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Dont forget, IT NOW RUNS SKYPE!]]>Mar 3rd 2010 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/if it's the same 5230 like the one they sell in europe
then it's basically a 5800 without wlan and a pick instead of a stylus
oh and it's crazy cheap (about 170$ without contract)]]>Mar 3rd 2010 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
What's great? It's $180 unlocked. Believe it or not, a lot of people are getting tired of phones that come with strings attached.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 5:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
Its a nice phone and cheap as chips. $170 without contract.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 5:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
This phone actually has been on the market for quite some time, just that now it has the AWS band.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
This looks like the exact package you get when you buy it unlocked. The sales package is the same, the feature set is the same, and Ovi Maps with navigation is still there. This will be the first time Nokia has released a smartphone with a US carrier, and the phone wasn't changed. Bravo T-Mobile.

I can only imagine what AT&T would have done with this if they released it. I highly doubt they'd allow Ovi Maps to be preloaded onto it, especially with their own navigation service, and considering it's not an iphone. VZW would have probably done the same since it isn't a Droid. Remember, the Droid is the only VZW handset that uses it's own navigation software.

This is big for Nokia though. Even though it's only T-Mobile, Nokia is getting their name back out there, and getting their services out there. ]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
Nokias recent (music) phones have a handy remote which you can use for changing tracks. Or if there's no remote the controls are built into the headset cord (which isn't that handy if you want to use your own headset).

Or if you prefer HW keys for music then for example 5630 has those.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
I know about the 5630, It was their last good music smartphone, with physical playback keys. It seems that in their mad rush to clone apple they've forgotten that not everyone wants to remove the phone from their pocket just to change tracks, nor for that matter to have to try to locate tiny buttons on an in-line controller under thick clothes.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
I forgot to mention the 5730.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 5:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://conversations.nokia.com/2009/09/02/nokia-x3-revealed/

This might be what ure in search 0f.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
Unfortunately the X3 is a dumbphone (Series 40).]]>Mar 3rd 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
use bluetooth headphones to change ur tracks and then u dont even have to touch the phone at all. even works when u bluetooth with ur car radio. js]]>Mar 3rd 2010 6:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
Way out of the question.

I have a great sounding pair of in-ear headphones that I don't plan to give up.

Even if there was a bt equivalent (there isn't), I don't want another battery to charge, extra power draw from the bt radio, the potential for drop-outs or the extra radiation (my ear goes warm, red and tender just from using a bt earpiece for ten minutes!)

Then there's just the general PITA that bt connections are.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 7:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Although audio over Bluetooth just seems like a horrible idea to me (Hey, let's decompress the audio, perform lossy recompression in real time with a worse codec, transmit it wirelessly and then decompress it again! ...while on battery power!) the remote control part of the specification combined with regular wired headphones looks more sensible. It doesn't matter that the player is wrapped up in a tangled mess of headphone-cable if you don't have to take it out. And sending just playback control commands over Bluetooth doesn't require much capacity.

So if you have lots of money lying around, you could consider something like this: http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/mbw-150musicedition

Although I don't know how well it works with Nokia phones.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
With a 2 year contract yes, the leaked papers had that exact price on them 199.]]>Mar 4th 2010 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Come on, even if you buy this baby just to let inside of the car...

Since I am European (meaning that I cant be spending as much as our US brothers) I would wait for Symbian3..]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
The only thing missing in this device is Ovi Music...

Nokia is not playing catching up anymore. Others need to catch Nokias offerings now ;)]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 3:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-iphone-is-not-a-smartphone/]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/It's a true smartphone with multitasking and with lot of features.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
as far as im concerned, s60 5th = smartphone
so yes.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 6:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
Really?!!
]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
Ohh read it wrong...."s^3 around the corner". Got it now.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 4:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/i.e. a streamlined ui (singletap all the way. kinetic scrolling through out etc). Think of it as windows vista to s^4. Lots of under the hood changes that lay the groundwork for S^4's Q1 (MWC i'd guess) shipment (since its on track for Gold in Sep this year and the vid circulating online is a framework demo. NOT the UI. Too bad bloggers dont bother researching what they find on yt!).]]>Mar 3rd 2010 6:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/well i know bout the s^3 & s^4 but i miss read it... i thought engadget said that this phone is running s60 5th with the new improve ui s^3..... i missed the ; "around the corner part".]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/I wonder what will happen to the American cellular carriers when they'll (eventually) run out of names...]]>Mar 3rd 2010 4:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 4:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 4:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/No wi-fi support.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 4:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.extra.com.br/DetalheProduto.aspx?codProduto=4063063]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
This is a garbage phone...compare this to even cheapo android handsets like the droid -- there's no competition whatsoever.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
Meh. Those things don't have Ovi Maps and its free navigation. And to be honest, HVGA screens are garbage. I mean... WTF? 480x320? Low-res much.

It seems like they forgot to mention that the 5800 is one of the best sounding music players out there. I just don't know if it holds true for the 5230.

You expect too much when "competing" Android phones go WELL OVER the 5230's price point. *cough*$200unlocked*cough* Just because something else is (supposedly) better, doesn't mean that it's garbage. The 5230's feature set is beyond its price point if you consider everyone else's offering. 3.5G, 640x360 screen, 3.5 mm jack, up to 16 GB microSD, 2 MP cam with VGA recording, integrated GPS with Ovi Maps + navigation, etc. Hell, the rest of the phones at this price point are either QVGA or WQVGA, which is crap. Bloody fuck I was even surprised at my mate's 5800. He was watching YouTube videos via the desktop YouTube version on his browser. I was seriously "WTF?!". I didn't know it could run Flash that well.

In any case, I'm looking forward to the Nokia N900's successor. I'm still with you though on the Symbian^3 being unavailable to soon-to-be legacy devices. S60 5th just looks bad when beside newer mobile OSes. But it doesn't mean it's terrible in itself.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Have you used it yet? How do you know it's garbage?

I used the 5800XM last year and I liked it. However I sold it so I can get an AWS smartphone (TP2). I probably buy this at MSRP ($180) and save my upgrade for the HD2.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
I'm currently own 3rd gen iTouch and I've had the HTC Magic as my phone for half a year. I never said that Android was garbage. I said the 480x320 (aka HVGA) screens are, particularly when side-by-side with WVGA/VGA screens. I'm currently using an HTC Touch HD which has a WVGA screen, and it's a huge upgrade. The resolution difference is particularly evident when web browsing.

The only selling point for me with HVGA devices such as the iPhone and Android phones is their software support. Especially on the iPhone, and the iTouch as well. The Apple App Store won't be beat anytime soon, IMO.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
Though for those who are going off contract like myself and just want a passable smartphone without having to deal with bullshit like Moto Blur, this is actually a pretty decent value at $180. Just disappointing that you wont be able to get the upgrade to S^3 or S^4.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 3rd 2010 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/Mar 5th 2010 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nokia-5230-nuron-excites-the-t-mobile-nervous-system/
On NokiaUSA.com, the Nuron/5230 is listed as GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, which looks more like this unit is only going to work on AT&T's 3G network and not on T-Mo's 1700 3G band.]]>Mar 10th 2010 5:11PM