Another handset introduced by Nokia is 5230, which can be found in the same range as the 5530 and the 5800 Navigation Edition. The solutions offering is complemented by A-GPS navigation and the latest version of Ovi Maps with aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities and terrain map views for pedestrian and drive navigation.
The price of this attractive cell phone 5230 is 149 Euros (approx.). Both the mobile phones 5230 and 5530 offers all the latest features like listening to music, mingles with social networks from Facebook to MySpace, navigates you to where it happens, when it happens, and comes in an array of dazzling colors,
The features of 5230 are:
* 3.2-inch touchscreen with a 360 x 640 pixel resolution and 16 million colors with a proximity sensor, accelerometer and handwriting recognition support
* 3.5mm earphone socket
* MicroSD card support
* 3G, EDGE/GPRS
* Bluetooth with A2DP and USB 2.0
* 2 megapixel camera
* GPS with A-GPS support (Ovi Maps)
Another announcement of Nokia is Nokia 5530 XpressMusic. This one also has the home screen feature with one touch shortcuts to content and popular social networks, like Facebook and MySpace. The innovative 'people carousel', like the other models features thumbnail images of up to 20 friends with access to their communications history including emails, phone calls, photos or other social media updates.
This 5530 XpressMusic handset features
* a 2.9-inch touchscreen display with a 360 x 640 pixels 16 million colors with a proximity sensor, accelerometer and handwriting recognition support
* 3.5mm earphone socket
* MicroSD card support
* 3G, EDGE/GPRS
* Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with A2DP and USB 2.0 (micro)
* 3 megapixel camera with LED flash
* stereo FM radio
The difference between the two is that the 5530 is equipped with Wi-Fi but lacks GPS and the 5230 has GPS but no Wi-Fi.
It is in the news that the Nokia 5230 is expected to begin shipping in the fourth quarter of 2009 and will be priced at Rs. 18,068 (259 Euro) for the Comes with Music edition, before subsidies and taxes. Official pricing is not yet known so stay tuned.
