Do you have Obama on your iPhone

The Presidential election fever has hit the iPhone as well. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama after hitting social networking site Facebook with over 1 million friends and campaigning through YouTube will now be available in iPhones. The Democrats have come out with a new application Obama ‘08 which connects the user to Obama’s campaigning with all the tools required to stay in the know. The app is available in iPhone app store or can be downloaded free of cost depending on your iPhone plan.

Some of the features of the ‘Obama ‘08′ include ‘Call friends’ that helps organize and call contacts based on key battleground states, reminder service to remind friends on election day, finding local Obama supporters, updates on latest news regarding the campaign via text messages, finding local events, browsing media reports and photos on the campaign, facts about Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s plan for essential issues facing Americans. “With Obama ‘08, you have the information and tools necessary to help deliver the change we need come this November” goes the advertising campaign. Now that’s what is called, ‘Catching ‘em young’.

Now Nokia jumps into touchscreen phone business

The touchscreen facility touted as the biggest advantage of the iPhones has caught the fancy of cell phone makers like HTC that has geared up to launch its HTC Touch Diamond. Now the bug has bitten the Finnish Nokia as well, as it prepares to launch its first touchscreen phone, the ‘Nokia 5800 XpressMusic’. The 5800 XpressMusic will come with a 3.2 inch display with a 3.2 mega pixel camera, integrated Wi-Fi. The micro-SD card slot that supports up to 16GB of add-on memory will make sure you save a zillion songs and photos on your phone.

Talking about the music features of the cell phone, Nokia’s ‘Comes with Music’ service in the 5800 XpressMusic will enjoy participation by the big record label like EMI, which was earlier excluded. Other biggies like Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal Music are already on board. The ‘Comes with Music’ service gives users access to download a wide music library for 12 months following purchase of the phone. The cost of the music licenses is bundled onto the cost of the phone. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone is expected to be launched in North America by early 2009. Nokia has not announced any cell phone plan or service provider for the phone as yet. To know how the new Nokia phone will fare against the other touchscreen phones in terms of service you can do a cell phone plan comparison online.