Nokia launched two new mobiles in the entertainment-oriented Xseries range of consumer smartphones in Singapore today. The phones in question are the new Nokia X5-01 model and the Nokia X6 8GB. The square-ish Nokia X5 features excellent sound quality, dedicated music keys and loud speakers, and will include access to Ovi Music, and to Comes with Music in some regions. The Nokia X6 8GB has a 5 megapixel camera, built in Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS and comes in three colors. Here is more info on the Nokia X5 and X6 8GB music phones:

Nokia X5 Key Features:

Social networking and messaging
?Full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing
?Easy access to social networking sites (Facebook,Twitter, Hi5, MySpace)
?Favorite IM accounts supported (such as Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk,Windows Live Messenger, Ovi Chat)
?Log in to multiple email accounts (such as Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Ovi Mail)
?Favorite contacts on the home screen
?Square, compact design optimized for social networking and messaging
?Shake the phone to find out the number of unread messagesMusic
?Excellent sound quality and loud speakers
?Discover and download tracks from Ovi Music
?Store up to 1 000* tracks to your device
?Comes With Music in select markets
?Quick access to music with dedicated music key
?Music player support MP3, AAC, eAAC+ and WMA
?FM stereo radio
?Spin the phone when playing music to jump to a random trackAdditional features
?5 megapixel camera with 4x digitial zoom, LED flash
?Share photos and videos with Ovi Share
?Games and applications from Ovi Store
?Ovi Suite
?Ovi ContactsData Services & Connectivity
?WLAN
?GPRS/EGPRS multislot class 32
?Bluetooth 2.1 with enhanced data rates (EDR)
?Micro-USB connector, USB charging
?3.5 mm AV connector

Nokia X5 Technical Profile

System: WCDMA 850/1900/2100WCDMA 900/1900/2100GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
User Interface: S60 platform 3rd Edition
Dimensions: 74.3 mm x 66.4 mm x 16.8 mm (L x W x T)
Volume: 113,4 cc
Weight: 129 g (including battery)
Display: 2,36? QVGA with up to 262k colors (320x240)
Memory: Up to 200 MB internal memory, support for up to 32 GB microSD memory card

Operating times
Standby time: Up to 16 days
Talk time: Up to 4 hours (GSM), up to 3,5 hrs (3G)
Music playback: Up to 24 hrs

Nokia X6 8GB Technical Profile

System:WCDMA/HSDPA 900/1900/2100 +GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900,GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
User Interface: Symbian^1 (Symbian OS, S60 5.0)
Dimensions: 111 mm x 51 mm x 13.8 mm
Display: 3.2? 16:9 nHD, 231 ppi
Memory: 8GB internal memory
Talk time: Up to 11.5h (GSM) /6 h (3G)
Standby time:Up to 420h (GSM) /450 h (3G)
Music playback:Up to 35h
Video playback:Up to 4.5 hours (30 fps)

Networks
?WCDMA
?GPRS/EDGE, MSC32
?HSDPA
?DTM
?AMR
?CSD

Connectivity
?Bluetooth 2.0
?USB 2.0 High Speed
?A-GPS
?WLAN
?3.5mm AV connector

Content & Context Management
?OMA DRM
?Java MIDP
?Email pushInbox colorsAzure, Black, Amethyst

Music
?Easy access to Ovi Music
?Music format: MP3, SpMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MTP supportMessaging
?SMS, MMS, Email and Audio Messaging
?Easy access to social networking sitesImaging
?5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash
?Other imaging features: video, video center, online share, TV out support, image and video editorVideo Consumption
?Video recording
?Video playbackOther Media Consumption
?Ring Tones: 3D stereo ringing tones, Up to 64 Polyphonic Midi, MP3 tones, video ringing tones
?Video Ring Tones: yes
?Browser: Full Web browser (OSS) v 7.2
?Macromedia Flash Lite 3.1Other services, features or applications
?Ovi services: Ovi Music, Ovi Store, Nokia Messaging, Ovi Maps with free navigation, Ovi Share, Ovi Contacts, Ovi Files, Ovi Suite
?Online Share, Switch, Playlist DJ, Shazam, Online Search, Email clients, Email Settings wizard
?Downloadable Symbian (sis), Java applications and widgets
?Three games included! Spore by EA, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour by Gameloft
?Up to 20 favorite contacts on the home screen

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