Digital Trends have published a review of the Nokia XpressMusic 5610 handset. 'Despite the bevy of other features Nokia has packed into the 5610 and its decidedly musical aspirations, we found it also performed reasonably well as a phone. The keypad, while small, doesn't interfere with dialing at all, and we could easily perform the sliding motion needed to reveal it one-handed. Call quality was a mix: we were able to communicate with callers without any difficulty and volume was outstanding, but we also experienced an omnipresent hiss in the background regardless of who we called, an annoyance that seemed to be unique to this phone. It didn't intrude enough to ruin conversations, and callers couldn't hear it, but picky phone users should be forewarned that it will have to be overlooked.'