The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic has a display 16 million colors, 240 x 320 pixels, 2.4 inches in dimensions of 112 x 51 x 15.4 mm and weighs 135 grams.
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic features a 3.15 megapixel camera, autofocus, flash. It also has bluetooth, wifi.
It has an internal memory of 100 MB, and has a TransFlash card reader. The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is compatible with GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100.
It is available since September 2009 in retail stores from 249 € (cons € 419).
Introduction
On sale since June 2009, the 5730 Xpress Music is, after the N97, the second Nokia smartphone with a sliding full QWERTY keyboard in landscape mode. It also has a more conventional alphanumeric keyboard.
Labeled Xpress Music, 5730 this is part of the musical scale from Nokia, intended for multimedia on the move.
Aimed primarily at young fans of texting, emails and mobile music, music phone that looks attractive on paper with its full connectivity and its design simple and chic.
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The box of Nokia 5730 is rather simple but well-stocked.
Usually keep the various accessories the Nokia range but welcome improvements.
Thus, the mini DVD-ROM and the thick manual are planned, as is the charger. In this connection, we can already deplored the use of a special plug for the battery, where it would have been simpler to use a micro USB plug.
Too bad also that the USB cable / USB microphone connecting the mobile to a computer measuring only 20 centimeters, taken included.
Package Contents
We congratulate the other hand Nokia's efforts on its hands free kit. Indeed, beside its music phone, the Finnish manufacturer distributes a pair of in-ear headphones of good quality with adjustable tip and clip-microphone.
A welcome development for a dedicated device for music
Finally, an 8GB microSD card is supplied with the kit, allowing to make the most of most of its music files.
Design and finishes
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a beautiful object is undeniable. This is where we can not blame him the slightest thing. Black glossy, mobile presents rather well, though a little heavy, sliding keyboard and metal parts require.
Note the careful arrangement of elements as the 3.5mm jack on the top of the moving or electrical outlet on the bottom.
The lateral segments in turn, are occupied by the microSD and micro USB slot on the left, the volume control buttons and the shutter of the camera to the right.
The screen, meanwhile, is rather large for a phone with an alphanumeric keyboard. Its 2.4-inch diagonal effect allows easy navigation through menus on the device.
Finally, the QWERTY keyboard, backlit keys like all the music phone is also quite elegant. In practice, despite the sliding keyboard, the phone does not suffer from fragility and also seems that classroom design and compact and solid.
Getting Started
Although the design does not suffer reproach, we can only regret some imperfections on the grip.
Thus, some keys have their limited accessibility. One example where the trigger mode photo-video, too close to the center of the wafer so that the index of the right hand comes over to ask instinctively. It would perhaps have been the one or two inches lower on the wafer.
Buttons specific to the firm's XpressMusic phones Finland are also relatively difficult to access, built between the screen and the portion of the terminal.
Finally, still on items to be deplored, it is regrettable the ergonomics of the slider. Or rather its lack of ergonomics.
Indeed, entirely smooth, it is very difficult to distinguish by touch keys from each other, which, despite the very good grip on the keyboard and proper positioning of the thumbs, is impractical when drafting mail or SMS feature.
However, the alphanumeric keyboard, meanwhile, is very comfortable to use menus and buttons are well laid out, allowing use without any frustration.
The screen, meanwhile, is quality and quite comfortable for a phone with alphanumeric keyboard, making the read content on mobile phones easy, especially in landscape mode. Too bad the resolution is not better though.
Finally, the compact size of the phone, despite its sliding keyboard, allows a comfortable grip of the device, which fits easily in one hand, can be handled with ease.
In use
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic features the Symbian operating system S60.
Sometimes considered somewhat old-fashioned face mobile OS, Android or even Maemo, also developed by Nokia, the preferred operating system of the Finnish firm is here reworked to match the audience.
It includes in fact a slightly modified interface, including home page. To attract the young audience hooked on SMS, music and social networking, Nokia allows you to choose some contacts in his list of friends and add them as your home page to access more easily to their contact card and the latest SMS exchanged.
The cell phone is pretty fast and can run multiple applications simultaneously without excessively penalizing the fluidity of the terminal. Despite its lack of ergonomics, we can at least recognize its Symbian fluidity.
Still on the possibilities of multitasking smartphone, Nokia has had the brilliant idea to include in all of the phones menus choose "Show open applications", allowing access to various software currently operating on the mobile, without having to know the shortcut that was previously used. To recall, it was the button pressed Symbian maintained several seconds.
In addition, the GUI has been slightly redesigned for the model, thus making more flashy icons and colorful on a black background of the stylish look great.
Autonomy, in turn, is announced to 270 hours standby and 4 hours in communication. In fact, this estimate, although approximate, is accurate and can easily hold two full days on 3G, if you touch little Internet browsing.
Multimedia
As stated previously, the Nokia 5730 belongs to the XpressMusic range of Nokia, as its name implies, is intended primarily to listen to music on the move. So let's see if this function is fulfilled by the music-phone.
Firstly, in terms of form factor, we recall the standard 3.5mm jack, allowing the user to plug any headphones, not just those branded Nokia. A big plus point.
On the other hand, the buttons on management of audio playback on the left of the screen are very useful. They allow, in a first time to directly access the musical menu of the phone if the music player application is not already open.
However, if it is already functional, these buttons will be valuable shortcuts. They allow, regardless of the page displayed on the screen, control music listening in the pausing, passing to the next track or previous track. And this with a small opening animation, indicating the status of the player and the title currently playing.
The sound quality found via the speakers on it is pretty well made despite the fact that they are hidden behind the plastic backing.
With ear earphones supplied by Nokia, the sound is even better. Here we see that Nokia acquired expertise in listening to music on his musicphones since the 5300 XpressMusic, released in 2006.
Access to the portal for downloading music Nokia Music Store is done directly from the mobile. A link is available from the music player, allowing his music to download even on the move via the 3G network. However, although this feature is welcome, we regret the lack of readability of the download site compared to the reference material, the iTunes Store for the iPhone.
In addition to playing classical music files, the 5730 XpressMusic also allows reading and downloading podcasts. However, the available database is pretty thin and it will mostly manually register the address of the podcast you want to subscribe. An approach that should discourage most neophytes. Too bad for a phone that is primarily intended for young viewers and not necessarily techie.
Again, the 5730 XpressMusic is below the reference of the Apple brand.
Finally, the FM tuner is good and allows listening to his favorite radio stations in stereo. The related application can automatically download the various available channels and RDS displays the channel currently tuned.
It can also store up to 50 radio stations in order to access them more easily in everyday life.
However, as occurs with mobile phones, flat on the fact will not be able to listen to the radio without headphones, the latter being used as an extension of the antenna of the mobile.
Camera and Video (video + photo taken)
Like any self-respecting mobile phone, the Nokia XpressMusic 5730 is equipped with a video camera. Or rather, two different sensors.
Indeed, because it allows video calls, Nokia had the good idea to develop a camera in front. This sensor is nevertheless a secondary sensor of poorer quality than the main sensor, located on the back of the unit.
This is for the main sensor, a Carl Zeiss Tessar f2, 8/f3, 7. It captures images up to 3.2 megapixels and is equipped with an autofocus and an LED flash.
As stated previously, we blame the poor access to release button of the unit, located too far from the index. In addition, the camera application is not development and must be sought in the menu, unless you create a shortcut on the home page.
It also regretted the slow shooting and lack of responsiveness of the trigger button.
However, the picture quality is fairly good, although it remains well below that of the Nokia N95. The 5730 XpressMusic indeed shows its limits in the photographs in low light with a slight grain.
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The movie mode, though of average quality, allows the use of 8x digital zoom. While this is a degradation of image quality but is a feature that should please fans of catches taken at the moment, with no notion of video editing.
The function of photo-video music phone is primarily intended for users wishing to take a moment to share a memory thereafter.
Features
Besides his duties as MP3 player, FM radio and shooting, the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic features a variety of modes enabling full use of the mobile.
So, basically, the smartphone is equipped with a GPS allows users to tag and geotag photos taken with the camera.
In addition, there are basic applications like a calendar, organizer, alarm clock, voice recorder, or the weather forecast.
Bluetooth, also implemented, is not restrained and allows both to transfer files to another mobile or computer to listen to music with a compatible headset connected.
In addition, the Symbian operating system the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic can install many third party applications via the portal Ovi Store available on mobile.
Internet connectivity
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is a mobile connectivity which is more than complete.
It is well equipped with a chip 3G + (HSDPA), Bluetooth 2.0 and WiFi b / g.
This connectivity allows you to display a speed of 4000 Kbps while browsing the Internet on mobile networks. A speed for the least impressive.
Too bad the default browser of Nokia, meanwhile, is still not very intuitive, with menus seems to be designed to make life difficult.
Connected via USB to a computer, the music phone offers options such as mass storage, PC Suite, or connecting the computer to the net via the modem mode on the phone.
The mass storage allows the phone to behave like a USB key to store various files at their leisure.
The modem function in turn, allows the use of mobile networks to connect to the net on his computer. A handy feature when neither ethernet cable or WiFi networks are available.
Finally, the PC Suite mode requires that you have previously installed the Nokia PC Suite software on his computer. Once this mode, there are several options displayed on the computer, such as transferring files, updating maps included with the phone or the management of smartphone functions such as calendar, contacts, or the Writing SMS directly from your computer.
Conclusion
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic has a sense of unfinished business. Starting with a great idea for a smartphone complete both written communications and can listen to music a maximum mobility, it suffers from several shortcomings, particularly in terms of ergonomics that may be daunting more than one.
Gaps even more damage than the smartphone is a very beautiful object, particularly well finished refined design.
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Connectivity, meanwhile, is comprehensive and equips the phone with a great versatility, combined with the opening of the Symbian OS, lets make the most of the many applications available.
The software part of the phone finally lets renovate somewhat older Symbian S60 with a few well-chosen functions such as priority contacts directly on the homepage in order to remain close friends.
Positives:
design, neat and compact.
The in-ear headphones
Favorite contacts as homepage
Good sound quality Minus points:
some buttons difficult to access
very ergonomic QWERTY keyboard
Symbian aging
Average quality photo and video
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