The latest firmware update for one of Nokia’s popular smartphones – the C5, is available “Over The Air” at the Nokia Service points and downloadable through the NSU.

Though we don’t know exactly what changes the update brings, but it usually is recommended to get new firmware update, as it brings improvements in performance and makes the phone to cooperate with apps more effectively.

The file’s size is little enough – just 5372kb, so it won’t take you long time and it is always more affordable to get it via WiFi.

Nokia C5 has the UDP, but I recommend you to back up your phone data before updating, if anything goes wrong during the installation. To get it automatically Over The Air just go to Applications>Software Update, but you can receive it via PC and the Nokia Software Updater.

Nokia provides this update for free, but a cost for downloading may be charged by the carrier serving you. So to avoid troubles, contact them to get information about pricing.

The camera featuring devices of the Nokia are mostly going with the C series. One of these outstanding device is surely Nokia C5. Let’s have a look at the camera of the device.  The fact that the device is not equipped with an Autofocus gives an idea that the pictures taken by this gadget are not going to have a good quality.

We don’t really want to argue with you, but we would rather give you a list of photos taken by this device so that you can make the decision by yourself.

Recall that the most disadvantaging part of the camera of the device is the poor performance of the video. This means that you can take a video with only 15fps, which is not that appealing!

As we already know the Indian market got the new smartphone Nokia C5.

The gadget has repeatedly appeared in our posts, so that you are most likely familiar with its specs. But just in case we recall that Nokia C5 is based on Symbian S60 3rd edition FP2 and optimized for use in social networks. For this purpose device has preloaded clients to Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, hi5 and Friendster.

Nokia C5 has 2.2-inch QVGA-display, support for HSDPA, 3,5-mm audio jack, Bluetooth, 3,2 megapixel camera, GPS and Ovi Maps 3.0 with free navigation.

And finally let’s get to the main point of the post- the price of the device. According to the data the unlocked version of the Nokia C5 can be purchased on the Indian market for $ 175.

This is the first device of the Cseries which is actually being transported up to the India. This cute gadget has a 2,2 inch QVGA screen wtih a resolution of  320 X 240 pixels, while the best thing about the screen is the opportunity to display 16,7 million colors.

For its main dimensions ( 112X46X12,3mm) the weight of it is rather light- only 89 grams. The device is equipped with 5 way  Navi keys and two of the typical soft keys.

The battery life of the device is impressive. The Talk Time of the device is 12 hours for the GSM networks and 5 hours in WCDMA. The device stand by mode is 630 h and 670 respectively for the GSM and WCDMA.

The gadget is an ideal solution for those who are planning to walk along with the social networks and music with its 16GB of storage.

The Finnish company Nokia has enriched its portfolio of TD-SCDMA devices with two new phones: Nokia X5 and Nokia C5. You already had a chance to read about the first of them in our blog, when we first became aware of the existence of this device, and of the fact that it will work in EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/1900/2100 networks and will be equipped with Bluetooth .

Nokia X5 is a smartphone running the 3rd Edition of Symbian S60 operating system. It is equipped with a 2.4 inch TFT-display with a resolution of 240×320 pixels, a 5 megapixel camera with dual LED-flash, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR.

The built-in memory is 256 MB, in addition there is a slot for microSDHC (up to 8 GB) memory cards. The 3.5 mm audio jack can be used to connect headphones, there is also GPS  and access to all of the Ovi Store services. The appearance of this Nokia smartphone in Chinese market is scheduled for the second quarter of this year. The buyer can choose among the black, white and red colors.

The second device – Nokia C5 – is not entirely a new smartphone, of course. The model is just intended for Chinese TD-SCDMA third-generation networks.

Some resources on the web have published an image of the second mobile device in a C series of Nokia . The model is called Nokia C6. It is a slider with touch screen and sliding QWERTY keyboard. Let us remind that the first smartphone of the line is called Nokia C5, it is a fairly simple device with a 2.2-inch display and numeric keypad. The device looks like a regular phone, though it is a smartphone under the control of Symbian S60 3rd Edition.

Previously it was assumed that Nokia C6 is a device known on the web under the name Mystic: bar form factor with a horizontal screen and QWERTY keyboard. But it turned out, that this is not the case. Late in February, Nokia C6 model was certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and even then it was clear that this is  just another device – longer and narrower  than the previous model(judging from the sketch). The new image is more similar to it. The only specs of Nokia C6 known are 256 MB of memory and a microSD slot. It is assumed that the new product will be released in Europe in summer. However, the manufacturer has not released any information about the price of the device yet.

Last month Nokia has announced its line of Cseries. Phones that are included in it, can boast with an affordable price, multi-functionality and optimization for social services. The first representative of Cseries – Nokia C5 visited the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). We offer to get acquainted with photos of the prototype, tested by FCC.

The new mobile phone is expected to be available on sale in the second quarter of 2010. All of the buyers of the phone will receive a bar form factor S60-smartphone with a 600-MHz processor, 3.2-megapixel camera, 2,2 “QVGA-display, A-GPS and many other features.

Specifications of Nokia C5:
Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), WCDMA / HSDPA (900/2100 MHz),
Platform: Symbian S60 3rd Edition
Display: 2,2 “, 320 x 240 pixels, 16 million colours, TFT
Camera: 3.2 megapixel, LED-flash, record VGA-video (15fps)
Processor: ARM 11 600 MHz
RAM: 128 MB
ROM: 256 MB
Internal Memory: 50 MB
Expansion slot: microSDHC (up to 16 GB)
A-GPS
Bluetooth 2.0
FM-radio
Stereo speaker
microUSB 2.0
3.5-mm connector
Games Bounce Tales and Brain Challenge III, Ovi Maps 3.0 navigation, integration with Facebook, Nokia Messaging (Ovi Mail, Windows Live Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail), Instant Messaging (Google Talk and Windows Live Messenger)
Battery: BL-5CT, 1050 mAh
Hours of talk time: up to 12 hours in the networks of GSM, up to 4,9 hours in WCDMA
Hours of standby time: up to 630 hours in the networks of GSM, up to 670 hours in WCDMA
Dimensions: 112 x 46 x 12.3 mm
Weight: 89.3 grams
Form Factor: bar
Type: Smartphone
Colours: White and Warm Grey
Date of announcement: March 2, 2010
Release Date: second quarter of 2010

The Finnish company Nokia has recently announced a new mobile phone Nokia C5, and a few days ago a demonstrative video of the new device has appeared on the web.

It should be noted that Nokia C5 is based on Symbian S60 3rd Edition platform, is equipped with a 3.2-megapixel camera, A-GPS navigation system, a 2.2-inch screen with 320×240 pixels, support of Bluetooth interface, a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack and an expansion slot for memory cards of microSD format (up to 16 GB).

Nokia company has announced the launch of a line of Cseries devices, which will include models which are rich in features and affordable. Nokia C5 smartphone opens the new series, based on the platform of S60 third edition.

At the end of last year, Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said that next year the company would present many new smart phones at affordable prices. Today Nokia keeps that promise starting the line of the budget phones Nokia Cseries. Let us remind that the company’s portfolio already includes a line of Nseries, Eseries and Xseries. Nseries include devices with maximum functionality, oriented for “geeks” and, consequently, most expensive, Eseries include devices optimized for e-mail and messaging, mainly oriented at corporate users. Xseries include multimedia devices for active audience. Cseries will also include low-cost feature-rich devices, oriented at the mass market. HTC successfully launches devices with similar positioning, for example Tattoo.

Nokia C5 opens the new line, made in a classic form-factor and based on the platform of the S60 third edition. It is equipped with a 2.2-inch screen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 3,5 mm AV jack, radio, GPS-receiver and support for third-generation networks. Nokia stresses that this model is equipped with a free step by step and automotive navigation, but this is not its unique feature – the appropriate application (Ovi Maps 3) works on other devices.

The phone book of Nokia C5 allows you to see the status of contacts in the Facebook social network, and the home screen allows you to place a link to three friends for quick access to functions such as voice calls and messages. There are applications for direct access to Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other sites.

Nokia Messaging service allows you to automatically receive text messages from different email accounts and messaging services. Mail, however, can be obtained without Nokia Messaging – mobile phone is provided with applications to work with the email by protocols POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP. Work time of Nokia C5 in offline regime is up to 12 hours of talk time and up to 26 days in standby mode.

The smartphone will be available in white and gray colours and will be on sale in the 2nd quarter of 2010 for a suggested retail price of €135 excluding taxes. MicroSD memory card capacity of 2 GB will be included in the device. The maximum supported memory card size in thr mobile phone is 16 GB. In the future, other smartphones of the series will be produced, while the number five in the labeling of products means that the current device will be based on functionality for the middle model line.

Nokia’s share of volume shipments of mobile phones, according to Gartner, last year decreased to 36.4% compared to 38.6% in 2008. According to the results, the company sold about 441 million cell phones, which is 2.2 percentage points less compared to 2008. In order to strengthen its position in the global market, last year Nokia announced about its intention to reduce the range of models and begin producing more affordable smartphones. In addition, the company signed an agreement with Intel, within the frames of which Maemo and Moblin open software platforms were merged into the MeeGo project. According to analysts, the effect of this transaction will manifest itself not early than the second half of 2010.

Nokia has decided to use a new system of marking of mobile phones. This step aims to facilitate the orientation of the usersto the model line of the Finnish manufacturer.

For example, yesterday, a phone was announced that is marked according to the new nomenclature system. It’s Nokia C5 smartphone, which is included in C series (available solutions). Apart this quite cool series there are also the following series: X series (music phones), E series (business-class smartphones), N series (flagship multifunction devices). But the phone which belongs to a particular series will be indicated through the corresponding letter, and the position among the series will be denoted by its main digits. The greater the number is, the stronger are the technical characteristics of the device . Thus, it turns out that the most advanced smartphone of Finnish manufacturer will be marked by N9 index.

Nokia Company believes that the new system of marking of mobile phones, developed early in 2008, will provide certain impression of the device, only by its name.