It is Nokia’s latest music centric phone designed with a sliding out QWERTY keyboard. This 5730 XpressMusic is meant for those music fans who want some heavyweight messaging to go with the music playing. Unlike the other Nokia XpressMusic models which were trim and spotted with only a few music controls, the 5730 is loaded with plenty of technical stuffs. The other models were light weight, however the 5730 finds itself at the chunky end. A memory card of 8GB MicroSD is provided in the box.

This mobile operates on the third edition of the non-touchscreen Symbian S60 smartphone platform. It packs high-speed mobile data connectivity, HSDPA and Wi-Fi,. It even includes a built-in A-GPS satellite positioning. Text messaging, instant messaging and email duties are handles by the QWERTY keyboard. It even handles internet browsing and online social networking.

Its S60 multimedia capabilities are supported by a camera of 3.2MP which sports a Carl Zeiss Tessar lens. The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is priced at a price of £289.

Key features

• It has a screen size of 2.4inches along with 16M-color TFT display
• It features a side slide, 4 row QWERTY keyboard
• It supports a tri-band 3G and a Quad-band GSM
• It uses Symbian OS along with S60 3.2 User Interface
• It uses an audio jack of 3.5mm standard
• Features an 8GB microSD card and microSD card slot
• Equipped with an auto focus camera of 3.2MP along with geotagging, a dedicated shutter key and VGA video
• Provides Wi-Fi
• Features a GPS receiver that is built in
• USB and Bluetooth connectivity
• FM radio along with Internet radio The major disadvantages seen in this phone are the following
• It gets easily cluttered with fingerprints
• It has a plastic build which has a cheap look
• Its camera is found to have an average performance
• Its battery has a very poor life
• It does not feature a TV-out functionality