Nokia 5230 Mobile Phone is a full touchscreen handset focusing on music, entertainment and social networking needs. You can call it the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic minus certain features and hence price too. The 3.2" 640 x 360 pixels widescreen touch display, can be operated with the finger as well as a stylus. There are dedicated keys for call send, end, volume, power, camera and menu/application launch. Available in a variety of colour combinations, this mobile phone surely does please the eye.

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Music - This mobile handset has a media player housed in it. An FM radio is present as well. You can listen to your music either on the speakers of this gadget or use the 3.5mm headphone jack for plugging in your headsets. Even the 2.5mm Nokia AV connector is available for using with your headphones. This handheld also supports Bluetooth. Hence, apart from using Bluetooth compatible headsets, you can share data with other devices too. The Nokia Music Store, which has a huge collection of music files, can be accessed with this mobile phone as well.

Staying In Touch - SMS, MMS, emails and audio messages can be sent and received with the new Nokia 5230 phone. You can also log onto social networking websites, including Ovi Share, to keep your social circle well informed about your life. Being a 3G ready phone, accessing pages of the internet will definitely be fast.

A-GPS - The A-GPS receiver along with Ovi maps will tell you exactly where your geographical location is. You can also know your surroundings better with this feature.

Camera - A 2 Megapixel camera is packed in this handheld. Both stills as well as videos can be captured with this camera.

The Nokia 5230 Touchscreen mobile phone is based on the Symbian OS version 9.4. This smartphone has a 70MB memory integrated inside it. You can as well use microSD cards having a maximum of 16GB capacity for storing more information and for quick data sharing too. A USB connector is present in this device as well, for linking to your PC. The battery life of this handset is - 7 hours for talk with 2G networks and 4.3 hours for 3G. This phone will most probably be stepping into the market in the final quarter of this year. The estimated mobile phone deal is for EUR 149 for the basic version. There is a mobile phone offer for EUR 249, which includes the 'Comes with Music' feature for unlimited music downloads.

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