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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. [I:http://articoolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/AgnesLamont2.jpg]Display & Keypad -

The 5230 has a sharp, resistive
3. 2″ TFT widescreen display; the resolution of which is 360×640 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. Networking & Music – This handset may not be tailored for Nokia's XpressMusic range but it does have a fully functional music system. Just like the smartphones that run on S60 the 5230 has a fully fledged media player which is fully compatible with a large assortment of music formats; MP3, WAV, WMA and more.

The music library and search listings are well organised as you would expect from today's ultra modern handsets, playlist creation and editing is not limited either.

The headphone jack uses the standard
3. 5mm jack therefore you are not limited in your choice of headphones. Disk space on the Nokia 5230 is on the small side, only 70MB but you can expand this with the use of MicroSD memory cards up to 16GB. Bluetooth
2. 0 support is included and allows easy transference of music to and from your PC. Music can also be downloaded from the internet with a HSDPA speed of up to
3. 6Mbps.

Also included in this handset is a FM radio with 20 programmable presets. 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.

I conclude that the Nokia 5230 handset offers amazing features for its price, not quite a smartphone but not far behind and definitly better than most phones that compare on price.
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