At first glance the Nokia 5230 could be mistaken for any of its predecessors; the familiar slim style compares to that of the Nokia 5800 and the Nokia 5530. This is where the similarities end. This Nokia handset is one to rival the top end smartphones without actually being a one. It runs on the S60 Symbain operating system which is widely used in today's smartphones and it uses all the advantages of this operating system to the fullest. So why is it not a smartphone? Nokia smartphones are usually labelled Nseries or Eseries; these are aimed at business users and those who want the best in high end multimedia entertainment from their phone. The Nokia 5230 handset enters the market in a highly competitive price range and could be seen as a budget smartphone. The strong features of this handset surpass the other phones in this competitive price range. Nokia have crammed high specifications into this middle of the road handset.
Display & Keypad - The 5230 has a sharp, resistive 3.2" TFT widescreen display; the resolution of which is 360x640 pixels and it supports up to 16 million colours. The touch screen of this handset is fully optimised for data entry by finger or a stylus; use of which works well with the inbuilt handwriting recognition software. The handset offers a standard alphanumeric keypad which can be used with predictive text or the standard multi-tap. Other keypad layouts include a mini QWERTY keypad, for use with a stylus, and a full QWERTY keyboard which is fully optimised for typing with your fingers. These keyboard layouts can be used in both portrait and landscape mode, apart from the full QWERTY keyboard which only works in landscape mode. The display handles all the applications and photographs with ease.
Music - The Nokia 5230 may not be marketed as a music handset but it delivers a fully functional music system. As with other S60 handsets the 5230 has a full media player which is compatible with a large number of music formats, including MP3, RA, WAV, WMA and AAC. The music search groupings are well arranged as you would expect from a modern handset and the Nokia 5230 makes it simple to create your own playlists. The standard 3.5mm audio headphone jack is present so you are not limited in the headphones that you can use. This handset has 70MB disk space for your music, that might not be a lot compared to the multi-gigabyte MP3 players of today but you can use MicroSD memory cards to expand your storage space up to 16GB. You can transfer music to and from your PC via Bluetooth 2.0 support. Included in the Nokia 5230 is a FM radio which allows for 20 radio stations to be stored. Downloading your music on the go is a breeze with HSDPA support for up to 3.6Mbps.
Online Services & Extras - Nokia's Ovi online digital suite is fully supported by the 5230 and this gives you access to a long list of features and online content, from music and mail to online storage and social networking; which can be easily accessed at any time. The connectivity of the Nokia 5230 has many methods, the HSDPA we mentioned earlier or GPRS, EDGE and HSCSD. Turning your Nokia 5230 into a GPS Navigation system is one outstanding feature of this handset. It comes with an inbuilt A-GPS chip and combining this with Ovi Maps gives full GPS navigation complete with directions, 3D modelling of your surroundings and more.
In conclusion the Nokia 5230 is most impressive for its slot in the market. It is not quite a smartphone but it is not far behind and offers a wide array of features that phones in the same price range simply do not have.
Display & Keypad - The 5230 has a sharp, resistive 3.2" TFT widescreen display; the resolution of which is 360x640 pixels and it supports up to 16 million colours. The touch screen of this handset is fully optimised for data entry by finger or a stylus; use of which works well with the inbuilt handwriting recognition software. The handset offers a standard alphanumeric keypad which can be used with predictive text or the standard multi-tap. Other keypad layouts include a mini QWERTY keypad, for use with a stylus, and a full QWERTY keyboard which is fully optimised for typing with your fingers. These keyboard layouts can be used in both portrait and landscape mode, apart from the full QWERTY keyboard which only works in landscape mode. The display handles all the applications and photographs with ease.
Music - The Nokia 5230 may not be marketed as a music handset but it delivers a fully functional music system. As with other S60 handsets the 5230 has a full media player which is compatible with a large number of music formats, including MP3, RA, WAV, WMA and AAC. The music search groupings are well arranged as you would expect from a modern handset and the Nokia 5230 makes it simple to create your own playlists. The standard 3.5mm audio headphone jack is present so you are not limited in the headphones that you can use. This handset has 70MB disk space for your music, that might not be a lot compared to the multi-gigabyte MP3 players of today but you can use MicroSD memory cards to expand your storage space up to 16GB. You can transfer music to and from your PC via Bluetooth 2.0 support. Included in the Nokia 5230 is a FM radio which allows for 20 radio stations to be stored. Downloading your music on the go is a breeze with HSDPA support for up to 3.6Mbps.
Online Services & Extras - Nokia's Ovi online digital suite is fully supported by the 5230 and this gives you access to a long list of features and online content, from music and mail to online storage and social networking; which can be easily accessed at any time. The connectivity of the Nokia 5230 has many methods, the HSDPA we mentioned earlier or GPRS, EDGE and HSCSD. Turning your Nokia 5230 into a GPS Navigation system is one outstanding feature of this handset. It comes with an inbuilt A-GPS chip and combining this with Ovi Maps gives full GPS navigation complete with directions, 3D modelling of your surroundings and more.
In conclusion the Nokia 5230 is most impressive for its slot in the market. It is not quite a smartphone but it is not far behind and offers a wide array of features that phones in the same price range simply do not have.
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