01 October 2010 by Caroline
The 1 October may strike you a slightly gloomy day weather-wise, but it does mark the beginning of an exciting month as far as mobile phone deals are concerned.
The BlackBerry slider phone, Torch 9800, hits our stores today and is the first of many new handsets scheduled for an October (or October-ish in some cases) UK release.
T-Mobile has the Nokia 5230 Ovi Music Unlimited phone landing this month, together with the Nokia N8, HTC Desire H...
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Nokia 5230 deals on contract
Also known as the Nokia 5230 Nuron, the Nokia 5230 from the world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia, is one smartphone that isn’t embarrassed to rub elbows with the low end handsets it competes with.
This is one foot solider that is as smart as any commanding lieutenant but does the job with no pretensions or even aspirations to advance in the ranks. It’s quite happy in the hands of a youthful crowd that wants smartphone touchscreen functionality with fun playful designs courtesy of interchangeable battery covers that 3rd party aftermarket suppliers can make available. Nokia has just redefined what an entry level smartphone should be
Features at a Glance
This is a 3G smartphone on the dual band UMTS for US and European markets and comes with HSDPA at 3.6 Mbps on 3G. It is also quad band GSM with class 32 GPRS/EDGE data speeds on 2G.
It comes with SatNav functionality with a built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support and Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch. The Nuron version apparently does not have 3G and GPS. There’s no WiFi, a concession to its affordability, but comes with wireless Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and wired microUSB 2.0 for local high speed data transfers.
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With a full touchscreen form factor measuring 111 x 51.7 x 15.5mm and weighing 115g, the Nokia 5230 runs the Symbian S60 5th edition on a 434 MHz ARM11 processor. Its display is a 3.2-inch TFT LCD resistive touchscreen with Half-VGA resolution and 16 million colors.
It comes with a proximity sensor for automatic shut-off in a call as well as a gravity accelerometer for auto rotate viewing. You get a fixed focus digital camera with a rather outdated 2-megpixel resolution. There’s VGA video recording at 30fps. Entertainment on the road gets a stereo FM radio with RDS and the usual media playback support for the popular audio and video file formats, a 3.4mm headphone jack and wireless stereo listening from its A2DP profile support on Bluetooth.
Phone memory comes with practically unlimited phonebook entries and a user storage capacity of 70 MB expandable up to 16 GB from its microSD expansion slot. You get up to 7 hours of talk time, 432 hours of standby time and 33 hours of continuous music listening from its BL-5J li-ion battery rated at 1320 mAh when fully charged. SAR EU rating is 1.08 watts/kg.
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Latest Nokia 5230 News
15 September 2009 by Simon
Nokia releases an entry-level touchscreen handset in the Nokia 5230. Running on the 5th edition of its versatile Symbian S60 platform, the new handset sports a new user interface with content and menu bars for quick access to any apps or files right form the homescreen. There’s handwriting recognition software as well as a full QWERTY keyboard onscreen when entering text. It has the usual accelerometer, ambient light and proximity sensors th...
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Nokia releases an entry-level touchscreen handset in the Nokia 5230. Running on the 5th edition of its versatile Symbian S60 platform, the new handset sports a new user interface with content and menu bars for quick access to any apps or files right form the homescreen. There’s handwriting recognition software as well as a full QWERTY keyboard onscreen when entering text. It has the usual accelerometer, ambient light and proximity sensors th...
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09 September 2009 by Simon
The Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia widens its touchscreen smartphone line with the release of the entry level Nokia 5230. Designed with social networking features and basic leading-edge technology that really counts, Nokia aims to attract the young crowd with their first touchscreen smartphone that is both trendy and affordable. A Multimedia and Social Networking Phone The Nokia 5230 is your basic quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE with 3G/HSD...
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The Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia widens its touchscreen smartphone line with the release of the entry level Nokia 5230. Designed with social networking features and basic leading-edge technology that really counts, Nokia aims to attract the young crowd with their first touchscreen smartphone that is both trendy and affordable. A Multimedia and Social Networking Phone The Nokia 5230 is your basic quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE with 3G/HSD...
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26 August 2009 by Simon
Nokia are pushing further into the touchscreen market with the announcement of their new Nokia 5230, an entry-level touchscreen handset. The 5230 has the same dimensions as the 5800 XpressMusic but only comes with a 2 megapixel camera and does away with Wi-Fi. Although the pixel count on the camera is not the highest it is capable of decent video recording with support for VGA at 30fps. Despite the lack of Wi-Fi the 5230 still has some great f...
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Nokia are pushing further into the touchscreen market with the announcement of their new Nokia 5230, an entry-level touchscreen handset. The 5230 has the same dimensions as the 5800 XpressMusic but only comes with a 2 megapixel camera and does away with Wi-Fi. Although the pixel count on the camera is not the highest it is capable of decent video recording with support for VGA at 30fps. Despite the lack of Wi-Fi the 5230 still has some great f...
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