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 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 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 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 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.

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 X6 unleashed in India at Rs.14499

Nokia X6 is a Symbian OS v9.4 based TFT capacitive touchscreen smartphone. It is unleashed in India at price of Rs.14499. The ultimate scratch-resistant glass surface phone has a stereo FM radio with RDS and music player.



There is 5 MP camera with 2592x1944 pixels resolution and advanced features like Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, dual LED flash and video light with goe tagging. Blue tooth in the configuration of v2.0 with A2DP confers local connectivity. There are other options for connectivity like the v2.0 microUSB, GPRS and EDGE of class 32 and the WLAN. WLAN is in the configuration of Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g and is UPnP technology based.

Despite having alpha-numeric keypad, its a bit thick at 13.8mm, but weighs less just 122 gm. There are SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging and E mail services.Its A-GPS support with Ovi Maps 3.0 makes navigation smooth. Its highlights are its good design, handwriting recognition capability and 32 GB storage, 128 MB RAM and unlimited phonebook entries, Photocalls.

Nokia upcoming mobile phones in India

Nokia has plans to launch a number of smartphones mainly under its C series and N series. The phones shall be launched in this year. Most of them are economically priced.These are Nokia C5, Nokia C3, Nokia C6, Nokia C1, Nokia C1-00, Nokia C1-02, Nokia E5, Nokia X2 and Nokia N8.

Nokia E5 runs on Symbian OS v9.3, Series 60 rel. 3.2 and this full QWERTY phone is available in Carbon Black, Chalk White, Sky Blue, Copper Brown, Silver Grey.It has a robust 1200 mAh battery and 5MP camera. It has 3G and WLAN features in configuration of HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP & DLNA technology respectively.



It is expected to release in Q3 of 2010 at an approximate price of Rs.11,110.

Nokia X2 is expected to release in India by end of June 2010 with some great multimedia features at a price as low as Rs.5000. Nokia X2 is laid with features like 5MP camera and video recorder, Ovi Player PC client or Windows Media Player 11 with dual speakers and dedicated music keys.



Nokia N8 running on Symbian 3 software is Nokia’s upcoming flagship handset with a 12 megapixel camera, 3.5-inch touchscreen and shall be bought at Rs.23,000 by end of 2010.



Nokia C series newly launched mobile phones C1 and C2 are both Dual SIM phones. C1 series phone come in three variants Nokia C1-00, Nokia C1-01 and Nokia C1-02.



The trio C1 variants are priced between Rs.2100 to 2300.Since Nokia C2 is a liitle more feature laid so is priced at a higher price of Rs.3000 -3150.

Nokia C1-00 running on Series 30 is a dual SIM device available in red, blue, grey and green colors. It has a powerful battery with stand by time of six weeks besides an array of multimedia capabilities like FM radio with 3.5mm audio jack, Flashlight.It is very pocketable with 73gm weight and can accomodate 500 phone book entries and 250 messages.



Both Nokia C1-01 and Nokia C2-02 running on series 40 OS allows dual band ECSM and GSM communications and GPRS for data.C1-01 is slightly costlier than C1-02.



Both C1-01 and C1-02 have bright color screens, microSD,web browsing, photography,32 GB music , Bluetooth, GPRS, Nokia Messaging and email. Nokia C1-01 snapshots with built-in VGA camera. Nokia C1-02 possess same features Ovi Mail, Chat Bluetooth, MicroSD, and music.

Nokia C2 has active dual SIM functionality in various colors. It runs on Series 40 with 1000 phone book entries and offers 16.5 days of standby time. Nokia C2 is energized by one hot-swappable battery.



Nokia C series phone are expected to launch in third quarter of 2010.

Nokia N9 to launch in next year

The Nokia N9, the successor of Nokia N8 specification details are out but are not yet official. Nokia N9 may be launched in early next year. Nokia N9 will be a GSM phone and will be laid by best of features as offered in all the latest smartphones.

Nokia N9 will be endowed with features like 32 GB microSD supported, 12 MP digital camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Wi Fi, Secondary video conference camera, Stereo FM Radio, GPS, 720 Px HDMI output and Digital Compass. The updates will keep N series lovers anticipating for Nokia N9.