The Nokia X3 Mobile Phone is one among the trio that Nokia announced at the Nokia World, 2009; the other 2 being the Nokia X6 and the Nokia N97 Mini. The Nokia X3 has a lot in common with the Nokia 5330 mobile phone that was released earlier this year. The new Nokia handset has a 2.2" 240 x 320 pixels, colour display.

Also part of the 'Comes With Music' family, the Nokia X3 is a mini music box which lets you download plenty of tracks from the Nokia Music Store. It boasts of a high quality music player, which can keep you entertained on your journey. You can tune into the FM channels for your music doze too. This gadget is equipped with a 3.5mm headphone socket as well as Bluetooth ability to listen with headsets.

Capture moments as and when they happen with the 3.2 Megapixel snapper that is integrated into this mobile phone. Both stills and videos can be shot. You can even geo-tag them and share with family and friends by uploading to social networks. Talking about geo-tagging, this handheld supports A-GPS, which along with Nokia maps gives you turn-by-turn voice guidance during your travel.

Social Networking is a popular trend with mobile phones these days. Facilities like Flickr, Nokis Chat, Yahoo Go!, Windows Live! Messenger and more can be accessed, for staying well informed about your close social group. The Nokia X3 lets you access the Ovi Store too, from which you can download apps, games as well as share a lot of information. There are in-phone games also that you can play.

MicroSD cards can let you store as well as share data too. Cards of up to 16GB are supported. A web browser with flash player is present for surfing the internet and watching online videos. You can send and receive your emails too with this gizmo. The battery life offered by the Nokia X3 Slider Mobile Handset is 7.5 hours for talk, 26 hours for music playback and 380 hours on standby. An important aspect to note about this gadget is that it is 80% recyclable and uses recycled material in its packaging.

The Nokia X3 is expecting a release sometime later on this quarter, perhaps during Christmas. It is expected to be priced at EUR115(~105GBP). Hope it does ship with special Christmas offers and deals.