Nokia prepping updated 5800 XpressMusic with capacitive screen?

Nokia to replace 5800 handset with capacitive touch panel version, say component suppliersIt's certainly not unheard of for Nokia to take existing models in its lineup, tweak 'em with slightly improved hardware and software, and re-release them -- see the #-Link-Snipped-# / #-Link-Snipped-#, #-Link-Snipped-# / #-Link-Snipped-#, #-Link-Snipped-# / #-Link-Snipped-#, and so on -- so we can totally buy that the company's hard at work at updating its #-Link-Snipped-# for a future revision. DigiTimes (which admittedly doesn't have a pristine record for nailing these sorts of rumors) cites "sources" with Taiwanese component suppliers as saying that Nokia wants to replace the 5800's resistive touchscreen with a capacitive one -- the S60-based Samsung #-Link-Snipped-# does that, by the by -- in an effort to better compete with its rivals. That would certainly make the device more usable and responsive, but in all likelihood, this isn't a simple matter of swapping out a component (how would you use that totally awesome plectrum, after all?) so we'd expect this to be more of an indication that Espoo's looking to move to capacitive going forward, particularly as it transitions over to the #-Link-Snipped-# builds.Filed under: #-Link-Snipped-#, #-Link-Snipped-#

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