Give Nokia some time they will make 5800 as the be...

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I have been seeing cribbing about issues with Nokia 5800. Well first of all let me tell you something, when 5800 was released, everywhere on the internet people were complaining about the fact that camera didn't have geotagging. Nokia made available in the firmware update. Whatsmore, they have already declared that the new Nokia messaging service will be supported on 5800 from May. People Nokia is selling a new phone by projecting this service as "THE FEATURE" of the phone(the Nokia E75). So for them to support this on 5800, which is not a business phone, just shows how much they care about the customers.
By the way it took Apple about 3 years to slove some basic issues like 
1. Support for forwarding msgs.
2. Deleting multiple text msgs.
3. Support for MMS.
4. Support for bluetooth file transfer to name a few.
You don't have to give Nokia 3 years, give them another 6 months they will make sure that 5800 is one of the best fones you have ever owned.
Also Nokia also working to improve coolness factor on the phone with apps like the new photo browser, handwriting calculator etc.
So just give them time.
Message Edited by vik_vig on 09-Apr-2009 05:32 AM

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I just bought this phone from O2 and cannot geotag - the main reason  bought it.  The firmware is V11 and cannot update it to V20 which supports geodata.  After being given the runaround by O2 who said it was a Nokia problem Nokia Data respon
I hope all is well with you. With regard to your email, please note that the software version 20.0.012 for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic includes "Geo-tagging", enabling you to add location information to your pictures.
However, the latest software version for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic may not be available for download from our website for your specific phone variant. Nokia produces many different variants of each product (for different countries and languages) and not all variants support the latest Nokia device firmware.
Software versions for a specific Nokia phone may also depend on network operator variants as Nokia phones distributed by a network operator's sales channel are commonly pre-installed with software configured to ensure compatibility with the respective network services. Operator-branded Nokia devices may also be updated with the latest software version that has been approved by the operator and the updates for individual variants may be available at different times. Note that not all operators may have approved the latest software available.
 They suggested contacting the supplier technicians who may be able to help,  The O2 shop here in Galway finally got an answer from O2,  They do not support geotag on the N5800 and have no plans to  It would be nice if I had discovered that before I bought the phone as I had assumed that there would not be a problem updating the firmware. Of course asking the O2 sales people about geotagging when buying the phone brought a glazed look and they looked up the phone's capability on http://www.gsmarena.com/ where it correctly says that geotagging is supported, but not by O2 though!