Qik announced on Thursday that it will come “semi”-bundled with the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone. Qik will not be pre-installed, but the Qik icon will appear in the Download folder and with just a few taps on the touchscreen, the application can be downloaded and installed. A no-hassle install on a hot new phone; pretty impressive for a company that just announced its alpha version less than 10 months ago.

P.S.  Check out the video for a closer look at the Nokia 5800.

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This one hasn’t exactly been a secret, but for anyone that’s been looking to grab one of these sliders today is your day. The Nokia Xpress Music 5610 is now available from all of T-Mobile’s physical and online retail channels. The handset sports a 3.2 megapixel camera, dedicated music player rocker key, included 2GB memory card, and shiny aluminum side panels. It’s certainly not the most advanced handset on the market, but for $99 this represents one of the better values in T-Mobile’s current lineup. Although the handset ships with a 3.5 mm headphone adapter, the actual jack on the handset is Nokia’s proprietary pop-port a 2.5 mm connector. Not surprising for a phone at this price point, but still not such a good thing for such a music-focused handset. If that’s not a deal breaker for you, however, head on down to your local T-Mobile store and swoop up one of these bad boys.

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