T-Mobile has announced the availability of the Nokia XpressMusic 5610 on their network. The latest in the XpressMusic line from the Finnish manufacturer isn’t exactly new, given that it has been available in other markets since October, but this should be the first time it’s officially appearing on the American scene. This 5310 upgrade has all the features that the XpressMusic 5310 was liked for and adds a bit more to the same slider form factor, albeit shedding a bit of weight in the process. Keeping in mind that music is its forte, the XpressMusic 5610 carries over everything from the 5310 including dedicated music controls and adds an innovative “music slider” located below the 2.2-inch TFT display for quick access to music player and radio. The camera has also been bettered to a 3.2-megapixel lens from 2-mpx lamer on the 5310 along with dual-LED flash and 20MB internal memory with further expansion via microSD slot (1GB card included in the package). The battery can last for up to an impressive 22 hours of music playback, 6 hours of talktime, and 320 hours in standby mode. The only thing missing is 3G, with speeds topping out at EDGE, but that shouldn’t stop any music lover if they are really inclined to get one of these. Available on T-Mobile now for $99 on a two-year contract in colors of black with red lining and white with silver.
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Owning that big 40% chunk of the world cell phone market doesn’t seem enough for the Finnish giant, as Nokia has announced up to 10% cut in price on many of its handsets. Most of the mobile phones seeing this fall come from Nokia’s music and media range, with smaller reductions across other lineups as well. Among the models seeing a significant drop are the XpressMusic 5310 and 5610 along with the N81 8GB. Good news to Nokia fanboys, but it remains to be seen how the other major manufacturers will retaliate, struggling already to gain a larger market for their products. Nokia already has a strong foothold in emerging countries like India, not giving other players much leeway to peddle their products in those markets. Still, this shouldn’t affect those die-hard Sony Ericsson and Motorola fans who wouldn’t budge their stance even if Nokia cut the prices in half, right?

Do you guys remember the RM-358 that cleared the FCC last month? Well, the same device has turned up again, this time under the ID of RM-359. Anyways, the device otherwise known as 5610 of the Nokia’s XpressMusic line has passed the FCC muster; here is a rehash of its specs.

*Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS 850/2100
*Operating System: Symbian Series 40 Edition
*Display: 2.2 inch TFT, 16 million colors, 240 x 320 pixels
*Memory: 20MB internal with expansion via TransFlash microSD up to 4GB
*Camera: 3.15-megapixel with secondary VGA for video-calling
*Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and USB 2.0
*FM Radio with music player with dedicated music buttons
*Battery: Li-ion 900 mAh
*Weight: 111 grams
*Dimensions: 98.5 x 48.5 x 17 mm

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