Nokia Unveils 5230 Low-Cost, Touch Screen Smartphone

By Allen Tsai | Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:51 am

Nokia today unveiled the 5230, an affordable touch screen smartphone with a 2.0-megapixel camera, music player and GPS navigation, competitively priced at $215.

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Nokia 5230

The Finnish company said the 5230 comes with a built-in music player with 33 hours of playback time and A-GPS navigation with Ovi Maps that can get aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities and terrain map views for pedestrian and drive navigation.

Running Symbian OS, the 5230 has a Media Bar to access favorite applications, such as music, photos, YouTube or Ovi Share and a Contacts bar that features thumbnail images for up to 20 close friends -- providing access to their communications history, emails, phone calls, photos or other social media updates.

Additional features include a 2.0-megapixel camera with 3x zoom, 70MB internal memory and expandable microSD memory slot.

"Competitively priced at $215, we believe the Nokia 5230 is an unbeatable offer for many new customers," said Jo Harlow, Nokia's Vice President.

Market leader Nokia has weathered the global recession better than some rivals but faces tough competition from Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion's BlackBerry smartphones.

After earnings fell 66 percent last quarter, Nokia said it would focus more on both high-end smartphones and cheaper devices.

The Nokia 5230 will begin shipping in the fourth quarter.

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