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Nokia Nuron 5230 Phone, Frost White (T-Mobile)

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Brand: Nokia
Category: Wireless

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 23 reviews
Sales Rank: 2,292

Color: Blue
Media: Wireless Phone
Battery Type: Lithium Ion
Display Size: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
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Model: 5230
UPC: 610214620866
ASIN: B003BNZD5K

Release Date: March 24, 2010
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Features:
  • Fun, stylish, and affordable 3G-enabled touchscreen with 3.2-inch display; download apps, games and music from Nokia's Ovi Store
  • Runs on T-Mobile's fast 3G network; GPS with free Ovi Maps navigation application for turn-by-turn directions
  • 2-megapixel camera/camcorder; Bluetooth stereo music; microSD memory expansion to 16 GB; access to personal/work e-mail and instant messaging services
  • Up to 4.5 hours of 3G talk time (7 hours on non-3G), up to 438 hours (18.25 days) of standby time
  • What's in the Box: handset, rechargeable battery, charger, 4 GB microSD card, quick start guide, user manual

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Amazon.com Product Description
A stylish and affordable 3G-enabled touchscreen phone, the Nokia Nuron 5230 for T-Mobile is packed with applications, maps with turn-by-turn directions, access to downloadable music and games, and more. Enabled for T-Mobile's expanding high-speed 3G network, the Nuron offers a fast Web-browsing experience that lets you connect quickly to social networking sites.



Enjoy full HTML Web access via the 3.2-inch touchscreen display, app and game downloads through the Ovi Store, and turn-by-turn voice-guided navigation through Ovi Maps.
The Nuron features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display that offers a tactile feedback and an accelerometer that auto-rotates so you can quickly view videos and Web pages in widescreen mode. It offers integrated GPS with free Ovi Maps Navigation and the pre-loaded Ovi Store by Nokia for discovering and downloading more apps and games.

Other features include an included 4 GB microSD memory card, 2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, multi-format digital audio player, FM radio, support for both personal and corporate e-mail, and up to 4.5 hours of 3G talk time (7 hours on non-3G networks).

Free Ovi Maps Navigation
With its integrated GPS sensor and the newest edition of Ovi Maps (full version pre-loaded on this phone or available as a free download from nokia.com/maps), you'll enjoy all essential car and pedestrian navigation features as well as the ability to use navigation features even when not connected to a cellular network--great for extending battery life and saving on international roaming charges. Features include turn-by-turn voice guidance, over 6,000 3D landmarks in over 200 cities for quick recognition of the landscape around you, access to Lonely Planet travel guides, and detailed maps for over 180 countries (see more details below). You'll also be able to keep moving in the right direction with the integrated electronic compass.

Key Features

  • Fast 3G connectivity via T-Mobile's HSDPA/UMTS network. (1700/2100 MHz bands, UMTS/HSDPA; see more about T-Mobile's 3G service below)
  • Quad-band GSM phone for good global voice connectivity. (850/900/1800/1900 MHz bands)
  • 3.2-inch touchscreen with responsive, tactile feedback (640 x 360 pixels, 16.7 million colors).
  • 2-megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom, center-weighted auto exposure, white balance settings, and on-phone photo editor.
  • Video capture capabilities with recording up to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps.
  • Digital audio/video player with compatibility for MP3, WMA, and AAC/eAAC+ formats
  • Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile--enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
  • Memory expansion via microSD card slot with support for optional cards up to 16 GB (4 GB card included).
  • SMS and MMS messaging
  • Instant messaging via AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Live, and Google Talk
  • Supports e-mail accounts from more than a thousand ISPs (SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), as well as Gmail, Yahoo! mail and Hotmail. People who use Microsoft Exchange at work can access their e-mail using the Mail for Exchange mobile e-mail client, which comes pre-loaded (an Exchange e-mail account is required and your Exchange Administrator must have enabled your account for synchronization).
  • Full HTML Web browsing
  • Organizer tools including calendar, alarm clock, notes, world clock, converter, and calculator.
  • Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
  • USB connectivity
  • Ovi Store by Nokia with access to thousands of applications and other exciting content.
  • Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 5.0

Vital Statistics
The Nokia Nuron weighs 3.98 ounces and measures 4.37 x 2.03 x 0.61 inches. Its 1320 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.5 hours of 3G talk time (7 hours on non-3G networks), and up to 438 hours (18.25 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, as well as T-Mobile's 3G network (1700/2100 MHz).

What's in the Box
Nokia Nuron handset, rechargeable battery, charger, 4 GB microSD card, quick start guide, user manual


T-Mobile Services

  • High-speed data connectivity via T-Mobile's 3G network: In addition to its quad-band GSM connectivity, this phone is also compatible with T-Mobile's UMTS/HSDPA 3G network, which operates on the 1700/2100 MHz AWS spectrum. This phone is designed to automatically connect to the best available network (3G or GSM/GPRS/EDGE) to provide faster data speeds when accessing the Web.

    In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the via T-Mobile's EDGE network (which stands for "Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution"). This high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services (with average data speeds between 75-135Kbps), including full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and e-mail on the go.

    While this phone is optimized for use with T-Mobile's high-speed 3G network, many of its functions will also work well on the moderate-speed EDGE network. If you plan to access the Internet extensively on your phone, 3G network coverage may serve you best.

    Activities that work well on EDGE or 3G networks:

    • E-mail, instant messaging, and texting
    • Downloading ringtones, CallerTunes, wallpaper, light data files
    • Sending photographs via e-mail or picture messaging

    Activities that work best on a 3G network:

    • Viewing content-heavy websites (lots of images or videos playing)
    • Viewing YouTube and other video files (they will play on EDGE, but require loading time)
    • Uploading large files (photos, videos, presentations) to sharing websites
    • Downloading large files from an e-mail or a website

    T-Mobile's 3G network is currently available in more than 220 cities nationwide and covers more than 160 million people.


Learn More

Free Worldwide Walk and Drive Navigation

Nokia now offers its Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation application free across the globe. Drivers receive turn-by-turn voice guidance including lane assistance, traffic information (in 10 countries including the U.S.), and safety camera and speed warnings, while pedestrians will be guided on shortcuts through parks and pedestrian-only zones in over 100 cities across the globe. And unlike other mobile navigation mapping solutions, Ovi Maps works offline--no cellular service is required.



Driving directions.


3D landmarks.


Lonely Planet guide.


Real-time weather.
With the new Ovi Maps for mobile you get for free:
  • Maps for over 180 countries and free map updates
  • Drive and Walk navigation available in over 70 countries with real-time voice guidance
  • My Position enables you to find your current location easier and faster than ever.
  • New one box search for quicker access to finding places and addresses.
  • Save your favorite places and routes, then synchronize them with your Ovi account over the air.
  • Car navigation with voice and visual instructions, lane assistance and speed limit information. Now also with text-to-speech voice guidance.
  • Pedestrian navigation with routing through pedestrian zones and shortcuts, pathways through parks and buildings, stairways and plazas. Now with text-to-speech voice guidance.
  • Get real-time weather information including a 5-day forecast, for your current or any location found via search.
  • Lonely Planet and Michelin offer you dynamic access to the best and most relevant editorial travel content for over 1000 destinations. Find thousands of listings for sights, restaurants, hotels, shops, nightlife, and more. Look these places up on the map and get to them with Walk and Drive navigation.
  • Discover the events happening nearby your location on the map or any place found via search.
  • Share your location on Facebook--where you are, what you are up to and finish with a photo.

No Hidden Costs
The new version of Ovi Maps comes with all the maps and high-end, car grade navigation features you need for free and is yours to keep for the life of the smartphone. No additional licenses needed for extra countries, regions or services like traffic information or city guides. Data charges from network operators may apply.

Voice Guidance and Traffic Information
Turn-by-turn, voice guided navigation comes free for both drivers and pedestrians. For drivers this includes lane assistance, traffic information, safety camera, and speed warnings. For pedestrians, this includes shortcuts through parks and pedestrian-only zones for over 100 cities around the world as well as 6,000 3D landmarks in over 200 cities to help you find exactly where you are.

Unique Hybrid Technology
Ovi Maps is built on an advanced technology called hybrid vector maps. Vector maps are high quality but less data intensive and allow you to continue to navigate even if you lose your network connection. This means that maps downloaded or updated across a network connection are about half the size of bulky bitmaps used by other mobile map providers. The hybrid technology ensures that, unlike other providers, any downloaded map data is stored on the device for future use.

No Network Connection Required When Navigating
Avoid expensive, battery-draining network connections with Nokia's unique hybrid technology. Maps can be pre-loaded on to your Nokia smartphone so you can set Ovi Maps to offline mode, saving battery power, and the navigation system will still work. This is particularly useful for those worried about data connection costs when travelling abroad or when you are travelling through areas with little or no network coverage.

Best Global Coverage
You take your mobile with you wherever you go in the world so, as standard, voice guided navigation for both pedestrians and drivers is available for 74 countries in 46 different languages and there are maps for over 180 countries. This gives you the best maps with the largest global coverage for free.


Customer Reviews:
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5 out of 5 stars For those who value savings   May 12, 2010
K. Frank (Indianapolis, IN, USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

Ask yourself, are you a person who would brag about how great their phone is, or how cheap their plan is? The Nuron is designed and marketed solely for the latter set. It does not have the features of state of the art smartphone like the iPhone or an Android phone, but it costs a whole lot less to operate. This is because T-Mobile classifies the Nuron as a phone-first device rather than a smartphone. Phone-first devices get 3G data service for $10 (the web2go plan, formerly T-zones), while smartphone users must pay $25 per month. That's a huge savings over the life of a two-year contract. Being the type of person who brags about how much they save, I cut costs further by using google voice for my texting, eliminating the need for a text plan.

A second argument for this phone: even if you don't buy a data plan at all, you can still use the Ovi maps feature. This gives you free worldwide maps with turn-by-turn navigation even when "offline." You just need to connect the phone to your computer to download and save maps. No data service required. There is no device, phone or gps, that offers a worldwide gps service that good for the price.



5 out of 5 stars A Capable Touch Screen Starter Phone   April 29, 2010
J. Martin
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

After buying and checking out the Nokia Nuron 5230, I feel it was a worthy purchase. One must judge the Nuron by it's own merits and it's not to be compared with an advanced, "android" cell phone like the iPhone or the HTC HD phone.

The Nuron is more in the category of "quick messaging phone" like the Samsung Impression (AT&T) or the Samsung Highlight (TMobile). But the Nuron is much better than other basic touch screen phones: The Nuron is a great buy due to the FREE preloaded GPS maps capability that other quick messaging phones do NOT have (at least at the time that I wrote this review). One must buy the GPS app on those other quick messaging phones for an extra fee but it is free on the Nuron and again, pre-loaded! Another positive is that you can download lots of apps from Nokia's app store called, Ovi. With many of the other quick messaging phones, you just have a few pre-loaded ones to choose from usually. Also, the Nuron's display has very brilliant, crisp colors and the call quality is very good. Still another BIG plus: TMobile offers a wonderful CHEAP data plan at only $10 per month of unlimited web browsing for the Nuron, & a very low-cost messaging plan option: 300 min's @ $4.99 month!

There are only a few negatives: As others have stated there is a lag between the two visual display modes (either vertical or horizontal). A second negative is that one must single tap on some icons but double tap on others - they should all be opened the same way! A third is the lack of a "capacitative" touch screen that would make it easy to get into an app by a quick touch of ones finger. Instead, one must FIRMLY hit the icon with either one's finger nail or with the "pick" that Nokia provides with the phone. Another slight annoyance is that the encasement is slippery to hold; but getting a rubber gel skin and placing it over the Nuron case will alleviate that problem.

Other than that, the Nuron is everything I was looking for in a reasonably priced touch screen/app friendly/web browsing/& messaging cell phone! I love it!



5 out of 5 stars It's perfect to what i paid for   May 7, 2010
B. Diep (CA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

$10/month for 3G Data plan, decent internet speed, GPS, this phone rocks!

You can simple install the PCSuite that can be downloaded from Nokia site and use it as modem.
I use this to hook up to my laptop for unlimited data download and upload. It work extremely well with my cisco VPN client to remote desktop my work computer at the office. I don't have to paid $10/24hr to the hotel in Vegas anymore!



5 out of 5 stars Excellent for what it is   June 16, 2010
Soner Bicici
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I purchased this phone and I must say that I am extremely happy with it. I used to own a Nokia 5310 and I can tell you that this phone is SO much better than 5310. (And I'm not talking about the smartphone features.)

First of all call quality is excellent. Very clear. I am very very impressed. I can't even compare it to 5310. I used to think that T-Mobile had terrible coverage where I live however after switching to this phone I have had no problems on my phone calls at all.

Radio reception is very good. I like to listen to NPR while I'm at work and with my old phone it was impossible. It was very staticy and most of the time I couldn't understand a thing. However with Nuron I have very clear reception.

Believe it or not battery life is much better than 5310 and I use Nuron more during the day than I used 5310. For example today I received 2 phone calls (about 15 minutes total talk time)I surfed the net a little bit, checked my emails a couple times and listened to the radio about 3 hours and I still have full bars.

I really like the handwriting feature on the phone and use it a lot while texting or sending emails.

3G connection works pretty well.

I enjoy the quality of the screen and the camera that this phone has. I took a few pictures and was very impressed by it. Of course it won't be as good as a 12mp camera with good lenses but for what it is, it's pretty nice.

Side note: I never owned another smartphone before this one, so I can't compare it to the others. Newer and more expensive phones will be so much better; however I don't need anything better. This phone has all that I want.

I am on T-Mobile's $59.99 1500 minutes family plan + $20 for internet (two lines). That comes to $79.99 - %15 corporate discount. Not too bad!



5 out of 5 stars Lots of Bang for the Buck, if that's what you're looking for.   June 5, 2010
S. Lin
4 out of 5 found this review helpful

Don't buy this phone thinking it's an Iphone or Android phone. It's not, and you definitely don't pay for the cost of operating the iphone or an android phone. Plus, you don't even have to pay that much to own one. It's got most of the features of an iphone and android. Comes preloaded with OVI maps which can also be used as a GPS for your car with turn by turn directions. I was pleasantly surprised by the speed of 3g. Switching from a non 3g nokia phone, tmobile 3g network is really fast where i live.

Pros:
-$10 for 3g internet from Tmobile
-You can tether to laptop with ovi suite!
-Large beautiful screen 360x640!
-Lightweight and small profile, fits easily in my pocket.
-Great Nokia call quality! (all nokia phones i've owned have had fantastic call quality,
-Better signal than my e63, in places that usually have poor signal.
-Good enough camera @ 2mp.
-With develop key (easily obtained), you can install 3rd party apps with ease. Along with the OVI store's apps.
-Fantastic built in browser (Opera browser is even better)
-Comes with 4gb Micro Sd Card, support for up to 16gb.

Cons:
- No native threaded SMS, have to download 3rd party program, can be difficult for the less savvy to do. This is one of my biggest problems with Nokia. You see threaded SMS in practically every other modern smartphone OS. They have a beta threaded sms application that doesn't work well and hasn't been updated in years.
- No native push email application. Again, this is something you would expect from a modern smartphone. Nokia Email, doesn't seem to work on this model. Which leaves you with the native email program, or a 3rd party program you would have to download. I'm currently using emoze, and its okay at best.
- The app store is pathetic in terms of selection... compared to the iphone or android.
- Inconsistent scrolling throughout different menus.
- Resistive touchscreen requires you put pressure with each press, and you can not be touching two spots at once otherwise the first key press you type will not register. It's taking some time for me to get use to the typing. Still a little slow compared to an actual qwerty keypad.


Conclusion:
For me, i gave the phone 5 stars mainly because of the great 3g speed i get from a $10 a month internet plan. With some tinkering, i've got myself push email and threaded SMS. Google maps is amazing on such a large screen and 3g connection. Plenty of games and apps that can be had with relative ease or money. It's great bang for the buck, especially if you know how to tinker with it.



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