Nokia 5610 XpressMusic Phone, Red (T-Mobile)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 1.9 x 0.7 inches ; 3.8 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B001E5088Y
• Item model number: 5610
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,211 in Cell Phones & Service (See Bestsellers in Cell Phones & Service)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The Nokia 5610 XpressMusic slider phone for T-Mobile comes ready to rock with an iconic Music Slider key making music easy to access with a flick of the thumb. Red aluminum side panels accent the all-black high gloss finish, and it features a large 2.2-inch, 16 million-color display for easy viewing of album art. This quad-band GSM/EDGE also features include a 3.2-megapixel camera with video capture, Bluetooth stereo music streaming, MicroSD memory expansion up to 4 GB, email capabilities with attachments, and up to 4 hours of talk time.

Nokia's 5610 XpressMusic phone offers a unique dedicated Music Slider key and a wide range of audio format compatibility.

T-Mobile Service Options
This phone operates on GSM 850/1900 networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile's EDGE network (which stands for "Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution"). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.

It's compatible with T-Mobile's myFaves service, which allows you to call up to five of your most common contacts--on any network, even landlines--without using any of your minutes. Learn more about myFaves from T-Mobile.

Download cool new games, HiFi Ringers (real songs by today's hottest artists), MegaTones (instrumental versions of songs), and wallpapers quickly, as well as stay connected via the Web, instant messaging, and email.

With T-Mobile Contacts (formerly T-Mobile Address Book), you can store your phonebook on T-Mobile's network so even if you lose your phone, you don't lose your contacts. Contacts lets you import entries from Microsoft Outlook, .vcf files, or use .csv files to import from Yahoo!, Gmail, etc.; back up your phone's address book on our server with enhanced safety features; and store additional contacts on the server.

The 5610 also features stereo Bluetooth streaming, a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, and access to popular instant messaging services.

Phone Features
Measuring 0.67 inches thin and weighing 3.92 ounces, the svelte slider-style 5610 has a five-way navigator, send/end keys, and two soft keys on the front of the chassis, as well as Nokia's unique Music Slider button that makes accessing your tunes as easy as the flick of your thumb. The front smoothly glides upward to reveal the phone's numeric keypad. The 2.2-inch LCD screen has a 240 x 320-pixel resolution and support for 16 million colors for amazing depth. The phone also includes a mini-USB connection at the bottom. It has an internal 20 MB memory (which can be expanded up to 4 GB using optional MicroSD memory cards), and the phone book can store up to 2000 contacts (each with three numbers and one text field). Getting on the Internet is easy with the 5610, thanks to its EDGE data connectivity.

The 5610 provides the ultimate music playback experience from a mobile phone. You'll be able to play virtually any file, thanks to compatibility with MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAc+, and WMA as well as secure WMA songs purchased from Internet music stores. It also offers easy synchronization with Windows Media Player 10 and 11. Listen, create playlists, and manage your music within the 5610.

This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server.

Other music-related features include up to 22 hours of playback time, album art display and audio visualizations, and enhanced audio controls. Put music on the Nokia 5610 from Nokia Music Store by sideloading from PC or download over the air using fast 3G connections (where available). This phone also supports playlists and customizable XpressMusic UI skins in the music player. You'll also be able to listen to your favorite radio station with the integrated FM tuner.

The 5610 offers a full range of email, text, and multimedia messaging options. It includes support for IMAP4, POP3, and SMTP email, plus support for attachments such as DOC, PDF, XLS, JPEG, 3GP, and MP3. In addition to SMS text and MMS multimedia messaging, this phone incorporates Nokia Xpress audio messaging, which allows you to personalize messages in a spontaneous and creative way. By using a specially designed menu, an audio message can be recorded and sent with only a few clicks of a button. Xpress audio messages can be sent to all MMS-enabled GSM handsets, and can also be shared with multiple recipients.

Other features include:

• 3.2-megapixel digital camera captures still images and includes a 8x digital zoom, dual LED flash, macroshot, landscape mode, and sequential shots
• Video capture up to VGA resolution at 15 fps
• Send and receive instant messages with Yahoo!, MSN, or AOL.
• Voice dialing enables you to call someone with simple voice commands to keep your hands free for activities like driving.
• Airplane mode allows you to safely use the non-wireless functions of a phone (music, games, or organizer functions) on an airplane during flight or in other situations where you need to turn off your cellular connection.
• T9 predictive text entry technology makes it easier for you to enter words and text on handsets
• Ringtones: Video ringtones, MP3 and MP4 tones, eAAC+ tones, AAC tones, WMA tones, 64 polyphonic MIDI, message alert tones, and alarm clock tones
• Opera Mini web browser with XHTML and WAP compatibility
• Organizer: Alarm clock, calendar, to-do list, notes, calculator, stopwatch and countdown timer; calendar provides up to 3000 entries with week view functionality including reminder, memo, call, and birthday notes
• Bluetooth profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)

Vital Statistics
The Nokia 5610 weighs 3.92 ounces and measures 3.88 x 1.91 x 0.67 inches. Its 900 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of talk time, up to 300 hours of digital standby time, and up to 22 hours of music playback. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not perfect, but no phone is., October 12, 2008

By	jdehd (California) - See all my reviews

I bought it for the camera (3.2 megapixel!) It works well, and saves each picture automatically by default rather than assuming you only want to send it. It is set up to feel like a camera with the shutter button and zoom placed traditionally. The flash is overwhelmingly bright. Time between clicks is slow. Worst part of the camera is that when you take a pic, the image that freezes onscreen is NOT your picture, but the image 1 second before your picture. You never know what you are going to get.
Phone quirks include not reliably locking external keys when the phone is closed (even when set to do it). The main navigation button is hard to master. Up is easy, but getting it to hit "select" instead of down is often hard. Still for a tiny non flip keypad, it is surprisingly easy to use. It only has one alarm, but it works well. The volume is very low, even at the highest setting. It defaults to a very low volume with bluetooth. So EVERY time, I have to access the handset to raise the volume. The voice dial interface is awful. The robotic voice is grating (unlike the motorola one) and it will dial even if it guesses wrong. It's biggest fault is the sound is terrible. There is a lot of static, and the quality is enormously tinny. The speakerphone is almost useless. The best feature other than the camera is the voice memo function, especially when used with a bluetooth headset.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Super graphics, January 4, 2009

By	Kestutis Satkauskas (Shiller park, IL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought Nokia 5610 about 5 months ago after I got tired of Samsung T429. I was looking for a new cell phone which had to have two best qualifications: great camera phone and great graphics. It was esential for me to be able to send high quality pictures. Also, I can't live without playing chess and chess program I had in my old Samsung T-429 had poor graphics and used to freeze up very often while playing.

PICTURE QUALITY with this Nokia is exceptional- I took with it a picture of a local park and you couldn't tell while viewing with Windows gallery on my pc- that the picture was taken with cell phone, not with high quality point-n-shoot camera. I like this feature also: when sending picture, if it takes too many KB's, it allows you automatically to make it smaller. Very minor thing is- it would have been nice for Nokia to put small mirror so one could see himself/herself while taking picture.

GRAPHICS are excellent! Very pleasant to the eye and NEVER freezes up on me while I am playing chess. Never!

PLAYER functionality and sound quality is very good. External buttons are easy to use. When you play a piece of downloaded music from Amazon on loudspeaker- high notes are sometimes too much to handle, but one cannot expect sound quality equal to high end stand alone sound systems; quality through earphones is fine. But overall, music player sound quality, again- is very good. My only complain is that when you play music and press cell phone red end button- music does not stop- you have to press stop/pause button for the player itself, otherwise if you play music and slide down phone or press red stop button or both- music will keep playing and you will have go back to player to stop the music.

CALL QUALITY is also very good. Sound is crisp and clear. The downside, I think, is when you slide up the phone to answer the call and and after the call is over (from either party) phone locks within three seconds and that means when you want to use phone again you have either to slide phone down and up again or press ok and star function. I think it is a mistake by Nokia. I think they should have left the choice to a customer- if they wanted to use the cell phone after the call- let them do so, if they wanted to lock- let them just slide it down. I'd say it is a medium grade anoyance.

LOUDSPEAKER is good, but not excelent. Samsung T429 had a slight advantage here.

APPEARANCE is superb. I am a slider cell phone guy and this one looks so so cool! It feels solid and well built, not a flimsy piece of plastic like so many other cell phones. Combination of red and black colors are blended very well and beautiful to look at. And those two 1mm high and 3mm wide lights at the mid-lower part of the front of the phone that come up slowly and then goes away slowly- it is so cool especially at night.

OVERALL i would definitely recommend to anyone especially who is looking for exceptional graphics, ability to take and send highest quality pictures. 5 stars. Definitely.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nokia 5610 vs. Sony Ericsson Walkman, December 22, 2008

By	David Ivey - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had a Sony Ericsson Walkman, which I liked, but then it started going into Demo Mode for no reason and I replaced it with the Nokia 5610. So I can provide some comparison of the two phones.

I carry my phone in my pocket so I want something slim and small -- both phones are definately slim and small. The Sony is a little thicker, and they are both about the same height when the Sony is slid open (the Sony is about 1/2 an inch shorter when closed). However, I think I prefer the thinness of the Nokia because it is so thin that I forget it is even in my pocket. The Sony phone also had a tendency to call people at random from being in my pocket and I have never had that problem with the Nokia.

The main reason I bought the phone was to play music. The Sony sounded great, and had a lot of bass. The Nokia also sounds great, but not as much bass as the Sony. The volume on both phones also stops short of what I'd like to set it at -- I think this is a govenment mandate or fear of being sued for damaging ears. (There are aftermarket headphone amps available, but I haven't bought one of those YET). However, what I really like about the Nokia is that it will accept standard headphones, but the Sony requires that you use their proprietary headphones. In Sony's favor, I preferred their software for navigating my music, as it was a lot more intutive. It took me over an hour to figure out how to shuffle the music on the Nokia.

The battery life on both phones seems about the same -- I have to throw it on the charger each evening when I am listening to a lot of music. The battery last 3 or 4 days when I am not listening to music.

I don't use my phone for calls that much, so I use the T-mobile ToGo service. It is $100 for a 1,000 minutes that lasts a year and I normally go 4 to 5 months on 1,000 minutes. I have a suspicion that the unlocked Sony phone didn't like being on the T-mobile network and this was why it was dropping into Demo Memo (just a theory).

Overall I prefer the Nokia, but it is very close.