The Good The Nokia 5230 Nuron has free maps and voice-guide navigation via Ovi Maps, 3G, and excellent call quality, all at an affordable price. It's also the first Nokia smartphone with a U.S. Carrier to offer access to the Ovi Store. The Bad The Nuron lacks Wi-Fi and a document viewer. Its user interface is clunky and confusing, and we wish it had a capacitive touch screen.
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No flash for the camera. The Bottom Line The Nokia 5230 Nuron for T-Mobile isn't the most advanced or fastest smartphone on the market, but budget-conscious customers will find an incredible deal here. Editors' note: Portions of this review were taken from our evaluation of the, since they share a similar design and feature set. Everyone loves a great deal, and Nokia and are serving up one heck of a value with the Nokia 5230 Nuron.
Available starting March 24 for just $69.99 with a two-year contract, the Nuron is a full touch-screen smartphone that offers 3G support, access to the Ovi Store, and free maps and voice-guided, turn-by-by navigation via Ovi Maps. The latter is really what makes the phone such a great deal. With Ovi Maps, you're getting maps for the U.S., Canada, and Mexico as well as other premium content such as weather forecasts and Lonely Planet guides, all without the monthly subscription fee that's often attached to this kind of content. Of course, to get the cheaper price you give up a few features, such as Wi-Fi and a high-end camera, but the Nuron isn't meant to be that top-of-the-line, high-performance device. It's really about giving consumers an affordable option when shopping for a smartphone. If you're on a budget, we certainly think the Nokia Nuron will give you a lot of bang for your buck.
Design The Nokia 5230 Nuron's design is a familiar one, taking after the and Navigation Edition models. The white-and-silver chassis refreshes the look a bit, but the Nuron keeps the same candy bar shape and dimensions (4.37 inches tall by 2.03 inches wide by 0.61 inch thick) as the 5800s' do. At 3.98 ounces it is just a hair heavier than the other 5800. Overall, it's a very compact and lightweight handset that doesn't feel fragile. However, unlike the 5800 Navigation Edition, the battery cover doesn't have a soft-touch finish, thus it's a bit slick. The Nokia 5230 Nuron's general design is similar to the Nokia 5800 series.
The sides on the handset house several controls. On the left spine, you'll find the SIM card and microSD expansion slots, both of which are protected by covers. Its right side has a volume rocker, a lock switch, and a camera activation/capture button. There are also Talk and End keys and a main menu button just below the display, but you'll use the Nuron's 3.2-inch resistive touch screen for most of your interaction with the phone.
With a 640x360-pixel resolution and support for 16 million colors, the Nuron's display is clear, bright, and satisfying. The screen washes out a bit in bright sunlight, and is on the small side, making typing the onscreen keyboard feel a bit cramped. Still, Nokia does a better job at maximizing the screen to the phone's size, unlike the, which is bigger but has a smaller screen. It also has a proximity sensor and built-in accelerometer so you can rotate the phone and view maps, Web pages, photos, and so forth in landscape mode. The transition when switching screen orientations isn't the smoothest; there's a slight lag and it almost feels like it catches halfway. The Nuron's smaller display makes typing on the onscreen keyboard feel a bit cramped, and we wish it had a capacitive touch screen.
The Nuron's touch screen is fairly responsive. It uses grid and list menus that are laid out well, so that you can easily navigate using your finger. Launching Web links can get a little dicey, but you can double-tap in the browser to zoom in on a page and tap a link. Still, we prefer having a capacitive touch screen rather than a resistive one since it's more sensitive and offers a smoother scrolling experience; it also eliminates the need for a stylus. Also, with operating system and its single-tap user interface still a few months away, you're going to have to deal with the clunky interface of the S60 5th Edition platform.
As we've said many times before, the extra steps and inconsistencies of the interface make the device a bit frustrating to use when compared with other touch-screen devices. Tip: Just remember that icons only require one tap whereas list items need two. On top of the device, you'll find a Micro-USB port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a power connector, and power button. Finishing out the Nokia 5800's design is Micro-USB port, a 3.5mm jack, a power connector, and a power button on top. Also, above the display, there's a small touch-sensitive XpressMusic button, which will bring up a launch bar for the phone's various multimedia options, including the music player, photo and video gallery, Web browser, and online services such as Flickr, Vox, Ovi. The Nuron's camera is located on the back of the phone, as usual, but unfortunately, there's no flash.
T-Mobile packages the Nokia 5230 Nuron with an AC adapter, a USB cable, a 4GB microSD card, a wired stereo headset, a plectrum stylus, and reference material. For more add-ons, please visit our. Features Though its core functions are largely the same as its 5800 series siblings, the Nokia 5230 Nuron's sacrifices a couple of features to keep costs down but it also has a couple of notable enhancements.
Starting with the latter, the Nuron includes the new Ovi Maps application, so you get free turn-by-turn, voice-guided navigation right out of the box. Also, the Nuron is the first smartphone from a U.S. Carrier to come preloaded with the Ovi Store, where you can browse and download free and paid apps, audio, video, themes, games, and more. T-Mobile is also simplifying the process of purchasing apps from the store by letting you bill purchases to your monthly statement or via credit card. This streamlined process definitely makes it easier to get apps, but the Ovi Store could use a little makeover.
The store is not particularly easy to navigate or search. Also, don't expect to find much in the audio and video section. It's not a true music store and, unfortunately, Nokia's Music Store isn't available in the United States.
Ovi Maps is a much more useful tool and even provides several advantages over its competitors-namely Google maps. You can view maps even if you don't have a data connection. The maps are downloaded to device, so you can continue to use them even if you're offline. In addition, Nokia uses a hybrid vector mapping technology that helps maps redraw quickly and gives you the ability to zoom in and out of maps with little delay. Google Maps, on the other hand, requires that a new map be downloaded every time you want to zoom, thus taking up more bandwidth and time. Another plus: you can use Ovi Maps in 74 different countries and in 46 languages.
I would like to be able to connect my mobile (Nokia 5230) to internet without using the GPRS connection. The only option I can see, is to connect my mobile to my PC (which has an internet connection) via bluetooth or USB and share the pc internet connection with my mobile. How can I do that?
I would like to use OVI store but the only option is 'Send to Mobile' It seems that it is not possible to download a file on the PC and then send it to the mobile. If I coudl share my PC internet connection with my mobile I will be in a position where I could use OVI store I found this post at, While trying to find an answer to this.
Buna ziua, Sunt proaspatul posesor al unui nokia 5230 si nu reusesc sa gasesc o modalitate de a prelua contactele din sim in memoria telefonului. Contactele le am intr-un SonyEricsson k850i si le-am copiat (doar 200) pe sim. In momentul in care introduc cartela in nokia 5230 nu reusesc un transfer 'in bloc' al contactelor in memoria telefonului.
Doar unu cate unul. Deschid contactul si il copiez in telefon. Este greu sa transfer asa 3-400 de contacte.
Va rog sa-mi spuneti daca exista o varianta mai buna. Buna ziua, Sunt proaspatul posesor al unui nokia 5230 si nu reusesc sa gasesc o modalitate de a prelua contactele din sim in memoria telefonului. Contactele le am intr-un SonyEricsson k850i si le-am copiat (doar 200) pe sim. In momentul in care introduc cartela in nokia 5230 nu reusesc un transfer 'in bloc' al contactelor in memoria telefonului.
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Doar unu cate unul. Deschid contactul si il copiez in telefon.
Este greu sa transfer asa 3-400 de contacte. Va rog sa-mi spuneti daca exista o varianta mai buna. Incearca asa Contacts-setari-selecteze sa-ti afiseze nr. De pe SIM- dai mark all si copy in phone memory si pe urma selectezi din nou memoria telefonului la contacte. Cilibiu - Menu Settings Connectivity Destinations Access point.Select acces point( Packet data) Select Denumesti 'Internet' si merge direct Exista si Gnubox pentru Nokia 5800, cauta pe google 'Gnubox Nokia 5800' Viperyn - Nu cred ca se gasesc gratuit, am cautat si eu - se gaseau ceva la stadiu de 'proiect', nimica concret. Asa credeam si eu.am cautat pe net 2 seri.si nik inca.cred ca singura solutie e sa il hackuim.Apropo pentru PDF am gasit un viewer de la adobe dar e versiunea 1.nu LE 2.5.si e cam nasoala.nu merge scroll de nici un fel.deci nu te ajuta cu nik ca e touchscreen.e doar pt telefoanele clasice.
Daca aflati ceva va rog sa imi da-ti si mie de stire. Ms anticipat. Buna ziua, Sunt proaspatul posesor al unui nokia 5230 si nu reusesc sa gasesc o modalitate de a prelua contactele din sim in memoria telefonului. Contactele le am intr-un SonyEricsson k850i si le-am copiat (doar 200) pe sim. In momentul in care introduc cartela in nokia 5230 nu reusesc un transfer 'in bloc' al contactelor in memoria telefonului.
Doar unu cate unul. Deschid contactul si il copiez in telefon. Este greu sa transfer asa 3-400 de contacte. Va rog sa-mi spuneti daca exista o varianta mai buna. Krystyano9, on 7th April 2010, 15:07, said. Cilibiu - Menu Settings Connectivity Destinations Access point.Select acces point( Packet data) Select Denumesti 'Internet' si merge direct Exista si Gnubox pentru Nokia 5800, cauta pe google 'Gnubox Nokia 5800' Viperyn - Nu cred ca se gasesc gratuit, am cautat si eu - se gaseau ceva la stadiu de 'proiect', nimica concret. Imi poti da un link de unde pot descarca gnubox.
Drivers for canoscan lide 700f. Nu l-am gasit pe nici un site. Am gasit niste versiuni, dar nu erau compatibile cu acest telefon.
Hi, I don't have a 5230 but a 5320-XM and the same problem. I tested GNU/2BOX but it didn't work. Therefore, I decided to write an application on my own which allows to use the USB-connection to connect to the Internet. At the moment, I already have a proxy in the program running on the phone, but need to figure out how connecting to the PC via USB works (and vice versa).
When finished, it could be that it only works to browse the web (only HTTP-support in particular). I'll keep you up to date on my progress @anukulsangwan: Well thanks for the tip, but did you link to the ovi-store app on intention?
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