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T-Mobile Nokia 5300 XpressMusic Leaked Docs

Jason Chen — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:45:44 EST

If you're at all curious about the T-Mobile XpressMusic phone, take a look at these internal T-Mobile docs for it. Among them, the full feature list, answers to possible customer questions, and a guide for the sales people on how to sell this phone to you.

Imagine printing this out and taking it to a T-Mobile store and screwing with the employees there. Sure, it's kind of a dick thing to do, but it sure would be funny.

PDFs after the jump.

Qualifying and Probing Questions

Features and Services

Selling the Xpressmusic

– Jason Chen

Thanks tipster!

Nokia 5300 XpressMusic Video Hands-On, Bonus Videos Included

Gizloco — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:29:31 EST

T-Mobile took the time to throw a so-so party here in New York yesterday to celebrate the launch of the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic cellphone. We were able to get some one-on-one time with the phone itself, of which our resident video dude took plenty of footage. Here we see the phone's UI and the song transfer interface. The 5300 feels kinda like a toy—very light, rounded edges and almost rubbery. It certainly has a "feel" about it. I'll be doing a music phone showdown of sorts later in the week, so more in depth impressions will show up there. In the meantime, enjoy this and a few other videos from the evening.

The party itself was just OK. It was entirely too loud for my tastes and the Teddybears, um, stunk.

But here's the story of the night: It seems Peter Rojas of Engadget fame is too cool to wait in line like the rest of us had to. Sure, we were standing in the drizzle for 30 minutes but not Rojas. He just strolls in like he owns the joint. Rojas is a line cutter.
[Ed. Note: It would be a cute story, except there was no line for press. Press events have no lines. I never wait in lines either. Apple Keynotes aside, but even Mossberg and Pogue wait in those. Nicky, was this a line for the bathroom? Because I wait in those all the time. Some people take forever to pee. -B.L. ]

UPDATE: For some who care, it's worth noting that John Biggs of Crunchgear, and Gizmodo Editor Emeritus backs up the story that there was a line, and that Pete did get to waltz in. I still believe that a little line cutting is the kind of system hack that I enjoy. Who has the time? We have gadgets to blog about! -B.L.
UPDATE 2: Actually, it's been confirmed that anyone on the press invite list could have walked into the event directly without standing in line if they'd just talked to the TMO rep on staff that night. This is the stupidest post I've ever been engaged in.-B.L.

– Nicholas Deleon with video by Richard Blakeley

T-Mobile Gets Musical With Nokia 5300 XpressMusic

Jason Chen — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:15:28 EST

Although the phone won't launch until February 28, T-Mobile's starting up the sign-up process for the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic already. The phone marks T-Mobile's effort to target the music-loving crowd, with dedicated music buttons, microSD card for storage, and free tracks from Yahoo! Music.

There's also a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth A2DP connectivity, and a sliding design. It's going to be pretty cheap as well—$99 with contract—and comes with MyFaves support. Hmm, this or the iPhone? Tough choices are a'comin. – Jason Chen

Signup Page [T-Mobile via Crunchgear]

First Pictures of Nokia 5200, 5300

Gizloco — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:19:15 EDT

Pictures of Nokia's upcoming budget 5200 and 5300 cellphones are spreading around the Web like wildfire. Right now, only rumored specs are available, but baseless rumors have never been ignored here anyway. So far, a 1.3-megapixel camera, LED flash, Bluetooth, and an awesome 128x160-pixel resolution screen are all you're going to find here. Allegedly, though, the 5300 will feature dedicated music control buttons, since music cellphones are so great and all.

Due to the shady, shadow government way in which these pictures were obtained, not a whole lot else is known, like price or even an estimated release date. – Nicholas Deleon

Exclusive: Nokia's New 5200 & 5300 - Mobile Phone Specifications and Reviews [MobileScraper via CrunchGear]