Lifestyles of the XM – A Musical Journey and Text Input

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So its been a full two weeks with the Nokia 5800 courtesy of Nokia LTA and I must say this smartphone is truly amazing. Its been a complete delight to use but today I’m going to talk about something that is not really blogged about and that is the musical experience of the XM. Some days ago I wrote my first impressions and its been hard to blog about this phone because you simply can’t put it down, the touch screen is so darn addicting, I tell you but anyway enough ranting, let’s get to it.

If you’re new to Symbian and this is your first Nokia mobile then your in for a surprise but if you’re not new then prepare to be amazed. I’m not much an audiophile and I can’t speak to you in terms of technical audio jargon but what I can tell you, is that Nokia did something special with these speakers because they truly are superb, delivering music tune after music tune with impeccable sound and audio depth to the regular ear. I’ve had many other Nokia smartphone ie. n82, n85, e71, and most recently e75 and let me tell you something, this is in my opinion the best audio experience with out a doubt.

The Nokia XM 5800 is a phone that truly delivers on what it is, a music phone or better said an mp3 player that can make calls and tons of other things to make your mobile experience truly shine. Today in twitter my friend Gerry Moth who host Nokia Addict tweeted about getting an Igo bluetooth keyboard to accompany his XM and his tweet struck a chord in me more on this later.

A lot of people discard the XM as not text input friendly and I’m going to try to dispel that sentiment now. Folks, the XM is a music that can handle just about anything you throw at it but as all touch devices, there is a learning curve associated with text inputting. The XM has a digital full qwerty, a T9 text input(my favorite method), a mini-qwerty keyboard, and a handwriting area ala Palm days. With this four text input methods I’m sure that you’ll find one that suits your style, for me, its T9, I just love inputting this way I find it extremely fast and very appropriate for a touch device. So what your really have to evaluate is how much text inputting do you do. If you really want to input a full blown text write ups then perhaps Gerry suggestion of purchasing an Igo bluetooth is a viable option.

So if you’re looking for a good all around Nokia smartphone, the XM is definitely worthy of that spot