Nokia's night-life-optimised red 5730 XpressMusic gets its final verdict from me in this, part 2 of my All About Symbian Nokia 5730 review, looking at its software bundle and its camera and multimedia. I also give a summary of the device: "There is absolutely no doubting the functionality quotient of the Nokia 5730 Xpressmusic - there are buttons for everything and more applications that most geeks could comfortably embrace."

"However, I liked the 5730. I'm a self-confessed fully-paid-up geek and I liked it. Quite a lot - I was rather disappointed to have to send it back - in several ways it improves on its sister device, my beloved E75. The 5730 Xpressmusic isn't a game changer in any meaningful way, but it is a very useful extension (i.e. adding QWERTY) to Nokia's mid-tier XpressMusic smartphones. And, in that context it'll do well. And I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a few in geek hands later this month at SEE 2009."

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