Let’s have a look at the Chinese counterfeit of the Nokia 5230. I noticed it on dealextreme.com, but there were no reviews about the phone there, so we can’t make any conclusions about it. I should note that the Chinese are selling this clone for only $59.99, which is a rather attractive price if compared with the original smartphone.

There are no comments about the device on the website, so if you still want to become one of the owners of the handset, you will be doing it at your own risk. The features of the Chinese clone of the Nokia 5230 include a 3.0-inch touch screen, two slots for SIM cards (900/1800MHz, WAP, GPRS), Bluetooth 2.0, built-in speaker, memory card support for SD / TF types with up to 4 GB increase capabilities, a VGA camera (remember that this one takes only 640 X 480 pics), MP3/3GP/MP4/JPG/TXT format support, built-in radio and 1320 mAh battery. The dimensions of the phone are 11.1 cm x 5.2 cm x 1.6 cm, while it weighs 107 grams.

Among the complete set of the features it is worth noting that the phone does not have a memory card in the box, you need to buy it separately. But there are two batteries, which are rather powerful for this not that cool smartphone — 1320 mAh and 1100 mAh. And they say it also supports Java! Funny!!! ))

I would really like to know more about the processor and the screen it comes with…

The Nokia C5-03 is the latest Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphone which was released in December, 2010. It is a good upgrade for those who uses and likes his/her Nokia 5230 or Nokia X6.

It comes with a nice rounded design and inherited the Lock button from the Nokia X3-02. You have to press it and then push the screen to activate the phone. This method is quicker than the standard lock method.

The Nokia C5-03 is a quite different handset to the original C5, and the first difference is its 3.2-inch touchscreen. The device is also packed with 5MP camera with resolution of 2592х1944 pixels.

The C5-03 looks better in comparison with the Nokia 5800, but he Nokia C5-03 has a slightly smaller and definitely more rounded feel to it. The buttons were changed too and you can find three function keys located on the same slim rocker bar.

The handset supports GPS functionality, and there are also Ovi Maps pre-installed which will help you to use the Nokia C5-03 as a replacement for your stand-alone sat-nav.

The Nokia C5-03 is priced £189 including VAT without any contract.

Cons

1. Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
2. Tri-band 3G with 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
3. 3.2″ 16M-color TFT LCD resistive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
4. 5 megapixel fixed-focus camera and VGA video @ 15fps recording; geotagging
5. Symbian S60 OS
6. 600 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB RAM
7. Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g; UPnP
8. GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation; free city guides and traffic information
9. Digital compass
10. 40MB on-board storage, microSD expandable up to 16GB; 2GB card included
11. Built-in accelerometer
12. Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
13. Stereo FM Radio with RDS
14. microUSB port (charging)
15. Flash and Java support in the web browser
16. Stereo Bluetooth 2.0
17. Very good audio quality
18. Voice commands

Pros

1. Symbian S60 hasn’t aged well
2. Relatively limited 3rd party software availability
3. Screen has poor viewing angles and behaves badly in the sun
4. The camera is a fixed-focus unit with no flash, shutter key or lens protection
5. No office document editing (without a paid upgrade); No PDF viewer
6. No proximity and ambient light sensors
7. No DivX or XviD video support out of the box
8. No video-call camera
9. No smart dialing

Below is a picture gallery of the C5-03, take a look at it and let me know whether you like it.

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Now new firmware update has come to the Nokia 5230, taking the entry-level Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphone to firmware version V40.0.3. Though the update has rolled out only several days but we already know the phone has received better battery life as well as fixing quite a number of bugs. So let’s see what other features the Nokia 5230 Firmware Update V40.0.3 offers.

It is the first such update of New Year, and I wonder what features Nokia 5230 sports. The device is equipped with 3.2 inch touchscreen, 2MP camera, and with such specs that multi-million selling Nokia 5800 provides. But this one has been offered for a reduced price, because there were some feature lacks like Wi-Fi. So we can say this is a quite comfortable device for the entry-level market.

The V40.0.3 update helps to provide better stability for the Nokia 5230, so the official changelog doesn’t introduce the whole list. But if you would like to meet the complete changelog list, Nokia central’s report could be useful for this deal.

One of the main changes this update brings is that the creation of a new profile and network connection error has now been solved. So do not lose time to get it, if you have suffered from trying it earlier.

You can the Nokia 5230 firmware update v40.0.3 using your laptop or PC, or OTA in the phone itself. But remember that this update is rolling out not by territory but by manufacturer or build number. So do not become limp if you still can’t update it.

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For all music geeks who have Nokia 5800XM, X6 and 5230 devices Nokia has prepared a surprise.
Now you will be able not only listen to music but also see the lyrics of the song played, all this becomes possible with the Music Player (version 15.2) for selected software versions of the above mentioned phones.

All these models , namely Nokia 5800XM, X6 and 5230, are representatives of the XpressMusic musical family and their distinguishing feature is the ability to support almost popular multimedia formats, whether music, photos or video.

The updated music player allows your device to display the embedded lyrics of the song played.

Once you have this app, you should go to Music Player and adjust the settings in the Now Playing menu, to enable the update.

Rock with your music phones!

Want to have a Nokia 5230 Smartphone for free, then you should buy a new Peugeot 207 Sportium hatchback. No jokes, Nokia 5230 and Peugeot 207 Sportium are available in one package.
The French car maker Peugeot announced that all buyers of 207 Sportium model will receive a free Nokia 5230 Smartphone with built-in satellite navigation.

It is worth mentioning that the Nokia 5230 is an excellent smartphone that runs S60 platform, is equipped with a TFT-screen that displays up to 16 million colors and 2MP camera  with a resolution of 1600×1200 pixels. And on top of this, the Nokia 5230 features a GPS chip and Ovi Maps app for satellite navigation, which allows you to find your way anywhere!

But that is not all, you’ll also get an in-car holder and charger as a bonus from Peugeot.

Peugeot 207 Sportium Edition will come in five different colors: white, metallic red, metallic gray, light gray (aluminum) and metallic onyx.

Quite a good offer, however I think it would be quite freaky to spend £12,595 on the purchase of Nokia 5230 Smartphone.

Today Nokia launches its new smartphone 5230 which gonna become one of the most popular smartphones of Nokia. Now I’ll try to introduce the features which will give to the phone some advantages in comparison with other smartphones.

At first, I have to say that the phone’s weakest feature is its display – only 3.2 inches, but this will affect on the device price.

Buying the Nokia 5230 you’ll be able to download music from the Ovi Store, which has got a 10-million strong collection, for 12 months. You can also get free internet and mail access for 6 months and free in-car cradle letting you access Ovi Maps on the move.

The Nokia 5230 Comes With Music will be available via T-Mobile from October 1st and will cost just £99.99.

Several days ago I have told you about Nokia C6-01, which is the deserving successor of Nokia 5230. Now I wonder whether Nokia C7 can be a good replacement for Nokia X6. From the video we already got sure the Nokia C6-01 gonna be one of the most popular smartphones of 2010, and like this one Nokia C7 features a capacitive 3.5 inches touchscreen which also adds AMOLED color technology.

Though Nokia has made a great deal about X6 design, but in comparison with Nokia C7, we see a real difference and the last one looks a lot more modern.

The Nokia C7 is heavier than X6, as the last one is made of plastic and the second smartphone is made of stainless steel.

The phones’ specs are very different, for example it C6-01 comes with a 32GB memory, while C7 has got 8Gb but it can be expended up to 32GB via MicroSD slot. Nokia C7 captures with an 8Mp camera, and its precious model captures with a 5Mp camera.

Both the phones support high-end specs, like GPS and OviMaps, 3G/HSDPA connectivity, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, though Nokia C7 offer faster connectivity due to its Bluetooth 3.0.

I think Nokia C7 is a step forward of the X6, don’t you think the same way?

Nobody expected but Nokia 5230 has become a popular smartphone following Nokia 5800 steps in big-selling aspects. Nokia users have waited for a successor and now it comes as Nokia C6-01.

This smartphone is able to become one of the biggest selling Nokia phones running Symbian^3. It comes with a 3.2 inch HQ screen, captures with an 8Mp camera and it is integrated with social networks. Though its storage space is limited to 340MB, but it helps to keep costs down, and if you would like to expend it up to 32GB you can do it via MicroSD card which is supported by the device.

Symbian^3 is faster than other Nokia devices running OS like S60 5th Edition. It is a stylish handset and in many users opinion Nokia C6-01 can become one of the most popular smartphones ever.

Nokia 5230 now works with an 800MHz processor, though this model cannot be considered as one of the best Nokia smartphones. Watching the video you can see what has been changed in the phone working after overclocking its normal 434MHz CPU to a speed of 800MHz.

As you understand yourseves it makes the platform run smoother, but you have to remember what press it makes on battery, and how hard processor itself works.

This means that almost every phone could be accelerated to its limits, but it’s a big question whether it is the most effective use of the phone or not.

This phones first was announced on August, 2009, works with 2G and 3G, runs Symbian OS, it is equipped with 2 Mp camera, 3.5 mm audio jack and other more. These fetaures show the Nokia 5230 Is not a competitor among its “brothers” but remember that it launched a year ago.

Swype is announced to be one of the most efficient ways of typing for the modern smartphones. And now the Nokia users will also get a chance to have access to this feature. The device which are equipped with S60v5, which includes such devices as Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5230, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 Mini and Nokia X6.

If I will try to shortly introduce you the meaning of this feature, I should mention about the main two things that make it unique. The first one is that the feature might use  the swiping the words in one go. The next one is that the feature will try to guess the word to be typed, which helps you to save the time on typing any kind of messages.

As for the rest of the info about Swype you should keep an eye on the video: