rip and burn CDs, as well as discover, stream and download directly from the Nokia Music Store. Today, Mexico was the latest country to launch a Nokia Music Store with additional markets such as Portugal, Norway and South Africa joining the fold in the coming months.

Comes With Music gives people unlimited music downloads from the Nokia Music Store for a year or 18 months. People can choose from millions of tracks to download and keep them, even once the year is over. Currently available in the United Kingdom and Singapore, Comes With Music will launch in Australia later this month. Additional launches, including Italy, Sweden and Mexico, are planned for the coming several months. The newest additions to the Nokia XpressMusic range - the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic and Nokia 5330 XpressMusic - will be offered as Comes With Music compatible devices in selected markets.





The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is Nokia's first music-optimized device to offer a full QWERTY keyboard - ideal for quick messaging. The heart of this music device is the Homescreen for XpressMusic, providing access and dynamic information on music, people, games, email and calendar.The Homescreen features an improved contacts bar with up to 20 friends and family members and provides direct access to music, N-Gage and other applications, like Facebook, Photos, Ovi Contacts, Maps, messaging and more. With Ovi Contacts, people see which friends are online, chat and even view what music they are listening to. The Music shortcut offers a quick access to the music stored on the device as well as to the Nokia Music Store where they can find for information on artists, music and over-the-air downloads, directly on the device.

With the dedicated gaming keys the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a true N-Gage gadget. Direct access to the N-Gage Arena community and the preloaded N-Gage games invite to connect and compete and check high scores with online friends. Nokia also launched the Nokia Mobile Holder CR-110 to keep the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic firmly in place.

The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2009 for an estimated retail price of 280 EUR before subsidies and taxes.

Technical specifications include:
* Symbian OS 9.3, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2
* Weight/size: 135 g, 112 x 51/80 x 15.4 mm
* Form: Side-slider with full keyboard
* Display: 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA), 2.4", 24-bit
* Colors: Black/Red, Black/Monochrome, Grey/Blue, Black/Pink
* USB 2.0 High Speed through micro USB connector with charging
* 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
* 8 GB MicroSD memory card (with hot swap), support for up to 16 GB
* 128 MB SDRAM/256 NAND memory
* up to 100 MB internal user memory
* Single CPU, ARM 11-based, 369 MHz
* Nokia BL-4U 1000 mAh Li-Ion battery, up to 300 hrs of standby
* Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/1900/2100
* WLAN, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
* Bluetooth version 2.0 (A2DP & AVRCP)
* Integrated A-GPS and Maps 2.0
* 3.2 Mpix camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar 2.8/3.7 optics and LED Flash
* VGA 15 fps video recording
* Stereo FM Radio and Internet Radio
* Nokia Music Store & Comes with Music