Nokia 5700 comes under the genre of Xpress music edition, and has been designed keeping in mind the taste and requirements of music loving crowd. Priced much competitively, the handset also gives a good competition to the monopolistic Walkman series. Thus, posing itself as a competent handset to show off that Nokia makes a mark in each arena it delves into.

In terms of design, what sets Nokia 5700 apart from others is its twist mechanism. The handset offers a 270-degree twist motion on its bottom half, where the numeric keypad is. A 90-degree twist (either toward or away from you) will activate the camera, while a 180-degree turn will activate the music player. And along with it, the dedicated external multimedia keys for playback, pause, fast forward and rewind are also activated. While this mechanism lights up the faces of the friends who think you are almost breaking the device, it also saves you some click to operate features like camera and music.

However, this design is not all flawless. The camera mode needs he joystick to navigate the shooting options. And with the keypad forming a right-angle with the top half of the phone, it can get rather cramped when reaching for the joystick. Another point of consideration is that since the Menu and Cancel keys are on the rubberized edges of the phone flanking the 2.2-inch QVGA LCD, the buttons won't light up like the rest of the keypad. Thus, if you make a mistake while typing in dark, you would have to feel the keys rather than knowing where are they located exactly.

And as the name suggests, the Nokia 5700 is fully loaded with musical talents. It supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ and WMA formats. It also comes with a pair of onboard speakers, and the Music Manager software in the bundled CD. Other highlights include an FM radio, voice recorder, 2-megapixel camera, RealPlayer and Flash Player programs. The handset runs on he robust Series 60 platform, and offers quad band, 3G, Bluetooth stereo, and 2 MP camera.