The Nokia 5230 Nuron has just been officially launched by Nokia and T-Mobile USA. This device is expected to be available at T-Mobile in the upcoming weeks. This phone offers a dynamic Web browsing and rich experience on its 3.2-inch touch screen display.

This Nokia Nuron smartphone features a 3.2-inch resistive touchscreen display with 640 x 360 pixels (nHD), 2 megapixel camera, accelerometer, micro-USB connector, up to 16GB microSD memory card support, full HTML web browser, 3.5mm stereo headphone plug, 2.5mm Nokia AV connector, Bluetooth 2.0, 3G, comes pre-loaded with Nokia Ovi Store and a free Ovi Maps with turn-by-turn navigation.

The Vice President of Nokia Sales department, Mark Slater has said about this phone:

The Nokia 5230 Nuron is a great product of our collaboration with T-Mobile USA and provides consumers with more compelling mobile experiences as they navigate, watch video, play games and social network

The Nokia Nuron offers U.S. consumers a unique and compelling mobile experience that caters to their everyday needs and enables them to connect to their passions with an affordable 3G touch smartphone

Nokia 5230 Nuron – Features

Below are some of the features of this mobile phone:

• Design
  With its intuitive touch-based user interface, and vibrant 3.2-inch widescreen display, this device seamlessly combines design and functionality
• Music
  Manage your tracks with the enhanced media player and Nokia Music PC Client, tune into your favorite stations with FM radio
• Social networking and messaging
  Instant access to Ovi Share, and your other favorite social networking sites, keep in touch and entertained, and the Nokia Messaging service lets you manage up to 10 email accounts
• Navigation
  The built-in Assisted-GPS receiver works with Ovi Maps 3.0 to help you find your exact position as you explore new cities and travel quickly from A to B
• Entertainment
  With quick access to the Ovi Store, pre-installed mobile games, and your media library, on-the-go entertainment is always just a few taps away
• Ovi Maps with free navigation forever
  Discover your surroundings with free GPS voice-guided navigation from Ovi Maps
• Thousands of apps from Ovi Store
  Customize your phone with access to thousands of apps, games, themes, and much more from Ovi Store

Nokia 5230 Nuron – Specifications

Below are the specifications of this handset:

• Powered by S60, 5th Edition, Symbian OS version 9.4
• GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• WCDMA 1700/2100
• 3.2-inch touchscreen display
• 640 x 360 pixels (nHD) with 16:9 picture display resolution
• Up to 16.7 million colors
• 2 megapixel camera with 3X digital zoom
• Video recording
• Responsive touchscreen with tactile feedback
• Accelerometer for auto-rotate
• Proximity sensor to save power and prevent inadvertent touches
• Available in white color with changeable colored battery covers
• Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 high speed
• Bluetooth 2.0
• 2.5 mm Nokia AV connector
• 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
• Pre-installed Ovi Store
• Ovi maps with turn by turn directions
• 4GB microSD memory card in-box, expandable up to 16 GB
• 70 MB internal dynamic memory

Nokia 5230 Nuron – Press Release

Below I’ve posted a full press release of this phone:

Affordable 3G touch-screen smartphone offers rich mobile experiences, Ovi Maps and Ovi Store

White Plains, NY, USA and Bellevue, WA, USA – Nokia and T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the Nokia 5230 Nuron, a smartphone solution for the masses packed with applications, maps with turn-by-turn directions, and more. Operating on T-Mobile’s blazing-fast 3G network, the Nokia Nuron offers dynamic Web browsing and rich experiences on a 3.2″ touch screen. The device is also the first pre-loaded with Ovi Maps, a free turn-by-turn navigation solution from Nokia, and the first to have the Ovi Store pre-loaded, giving consumers access to thousands of compelling applications and games. The Nokia Nuron is expected to be available in the coming weeks exclusively from T-Mobile.

“The Nokia 5230 Nuron is a great product of our collaboration with T-Mobile USA and provides consumers with more compelling mobile experiences as they navigate, watch video, play games and social network,” said Mark Slater, Vice President, Sales, Nokia. “The Nokia Nuron offers U.S. consumers a unique and compelling mobile experience that caters to their everyday needs and enables them to connect to their passions with an affordable 3G touch smartphone.”

The Nokia Nuron is a mobile solution that allows consumers to easily make their way around town, download content and applications to keep them entertained, or help to manage their busy lives. Consumers can keep up with friends and family via IM, text, personal or work e-mail, and offers the ability to easily surf the Web with a full HTML browser.

“Many of our customers are looking for smartphones that deliver a great mobile Web experience with access to games and applications, all at an affordable price,” said Travis Warren, director, product marketing, T-Mobile USA. “We are excited to partner with Nokia to offer our customers the Nokia 5230 Nuron, a 3G smartphone for the masses that delivers features like a full touch screen, free turn-by-turn navigation and a premium storefront for applications.”

The Nokia Nuron is the first U.S. carrier -supported Nokia smartphone to pre-load Ovi Maps, a solution from Nokia that offers consumers free turn-by-turn directions and navigation. Additionally, Ovi Maps makes it easy to discover great places to eat, concerts, movies and more with Lonely Planet guides. Other features include the ability to check the weather forecast and even share one’s current location on Facebook. With pedestrian navigation, Ovi Maps delivers the best routes through pedestrian zones and shortcuts as well as pathways through parks and buildings. Exploring the world or rediscovering your own city has never been easier or more fun with Ovi Maps.  Nokia Nuron also comes preloaded with maps for the USA, Canada and Mexico – with the ability to access over 180 country maps at http://www.nokiausa.com/maps.

The Nokia Nuron will be the first device from a national U.S. carrier to come pre-loaded with Ovi Store by Nokia – giving consumers access to thousands of applications and other exciting content.

T-Mobile also plans to simplify the purchase experience for its customers and expects to enable them to pay for this great content by having it billed to their monthly bill or via a credit card.

To learn more about Ovi by Nokia, or for more information on how to develop for Ovi Store, please visit http://www.ovi.com and http://publish.ovi.com, respectively.

Availability
The Nokia 5230 Nuron is expected to be available on in the coming weeks in select T-Mobile retail stores and online at http://www.t-mobile.com. For more information, please visit http://www.nokiausa.com/NokiaNuron or http://www.t-mobile.com.

Use of some features or services may incur separate, additional charges and/or require a qualifying data plan. 3G coverage is available in locations nationwide, but may not be available everywhere. For more details on where T-Mobile network coverage is available, please visit www.t-mobile.com/coverage.

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