ESPOO, Finland - Sources at Taiwanese component-suppliers have confirmed that Nokia is working to include capacitive screens on its Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, rather than the current resistive ones.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic entered sales late November 2008, and has already sold over three million units. The capacitive screens will be installed in a new batch comprising of two million units, to be shipped from either May or June.

Capacitive screens are known to be more "finger-friendly", which is what attracts most consumers. Resistive screens are preferable if a stylus is going to be used. The capacitive multi-touch screen was one of Apple's biggest weapon in its iPhone market strategy.

Upcoming devices, such as the Nokia N97, are also set to use capactive touchscreens.

[via DigiTimes]