New latest Nokia 5230 is full multimedia touchscreen smartphone that called Nokia 5230. We all know that Nokia have no other big shot after XpressMusic 5800, it seem this Finnish phone maker are still left behind in the touchscreen phone niche. However, they keep trying to catch up the step with other company like Apple, Samsung or HTC by producing more touchscreen handset. Hence you see this Nokia 5230. This new device have the combination shadows of it predecessor XpressMusic 5800 and 5530. Nokia seem mixed up the two device to form the 5230 because it has a layout of 5800 and the personality of 5530. Read on to find out more.
KEY FEATURES
* 3.2″ 16M-color TFT LCD 16:9 touchscreen display (360 x 640 pixels)
* Symbian S60 5th edition
* ARM 11 434 MHz CPU, 128MB RAM memory
* Quad-band GSM support
* 3G with HSDPA 3.6Mbps support
* Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support; Ovi maps
* 2 megapixel fixed focus camera with and VGA@30fps video
* microSD card memory expansion
* FM radio with RDS
* Bluetooth with A2DP and USB v2.0
* Standard 3.5mm audio jack
* Accelerometer sensor for automatic UI rotation, motion-based gaming and turn-to-mute
* Ovi integration (direct image and video uploads, Ovi Contacts)
* Landscape on-screen virtual QWERTY keyboard
* Excellent audio quality
* Price tag on the cheap side
* Changeable color battery covers (two extra ones available in-box)
* Plectrum dongle available in the retail package
Main disadvantages:
* No Wi-Fi support
* Display has poor sunlight legibility
* Default font size is a bit small due to the smallish but high-res screen
* 3rd party software is still somewhat limited
* Extremely limited camera
* Doesn’t charge off its microUSB port
* No smart dialing
* No DivX/XviD video support out of the box
* No TV-out functionality
* No data-cable or memory card in retail package
* No office document viewer
* Below par speaker volume
