Cheap QWERTY mobile phone Nokia X2 01 to launch soon in India

Nokia dreams to make cheap mobile phone accessible to general masses for whom high price is a constraint and for that reason they remain aloof and unaware of new technology. With that vision, Nokia has launched in recent past many cheap phones with features based on new and contemporary technology. Nokia X2 01 is another addition to that league.

It is placed at an even lower footstep than Nokia C3. Despite being a poor successor of it, Nokia X2 01 sports some really superior and useful features. This low-budget smartphone from Nokia, Nokia X2-01 will soon launch in India at an extremely affordable price. It weigs just 114 grams and physical measure of this handset is 119.4X 59.8X14.3mm. We would like to draw the attention of our readers to its other prominent and significant features.

Nokia X2 01 is an alter-ego of Nokia C3-01 and is based on S40 Symbian OS. It boasts of a physical QWERTY keyboard. This 2G handset has a 2.4" QVGA landscape display screen. Its multimedia and connectivity features are also quite decent as it is laid with FM radio, Bluetooth and 2 Mega pixel camera. The phone also sports music and messaging keys dedicated for this purpose.

The on-board memory of Nokia X2 01 is 42 MB. There is provison of memory expansion on it via a microSD card slot. Motion based games are embedded in the handset which is JAVA supported. For connectivity, additionally there is a microUSB which connects it to peripheral devices. The lack of some crucial features in X2 01 makes it a bit disappointing for some tech-savvy users. It lacks a Wi-Fi module and also 3G capability unfortunately. It is available in Purple, Grey, Red and White colour shades. It is supported on dual band GSM network in 850/900/1800/1900 MHz configuration.

The exact price details of Nokia X2 01 is not available but Nokia has announced that it is a cheap mobile phone costing below $150 price tag.

Nokia MeeGo phones Nokia N10 & Nokia E5x

MeeGo has been created by Nokia and Intel together to begin a shining new era in mobile computing.They created MeeGo, a Linux-based open software platform with a vision that all kinds of hardware devices viz. Mobile computers, PC tablets, media-based phones, Tvs and infotainment systems of vehicle. MeeGo is an open platform and can be used in new Nokia phones. Nokia N10 and Nokia E5x are those mobile phone which will launch in later 2010 or 2011 with Meego operating system.Thus, applications developed for this OS would easily sell Nokia’s Ovi Store.

The Nokia N10 detailed specifications and features are not known but we know that this glorious new phone would have huge display screen and will also sport a 12MP camera (just as Nokia N8) but with quad-LED-flash (not Xenon Flash). It makes its photo snapper night video shooter.

The quality of videos and photos can be viewed in high quality HDMI. The handset would look dashing with its 4-row tilt hinge QWERTY keypad. Nokia E5x ran on Symbian but Nokia E5x runs on MeeGo and is a Dream Nokia Phone. Its Touch & Type context is certainly innovative and cool.

Nokia X5-01, an affordable Symbian smartphone launched in India

Nokia X5, a Symbian Series 60 v3.2 UI based smartphone has been launched in India at an affordable price of Rs.9500. The pretty good smartphone X5-01 is a cool gadget, available in bright colours such as Yellow Green, Purple, Pink, Graphite Black and Azure. Targeted at youth, the device has been optimized for a great music experience and easy messaging. Studded with good multimedia options, dedicated music keys and loud speakers, Nokia X5 is one to envy in this department.

The screen size of the LCD transmissive display of the Nokia X5-01 handset is 2.36” and its physical dimensions are 74.3 x 66.44 x 16.85 mm. This squarish QWERTY slider weighs 129 grams and boasts of 3 Labeled Soft Keys, Media Keys,Navi™ Key and Volume Keys. The device has made messaging easy with its full QWERTY keyboard that shows up when slider is moved up and intelligent text input feature. The joy of watching photos taken with its 5 MP full focus camera, enjoying videos, music, and graphics is one of its kind on its large square screen with resolution of 320X240 pixels.

Other principal connectivity features incorporated in Nokia X5-01includes uPnP, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, and USB 2.0 High-Speed. For social networking on sites viz. Facebook, Twitter, Hi5 and MySpace, Nokia X5 is fully capable. It enjoys 200MB of internal memory expandable to up to 32 GB. The unique spin and shake feature of Nokia X5 allows you to change music tracks and view unread text messages in a spin of wrist.

IM, MMS+SMIL and SMS alongwith Email Solutions viz. Mail for Exchange, Nokia Messaging 2, OMA E-mail Notification v1.0 and Ovi Mail are supported on Nokia X5-01 that supports IMAP4, POP3, SMTP email protocols. Excel, PDF, Powerpoint, Word are the supported document formats on Nokia X5-01.The handset supports EGPRS, WCDMA (depends on region) and HSDPA/HSUPA networks. It is a 3.5G handset that sports WLAN. Additionally, there is accelerometer sensor, Flash Lite v3.0, Doc viewer and Stereo FM radio features in Nokia X5.

Its powerful BL-5F 3.7V 950mAh battery offers more talktime on GSM i.e. 9 hours and just 4 hours on WCDMA network. The standby time of up to19 days and music playback time of up to 30 hours is available for use of the Nokia X5 users.

Nokia X5-01 square QWERTY slider smartphone to launch in 2010

Nokia X5 (also known as Nokia X5-01) is an excellent music-oriented smartphone with awesome messaging and social networking tools. It is certainly targeted at youth of India as evident from its looks and features. Announced sometime back at Nokia event at Singapore, Nokia X5 (the successor of the Nokia X5) has now launched in India at a price tag of Rs.9500. It is an unusually shaped mobile phone. Nokia X5-01 is a squarish vertical slider that debuts in India in bold shades viz. Yellow Green, Purple, Pink, Azure and Graphite Black. Its stylish looks are augmented with its full QWERTY keyboard and its most significant highlight is its Symbian S60 3rd edition operating system.

Nokia X5-01 has a 5 MP camera with LED flash for excellent image quality even in the dark. Its 2.36-inches display with QVGA resolution is simply excellent and so are the most advanced connectivity features of this smartphone. There is 3.5G HSDPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and high speed microUSB 2.0 support. Then there is 3.5mm audio jack and loudspeakers for excellent sound quality. The clever new gestures let users spin the phone to jump to a random track and change tracks or send text messages. The phone packs in 128MB of RAM, and 200MB of internal storage. The 200 MB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 32GB using microSD card (2GB card is included in the box).

There are music packages via Ovi Music enabled on this phone that is supported on quad-band GSM network. Nokia X5-01 supports popular social networking services viz. Facebook, Twitter, Hi5, and MySpace and also popular Instant Messengers and multiple email accounts. Additional features include uPnP technology. Nokia X5-01 has landed in the Indian handset market at a price of Rs.9500.

Nokia X2-01 appears on Net, is a S40 based QWERTY phone

The specifications and features of Nokia X2-01 are doing rounds on Internet. Though nothing is official, we know that Nokia X2-01 is a Nokia C3-01 look alike in many ways. Nokia X2-01 is supposedly a Nokia S40 phone with a hardware QWERTY keyboard just as Nokia C3 but differs also on some fronts. This is not a 3G handset and is 2G-only. It sports a 2.4" QVGA landscape display screen (unlike the touchscreen in Nokia C3-01) and other features like microSD card slot, FM radio and Bluetooth. Nokia X2-01 is a cheap mobile phone and even its predecessor was so nothing much is expected from Nokia X2-01 as such with Wi-Fi module removed and many more features lacking in it.

The wait is on for the release of official specs so as to confirm the features of X2-01. This entry level QWERTY S40 phone works as GSM phone. Its camera is superior to that of Nokia C3 and is of 3MP (instead of a 2MP snapper in C3) and yet there are no rumours that it enjoys Wi Fi capabilities also. C3 have Wi Fi but Nokia X2-01 lacked it and only enjoyed two dedicated music and messaging keys. The rumoured features of Nokia X2-01 are discussed here below. Display of Nokia X2-01 gives 320×240 pixels resolution and screen is sized at 2.4" and is QVGA TFT type.

There is a QWERTY keypad in it and it physically measures 119.4×59.8×14.3 mm. S40 based Nokia X2-01 weighs only 114g and is available in Grey, White, Red and Purple colours. It works on GSM / GPRS / EDGE networks in configuration of 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. There are built-in games in the phone and it is expected to support Java MIDP2.1 applications. For music lovers, it has a built-in FM-tuner and internal memory of 42 MB can be easily expanded via microSD slot to store data, music files etc. For connectivity purpose, the handset has USB and Bluetooth.

We hoped that this was Nokia X2 successor but that phone is much superior with 5MP camera and cool music playback features. The price details of Nokia X2-01 handset is not known but it seems that Nokia wish to bring more and more QWERTY phones for the masses making such phones accessible for budget buyers.

Nokia 5250 lands on mobile retail stores in India

A new Symbian 1 smartphone from Nokia referred to as Nokia 5250 has finally launched in India and is available at all major mobile retail stores at a price of Rs. 7590. Rumours were ripe on Net that the Nokia 5250 will release around Diwali and they have become true with its unleashing now. It is targeted towards budget conscious buyers and it has landed in Indian handset market within a week of announcement of its launch. It is a touchscreen mobile phone that boasts a 2.8-inch wide HVGA display with a resolution of 640x360 pixels. For a speedy operation, Nokia 5250 works on a Symbian 1, S60 edition operating system. It has 51MB of internal memory storage which may be further expanded to 16GB.

The Nokia 5250 may be easily referred to as a music-oriented phone as it comes with a Hero Guitar mobile for free. Also users may access Ovi Music Unlimited on the phone in restricted places for downloading music of choice, as many as 4000 songs may be downloaded and stored in this phone. Its music capabilities are certainly cool. The smartphones usually lacks it but 5250 Nokia has an in-built FM and a universal 3.5 mm audio jack. The music player of the phone appears on its home screen which is another highlight. Ovi Share is pre-installed on it lets you upload photos on Net that you have clicked with your 2MP camera. The video player plays videos in formats like H263, MP4. In all, Nokia 5250 gives a superb multimedia experience to its users. Nokia 5250, however, lack a 3G and Wi-Fi capability which is quite disappointing.

On social networking front, Nokia 5250 again works splendidly. It facilitates instant access to social networking sites as Facebook, MySpace etc. on its homescreen along with access to multiple email accounts and IM accounts namely Ovi Mail, Gmail and Yahoo. The Nokia 5250 also has Bluetooth with A2DP for data transfer and comes equipped with SMS, MMS, Nimbuzz apps as well. The super smart smartphone has a good battery back up with 18 days of standby time and seven hours of talktime. The music play of 24 hours is also possible on the phone without interruption.

The physical measurement of phone stands at 104mm x 49mm x 14mm. The quad-band GSM/ EDGE network supports connection on Nokia 5250. There is GPRS connectivity for browsing that let users remain connected and also helps in downloading and using ‘n’ number of applications. Nokia 5250 is available in multiple colours as Black, Blue, White and Purple. This Nokia 5250 is a successor of Nokia 5230 and is a right mix of style and performance.

Nokia 5250 is a new offering from Nokia India and is targeted towards budget conscious buyers in India. Nokia 5250 has officially launched in India at

Nokia 5250 is a new offering from Nokia India and is targeted towards budget conscious buyers in India. Nokia 5250 has officially launched in India at a price of Rs.7590 and will be available within a week at various retail stores all across the country. The rumours of its launch and release have been doing rounds for quite some time now. There were news that its specs and photos have been revealed on Ovi Unlimited listing. Though talked about from long time, phone was no where near to release but now it is confirmed that Nokia 5250 will be out this festive season, 2010.

This simple touch phone comes with a 2.8-inches HVGA touchscreen with 640x360 pixels resolution and alphanumeric keypad. Budget-friendly Nokia 5250 runs on Symbian 1 operating system and has an array of impressive features but it lacks 3G and Wi-Fi capabilities. The most tempting of all are the multimedia and social networking features of this phone which includes a 2MP camera, music player on the home screen and downloading enabled from Ovi Music Unlimited. In fact, the music lovers may use it expandable memory feature to store as many as 4000 songs in the phone.

The 5250 Nokia smartphone also offers FM radio unlike other smartphones which only rely on music players for entertainment. It comes with a free copy of the Guitar Hero 5 Mobile. For social networking as well, Nokia 5250 works in a commendable manner. Right on its home screen, one may find favourite contacts and there itself users may easily access Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites. Logging on to many email accounts viz.

Ovi Mail, Gmail and Yahoo, plus IM accounts is also damn easy.The other key features of this device includes a 3.5mm audio jack, 51MB of internal memory storage. It is supported on quad-band GSM/ EDGE network and its GPRS connectivity for data gives access to Ovi Store Unlimited that enables connecting, downloading and using other applications. Nokia 5250 is expected to launch in colours such as Black, Blue, White and Purple.

Nokia X3 Touch and Type touch screen mobile to launch in India on Diwali

An immensely affordable multimedia handset from Nokia is soon going to launch in India in the festive season. Called as Nokia X3 Touch and Type or simply Nokia X3-02 will cost its buyers just Rs.7500. The handset is touchscreen type and comes with a normal alphanumeric keypad with 12 rows. A 2.4” touchscreen in a music-oriented handset is a cool thing. The phone is also sleek and measures just 9.6mm in width. Nokia X3 02 is also light in weight with 78 grams. The specialized features of X3 02 includes handwriting recognition. For music lovers, Nokia X3 02 incorporates a FM radio with RDS and a music player. It’s dedicated music keys ease the operation of the handset while listening to music.

There is in-built 5 MP camera in Nokia X3 02 which supports 4x digital zoom. It captures videos quite easily. Ovi Music Unlimited can be accessed in some countries on X3 02 for download of music. The Nokia X3 02 is a 3G handset which sports most advanced connectivity features as Wi-Fi, microUSB 2.0 & Bluetooth. It works on quad band GSM network. For data storage, the memory of Nokia X3 02 is expandable to an upper limit of 16GB via a microSD memory card slot. Nokia X3 Touch &Type has a robust battery that offers talk time of 5 hours and can remain in standby mode for upto 17 days.

Nokia X3 02 supports all major messaging features and has dedicated keys on keypad for it. Similarly, all the social networking platforms will also be covered on the handset including Facebook and Twitter. T&T is pre-loaded with three chat messengers viz. Windows Live, Yahoo and Gmail. The X series of Nokia has brought may other spectacular Nokia devices earlier as Nokia X2, Nokia X6 and Nokia X9. This mid range phone will follow the suit and it will come in brushed aluminium finish and will be launched in five beautiful colors viz. White Silver, Dark Metal, Petrol Blue, Pink and Lilac.

Nokia C5-03 announced, brings full connectivity on the cheap

There are two strange things about this upcoming launch of Nokia. We are talking about Nokia C5-03, a phone all set to be launched by Nokia by the end of November. First and foremost is that this one runs on Symbian 1 operating system. When Nokia itself ha launched devices based on Symbian 3, this Nokia C6-01 alike being launched with older version Symbian S60 5the edition is quite a disappointing proposition. Other strange thing is the complicated Nokia model numbering scheme that gets this phone a name that this one holds. Whatever, but Nokia C5-03 is all set to hit the Indian market most probably by end of November 2010 and is a Symbian^1 touch phone.

The phone is endowed with many more impressive features as the 5MP camera, Wi-Fi and GPS. The other features working in its favour are it's lightweight (it just weighs 93 grams), sleek dimensions (it measures 105.8 x 51.0 x 13.8 mm) and 3.2" nHD (360x640) resistive touchscreen. The 5MP camera (fixed-focus) of new Nokia C5-03 is awesome and clicks photos with real colours and sharp quality. It also comes pre-loaded with a 2GB microSD card in the box. There is Wi-Fi and GPS on-board along with Ovi Maps. The voice-guided navigation features comes free with the handset and makes it quite easy and enjoyable.

Nokia C5-03 is supported on quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE network besides support of a tri-band 3G network that gives good downloading speed 10.2Mbps on HSDPA and 2Mbps on HSUPA. There is a 1000mAh battery laid out in the handset that promises enough battery life of up to 25 days of standby and 11.5 hours of talk time. With use of Bluetooth headset, 19.5 hours and otherwise 35 hours of music playback can be supported by the battery of Nokia C5-03. The Nokia C5-03 is quite similar to Nokia C6-01 specifications-wise and hopefully will be as much sought after also.The Nokia C5-03 can be fetched at a price of Rs. 12,000 in India.

Nokia N8 smartphone forays in India at price of Rs.26,259

Nokia N8 is an ultra-smart smartphone with awesome features and specifications and can be fetched at a price of Rs.26,259. Nokia N8 is launched in uni-sexual colours as silver white, dark grey, orange and green blue. The phone stands out in the crowd and stands in league of iPhone and Blackberry mobile phones. It is world’s first 12 MP camera device that works on Symbian 3 operating system. The connectivity, messaging and entertainment features of this ultra-modern gadget are one of its kind. It connects to places, people and services instantly and makes a difference in life of all its users.

It can rejoice its users by facilitating watching of web TV programs on demand and downloading all kinds of applications from Ovi Store. Facebook and Twitter can be accessed from homescreen only and sharing and updating of status is a delight on Nokia N8. Even the calendar events from SNS can be transferred in device calendar and made a part of it.

Nokia N8 has a wide and large 3.5 inches touch screen with resolution of 640x320 pixels while its overall physical parameters such as height, width and thickness are 113.5mm, 59.12mm and 12.9mm respectively. Its weight is around 135 grams. Nokia N8 is pre-armed with high quality music player that plays in MP3, MP4, AAC, WMA, MPEG-4, H.256, H.236 formats. The phone is also pre-loaded stereo FM radio.

The 12 mega pixel camera features a carl zeiss optic lens and xenon flash. Advanced gadget, Nokia N8 enjoys a capacious 512 MB of RAM and 135 MB of internal memory which can be expanded to up to 32 GB. It is fitted with 1200mAh robust battery which offers the maximum talk time up to 12 hours and standby time up to 390 hours on GSM network. On its 3G network, it delivers maximum 5 hours 50 minutes talk time and standby time of 400 hours. The battery also allows play back for 50 hours and videos for 7 hours. Nokia N8 supports 3G connectivity with high speed Net browsing and its data connectivity features includes Wi-Fi, full HTML browser, Bluetooth and USB. The device offers emailing, instant messaging and chatting along with SMS, MMS and EMS messaging features.

Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 launched in India

Nokia C6 priced at Rs.15,200 in India is the latest launched smartphone from Nokia mobiles.The Nokia C6 is smartphone with slider and many cool social networking features. It is look alike of the Nokia N97 Mini,a Nokia smartphone released sometime back in 2010. The Nokia C6 comprises of a Qwerty keypad with buttons arranged in three consecutive rows below its 3.2 inch wide touchscreen. The looks, design and form of Nokia C6 is quite an improved one over its predecessor as its internal memory is which now stands at 200Mb.

The Nokia C6 is light weight, just 150 grams and has an impressive built-in 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, Carl/Zeiss lens and flash support. Other connectivity features are HSDPA 3G support and UMTS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections. Nokia E5 price in India is Rs.12,699 officially and it is now launched
in the country. The E5 launch was announced besides Nokia C3 and Nokia
C6 few months back and has launched with Nokia C6 now. The Nokia E5 is economically priced stylish smartphone with QWERTY keypad and runs on Symbian OS. It also comprises of 5 MP Camera and abundant connectivity options viz. 3G, Wi-Fi , Bluetooth and its specifications indicate a GSM talk time of 13 hours. Its display is 2.4 inches and displays 256k colors. The very light weighted Nokia E5
is just 126gm light and is available in Carbon Black, Chalk White, Sky Blue, Copper Brown and Silver Grey colors. To keep its users entertained, it offers stereo FM radio with RDS and in built MP3 and MP4 player.

The musical effect is augmented via its inherent stereo speakers and an audio jack of 3.5mm. The Nokia E5 facilitates capturing of videos that can be easily stored in its internal memory of 250 MB storage and the card slot is microSD (TransFlash), up to 32GB. It also gives ample space for assimilating data as in videos, music files and documents. The Nokia E5 has the basic wireless connectivity via WLAN is in the configuration of Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA. All the other advanced messaging and connectivity features are incorporated in Nokia E5. These are SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email and IM and Bluetooth, GPRS/EDGE. The handset is 3G enabled with HSDPA 10.2 Mbps; HSUPA 2.0 Mbps. Nokia E5 navigation is enabled with A-GPS support with free Nokia Ovi maps. There are productivity applications from Nokia's online Ovi Store, networking and entertainment capabilities in Nokia E5.

Nokia C3-01, S40 device with 5 MP camera launched in India

Nokia has unveiled the “touch and type” Nokia C3-01 that runs on S40 - the second in the kitty of it. The Nokia C3 Touch and Type has some of the best features ever on a Series 40 device. It's got a stainless steel body and has 5MP camera, 3G with HSPA and adds Wi-Fi.


The C3-01 has a 2.4" touchscreen and a 12-key hardware keypad too.
It's got quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE connectivity. The internal memory is
expandable by microSD cards up to 32GB.


On the software side, the Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type has Twitter and
Facebook integration, the latest Nokia Messaging and email along with
Ovi Store access.


The Nokia C3 01 Touch and Type measures 111 x 47.5 x 11mm and weighs
100 grams. It is expected to cost Rs.10,500 and will be available by
the fourth quarter of this year.


Other features include Flash Lite 3.0, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and MIDP
Java 2.1 with additional Java APIs.

Nokia C6 01 set to land in India soon

Nokia C6 01 is the latest offering of the Nokia C series smartphones which is cheap, lacks a QWERTY keypad and has a new operating system. There is a prominent 3.2" 360 x 640 pixels AMOLED capacitive touchscreen in Nokia C6 01. The Nokia C6-01 measures 104 x 53 x 14mm and weighs 131 gm. It's a bit different from its predecessor Nokia C6 being lighter, thinner and smaller. C6-01 and C6 have slightly different button arrangement on the front also.It is also priced
lesser than C6 at approx. Rs.17500.



It has excellent multimedia functionality with the help of FM radio and music player supporting various formats as expected from a gadget running on advanced Symbian 3 OS. It also sports a 8 megapixel camera on the rear side that comes with a dual-LED flash and 720p HD video capture capability. The C6-01 can support 3.5G data and 802.11b/g and n configured Wi Fi.



There is GPS in the Nokia C6-01 that also supports Ovi Maps Navigation. Other softwares included in Nokia C6 01 are social networking and webmail support, plus a web browser and a wide range of applications that can be downloaded. The C6-01 has a microSD slot with a 2GB card included in it already. It also supports Bluetooth 3.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity. The big robust 1050 mAh battery of Nokia C6 01 gives up to 4.5 hours talktime on 3G and 15.5 days standby time.

Nokia N8 to launch in India before its international launch

It’s time for tech-savvy fans of Nokia handsets to book their very new handset to be launched in India soon, the Nokia N8. The high-end device will be available in five attractive colours as black, green and silver and will cost aroundRs.25,000-28,000.


Nokia N8 smartphone is packed with ‘n’ number of attractive features. The mosthighlighted features of Nokia N8 that can impress any and every tech-savvy user are its Symbian 3 operating system, 12 MP camera, high-definition video recording support and awesome social connectivity options.



Nokia N8 will soon be launched soon foray in India in and around September end or October first week of 2010. The inherent premium-quality dolby digital plus technology and voice-guided navigation of Nokia N8 will just add to its other cool and chic features.

The launch of music-oriented Nokia 5250 by Q4 of 2010

The news is confirmed that handset making Finnish giant, Nokia will ship it’s all new music based phone Nokia 5250 in India in the third quarter of 2010. The phone is an attractive touchscreen mobile with 2.8-inches wide TFT display with 16:9 aspect ratio that support 640x360 pixel resolution.

There are many more impressive features in this music-oriented handset such as pre-installed Ovi Share and Ovi Music Unlimited that will enable users to share and access variety of apps,photos and games directly from the web.



The music based mobile has in-built free Guitar Hero 5 Mobile game, FM Radio and an internal memory of 51MB expandable to up to 16GB via microSD memory card for storing ‘n’ number of songs, music files and other data also.

The 5250 phone will sport a 2 megapixel camera and works on quad-band GSM/EDGE networks and has GPRS for connectivity.The phone will be available in Black, White, Purple and Blue colors at a price of around Rs.7500.

Economical music-phone “Nokia 5250” to launch in India by end of 2010

The Finnish giant, Nokia will launch successor of Nokia 5230 called Nokia 5250, a music-oriented mobile handset in India by the end of the year 2010. The handset will be made available in tempting colors such as White, Blue, Purple and Black at a price of Rs.7500.



The touchscreen mobile with 2.8-inch TFT display support 640x360 pixel resolution has many impressive features incorporated in it. There are awesome multimedia features such as in-built FM radio, 2 MP camera and pre-installed Ovi Share and GPRS. Ovi Share allows sharing of pictures and Ovi Music Unlimited feature that will be given in selected areas will enable users to share and download apps and games directly from the web. There is inherent free Guitar Hero 5 Mobile game in Nokia 5250.

The internal memory of Nokia 5250 stands at 51MB and this is expandable to up to 16GB via microSD memory card for data storage.

The 5250 phone works on quad-band GSM/EDGE networks.

Nokia C-series cheap, dual SIM mobiles C1 & C2 to land in India soon

In the flood of affordable dual SIM mobiles in India, now the new entrants are from the most credible company, Nokia. The news is that Nokia will launch its cheap dual SIM mobile handsets under the tag of C-series by 3rd quarter of 2010. The mobile handsets called as Nokia C1 and Nokia C2 will attract many buyers as they are a great combination of good price and impressive features.



They will fall in the low-price segment and will cost not more than Rs.3000. Yet, they will facilitate good multimedia functionality via in-built VGA camera, FM radio and 3.5mm audio jack. The connectivity features are also quite likeable. There is a Bluetooth and GPRS integrated inside both Nokia C1 and C2.Nokia life tool services that keep users informed about health, entertainment and weather conditions is facilitated and Ovi mail can also be activated in Nokia C1 and Nokia C2.The memory is expandable via a microSD cardupto 32GB in Nokia C2 which is one of its kind in this price segment.



There are some minor differences as well in the two handsets. One difference lies in their SIM functions. While Nokia C1 keeps its one SIM active at a time though switches fastly between the two, Nokia C2 manages to keep both the SIMs active at the same time. Its hot-swappable SIM is its another highlight and a feature that is first ever introduced in any of the mobiles around the world. Nokia C1 has a smashing standby of 48 days against 16.5 days of Nokia C2.

These handsets are really the most awaited and Nokia shall launch them soon and this will be followed by the launch of another unique gadget from Nokia, its "bicycle charging kit".

Nokia C1 & C2, cheap dual SIM mobiles to launch soon in India

There are many low-priced dual SIM mobiles available in Indian handset market these days. Be it Karbonn, Spice or Oscar, all the new brands are launching a number of dual SIM mobile phones at a very economical price. Now, its Nokia’s turn to follow the trend and handset-making giant is ready with its cheap dual SIM phones called as Nokia C1 and Nokia C2 to be launched in India by Q3 of 2010. These phones would give some serious competition to the newly released dual SIM handsets from Samsung. As a matter of fact, Samsung India has launched 5 new dual SIM models in India in the range of Rs.3200 to Rs.9600.



Both entry-level Nokia dual SIM phones will be launched simultaneously within two-three months. Interestingly, they will be very affordable as their price will fall in the low-price segment i.e below a price tag of Rs.2500. Yet, they will have an array of impressive features.

Nokia C1 & C2 would sport a FM radio and VGA camera. Besides that, their address book would be large enough to accommodate 1,000 entries. It will also have an in-built LED torch. Luxury stuff such as Nokia Life Tools service and Ovi Mail will also be integrated in these handsets.



The exact price or MOP and whether these handsets will be made at Nokia’s Chennai facility are some facts that are not yet revealed by the company.

Nokia N8 to foray in India by September, 2010

It is not certain that Nokia N8 will release in early September or will take longer than 4 weeks to arrive. But the good news about the launch of the Nokia N8 in India is that it will soon make it to the markets in India.This is official and Nokia buffs are elated. Nokia N8 is a feature packed device that will be launching at a price tag of Rs.22,000. The colours in which this smartphone will be available are confirmed as black, green and silver.



For all those who still are unaware of this much awaited piece of amazing gadget, we must tell that Nokia N8 works on Symbian 3 Operating system and has an awesome 12 Mega Pixel camera with advanced features like Carl Zeiss optics and the Xenon Flash. There is HDMI connection, premium-quality dolby digital plus technology, social networking and voice-guided navigation also integrated in the handset.

Nokia C5 to be launched in July in India

Nokia C5 is the first C-series device to be launched in this month in the Indian mobile market. The handset offers a wide range of social networking services like Facebook, YouTube, Friendster, MySpace, which aims it at youth that want to stay in touch everywhere and anywhere. Nokia C5 has a bar form, 2.2-inches TFT display, 16M colors and gives 240x320 pixel resolution.The device physically measures 112x46x12.3 mm. The handset is light weight and only 90g including battery.



The candybar also includes features speakerphone with stereo speakers, 3.5mm jack port, stereo FM radio with RDS for the entertainment and giving superb musical experience to its users. It has 50 MB internal memory storage and 128 MB RAM. Its microSD card slot expands memory up to 16GB and 2GB card is included. Its 3.2-megapixel camera with LED flash and secondary videocall camera gives oppurtunity for availing 3G services.

The handset runs on Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2 platform and is powered by an ARM 11 600 MHz processor.

In terms of communication, GPRS and EDGE class 32, HSDPA 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA 2 Mbps, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and microUSB 2.0, as well as GPS with A-GPS support and Ovi Maps 3.0 are there. Messaging capabilities include support for SMS, AMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM and RSS feed.

Nokia C5 boasts of a robust Li-Ion 1050 mAh battery. It gives life expectancy of Up to 630 h (2G) / Up to 670 h (3G) in standby mode, and Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G) in talk time mode, besides 34h of music playback.

Nokia C5 is available starting this week and can be bought for Rs. 7999.