Nokia today announces its new Nokia 5230, which will be priced at 149 euro and comes with built in A-GPS navigation for Ovi Maps service. Other than the A-GPS, it also has a microSD card slot, 2 megapixel camera, 3.2-inch touch screen and support HSDPA. The Nokia 5230 is expected to begin shipping in the fourth quarter of 2009.
“Competitively priced at 149 EUR, we believe the Nokia 5230 is an unbeatable offer for many new customers who aspire a device that stars in music, mingles with social networks from Facebook to MySpace, navigates you to where it happens, when it happens, and comes in an array of dazzling colors, ” said Jo Harlow, Vice President, Nokia.
The Nokia 5230 features an easy to use music player with 33 hours of playback time. In select markets the Nokia 5230 will include Comes With Music service offering all you can eat music download service. The recommended price of the Nokia 5230 with the Comes With Music service will be 259 EUR before subsidies and taxes. For a mighty music experience, any headphones with a 3.5mm headphone jack can be used. In addition, the Nokia 5230 features a Media Bar with quick access to your favorite media and applications.
