Nokia India has announced the launch of two new XpressMusic handsets in India. The Nokia 5230 and the Nokia 5530. Nokia 5230 looks just like the Nokia 5320 and is being positioned by Nokia as a music handset that is affordable. Surprisingly the Nokia 5230 is launched in India as well as around the world simultaneously, which is very unlikey of Nokia. Like for Nokia 5530, the handset started selling across different countries before today when it was officially launched in India. Coming to the Nokia 5230, which is loaded with multimedia entertainment features, the phone sports of a media bar and will also come with Comes With Music service in some of the countries. The media bar lets the user quickly access his/her favorite media and applications like movies, photos, music, YouTube videos, Ovi Share. The handset also features a contacts bar with 20 of your friends and shows info like call history, emails, messages, social media updates etc. The phone looks promising in terms of features and will hit the stores in Q4 2009. The price of the handset has been fixed as Euro 149 and Euro 259 [Comes With Music] version. From Nokia's Press Release,
"Visiting the Ovi Store from the Nokia 5230 is a breeze. Ovi Store is conveniently accessible from the home screen of the phone and customers can immediately begin downloading and personalizing their phones with popular apps and games to make their phone more fun. New apps, games, videos, and more are added regularly and Ovi Store can be enjoyed on more than 75 Nokia devices and has active users from more than 180 countries. 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 truly unbeatable value with all you can eat music. 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 AV connector can be used. In addition, the Nokia 5230 features a Media Bar with quick access to your favorite media and applications, such as music, photos, YouTube or Ovi Share. "
Coming to the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, which is the third touch screen phone from Nokia in the recent times. Much has been said about the handset since the day it leaked and was mistaken as the Nokia Kenzo or the Nokia 5900. No its not, its just the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, which started shipping almost a week back and has now been launched in India. The Nokia 5530 is the younger sibling of the popular Nokia 5800, but has some nice features that might make it more likable than Nokia 5800. Check out the hands-on video with the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic and also how the handset fairs when compared to Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.
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