Nokia 7230 Review- Glossy and Sleek Design

Nokia 7230 is a 3G sliding phone that offers you some  greatest features. Although this sliding phone is yet to be released in the first quarter of 2010, the ambition and intention for this phone is getting higher and higher. It comes with two colors graphite and hot pink. Both colors are very attractive to look.

The glossy and sleek design is astounding

The design of this sleek phone is awesome. This phone  has a compact form, excellent build quality and feels good in your hand.  Nokia added  premium metal elements in this shiny phone – with accented details and subtle lighting effects to make this phone much attractive. This phone is ergonomically designed and shaped for the ease of the users. Nokia aimed at developing the looks of this phone.

Display:

This super phone is equipped with a 2.4-inch display with the resolution 240 x 320-pixel that is really astonishing. The display is much clear and crystal. With this large and crystal display see your captured images easily. This phone lets you enjoy the high-resolution photos, videos, streaming videos. You  just don’t need a TV anymore as you can enjoy the high quality videos in this sleek phone. Wherever you are, just enjoy the watching your favorite shows clearly.

Camera:

Nokia 7230 comes with the integrated  3.2 megapixel camera and 4x digital zoom. This extraordinary phone lets you capture your wonderful moments with the dedicated capture key. Capture your great moments and see those with the crystal 2.4-inch display. Besides, Share your photos and videos on Ovi, Flickr, Vox, YouTube, Facebook, or share via Bluetooth  at the touch of a button. So, it’s tome to capture. Keep capturing with the super camera of this phone,

Instantly capture and share special moments.

Messaging:

This phone’s messaging features let you enjoy the every moment of your every-day life. For the ease of your instant messaging service, it embodies  Google Talk and Windows Live. Chat with your friends whenever you want.On the other hand,  an alert light notifies you when you get a new instant message. This aspect is really amazing. It just keeps you one step ahead. Enjoy Facebook and Twitter, or your other favourite social networks, from your home screen. Just with a single button, you can get connected with social networking sites.

Music:

With the built-in music player, enjoy listening your favorite tracks  via the 3.5 mm connector. The Nokia 7230 has a MicroSD memory card slot so you can add up to 16 GB more storage and carry even more music with you. So, just plug you headphone and enjoy the real experience of listening songs. Besides, browse the Nokia Music Store and download tracks direct to your phone or to your PC. See the latest tracks ans hots.

Specifications:

Design

Dimensions

• Form: slide
• Dimensions: 98 x 48 x 14.75 mm
• Weight (with battery): 100 g
• Volume: 64 cc

Display and User Interface

• Size: 2.4″
• Resolution: 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA)
• 262,000 colours (TFT)

Keys and Input Methods

• Dedicated image capture key
• 5 way Navi™ key
• Call and end keys, and soft keys
• Alpha numeric keypad

Colours

• Available colours:
  • Graphite
  • Hot Pink

Personlisation

• Customisable profiles
• Video ringtones
• Ringtones: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, .mid
• Themes:
  • wallpapers
  • screensavers
  • ringtones
  • pre-installed themes
  • changeable colour themes

Hardware

Power management

• BL-4C 860 mAh Li-Ion battery
• Talk time (maximum):
  • GSM 324 mins (71%)
  • WCDMA 220 mins (95%)
• Standby time (maximum):
  • GSM 370 h (90%)
  • WCDMA 395 h (95%)
• Video playback time (maximum): 381 mins
• Video recording time (maximum): 172 mins
• Music playback time (offline mode, maximum): 27 h

Memory

• MicroSD memory card slot up to 16 GB
• Internal user memory: 70 MB (45MB after content preinstallation and user content)

Operating Frequency

• Quad band GSM EDGE 850/900/1900/2100
• WCDMA 850/1900/2100 (Latin America, North America, Australia and Israel)
• WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (rest of the world)
• Automatic switching between GSM bands
• Flight mode

Data network

• GPRS MSC32, max. 100 kbit/s DL / max. 60kbit/s UL
• EDGE MSC32, max. 296 kbit/s DL / max. 177.6 kbit/s UL
• DTM MSC11
• WCDMA max. 2 Mbp/s DL / max. 384 kbit/s UL

Connectivity

• Bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR
• Support for local and remote SyncML synchronisation
• Full-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
• 3.5 mm AV connector

Software & applications

Software platform & user interface

• S40 user interface
• Active Idle
• Voice commands
• FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)

Applications

• Photo Gallery
• Radio Player
• Music Player
• Nokia Messaging
• Nokia Email
• Facebook client
• Share on Ovi
• Contacts on Ovi
• Ovi Store
• Nokia Maps 2.0
• Nokia Life Tools
• Nokia Download!
• My Nokia
• Opera Mini Browser
• Widets suppor
• OSS
• Java™ MIDP 2.1
• Nokia Search 2.0
• Flickr Image Upload
• English-Chinese dictionary (China, APAC only)
• Lunar calendar (China only)
• Add more applications via over-the-air (OTA) downloads

Personal Information Management (PIM)

• Phone book for 2000 entries
• World clock
• Organiser
• Calculator 2
• Converter 2
• Size converte
• Maps
• Voice recorder
• To-do list
• Stop watch
• Count down

Sharing & Internet

Browsing and internet

• OSS browser
• Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML
• Supported protocols: WAP 2.0
• TCP/IP support
• WM DRM 10, OMA DRM 2.0
• Video streaming support
• WebSearch Midlet
• Nokia Download! to support to discover, download, and install add-on applications and widgets
• Ovi Share connectivity to popular sharing services

Camera

• 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels)
• Digital focus
• Still image formats: JPEG
• Zoom up to 4x (digital zoom)

Image capture

• White balance modes: automatic, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent
• Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
• Colour modes: normal, false colours, greyscale, sepia, negative, solarise
• Dedicated capture key
• Photo Editor on device
• Direct printing to compatible picture printers

Video camera

• 3.2 megapixel video camera
• Up to 4x digital zoom
• Maximum clip length only restricted by available free memory
• White balance modes: automatic, daylight, tungsten, fluorescent
• Colour modes: normal, false colours, greyscale, sepia, negative, solarise

Video codecs & formats

• Video capture at up to 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA) at 15 fps
• Video recording file formats: MP4 (default), 3GP (for MMS); codecs: H.263, MPEG-4
• Audio recording file formats: AMR-NB
• Video playback file formats: MP4, 3GP; codecs H.263, H.264
• DRM support: OMA DRM 2 video, Windows DRM-10, WMV

Video sharing and playback

• Video sharing support via Share on Ovi
• Share Online connectivity to popular sharing services
• Support for video streaming

Music features

• Music Player
• Nokia Music Store support
• Nokia Music Manager (PC application)*
• Audio file formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, NB AMR, WB AMR, MIDI, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+
• DRM support: WM DRM 10, OMA DRM 2.0
• Ringtones:
  • up to 64 voice polyphony MIDI ringtones
  • video ringtones
  • Formats: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA