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The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition was unveiled during August in Nokia Conversations. It is a version of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic which is more geared towards people who want a more efficient navigation device. It has all the functions that we saw in the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic but, in addition to all these features, it has a lifetime subscription to the ‘Drive and Walk’ navigation service. Two additional accessories also come with this edition in the form of the car charger and the cool looking stand which is meant to mount your phone on to your dashboard.

Another difference with this Navigation Edition that we found from the data sheet when compared to the original one is the colour schemes. The Navigation Edition will come in a Chrome and Black colour scheme rather than the red and blue of the XpressMusic edition.

The phone will be released in 3 different versions. All of them will share quad – band GSM connectivity, making them compatible for use everywhere. 2 of the editions will also have Wi-Fi and dual – band 3G with HSDPA support, while the last one, which seems to be mainly for China or the emerging markets, won’t have 3G or Wi-Fi.

However, here’s the only bad set of news. When watching the promo video released by Nokia, we couldn’t help but notice that the screen had the same problem as in the original version in that it was not really legible under direct sunlight. Therefore, if you plan to use this on the dashboard of your car, which will be exposed to direct sunlight, it might not be very effective as a travel companion.

Leaving that aside, the video also shows the main features of the phone and the latest pre – installed version of Ovi Maps. The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition Reviews have been positive and the phone will be released during the 3rd quarter of this year for £235 before any taxes or subsidies, so make sure you get your hands on this phone. There will be many great Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition contracts on offer too, no doubt, so be sure to compare them all first.

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In a Twilight Zone kind of away, we really, really understand what Nokia are doing with the Nokia 5800 Navigation edition, whilst at the very same time, being really, really confused by it. Let us (un)explain ourselves

Understandable – The 5800 has a nice big screen, is very touch friendly and comes with lots of onboard connectivity such as WiFi and GPS, all of which means that if you gave it lots of top-end mapping and navigational software, it would be as good as any standalone GPS navigator. Nokia have, therefore, done all this, and the Nokia 5800 Navigator edition is, well, as good as any standalone GPS navigator

Confusable – The 5800 XpressMusic came out about 4 minutes ago, and we’re really not sure if releasing the Nokia 5800 Navigation edition so soon is a good idea. And what about the music side of things? Is that still as good? Because they’re not talking about it in the press releases? Does it still even play music?

Yes, fair enough, we could go look at the official page or at this Nokjia 5800 navigation review to ascertain that, yes, it does do all the things the XpressMusic version did, but now it also has a lifetime license for the turn-by-turn and voice navigation functions that you’d otherwise have to spend money on. But… it’s… you know? You don’t?

Hmm.

It’s just confusing, alright! Maybe that lunchtime “shandy” was a bad idea after all… We’re just going to sit back and watch this nice video instead…

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