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Where To Use The Nuron- This quadband GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz (worldwide), 3G 1700/2100 MHz AWS Band IV, WCDMA 850MHz Band V is a North American phone. Lacking Band II, the other NA WCDMA band, it is offered by T-Mobile. User Interface- The user interface(UI)is Symbian60 v5 for touch. If you've used other S60 devices you'll be right at home. Coming from another UI will take a short time to get used to how it works and to learn where things are. Web Browser- The web browser is good at rendering the non-Flash content of most web pages. I use mine for on-line banking, for example, and have no problems. You'll have to connect via 3G, EDGE or GPRS; WiFi is not included. Contacts- This has a full featured contacts application. Multiple numbers per contact is supported as is SIND, speaker independent voice dialing. You can assign images and ringtones to contacts. Synching your contacts with the on-line storage with T-Mobile is simple. The first time I put in my SIM the device went to T-Mobile and downloaded my on-line address book. That was a "Wow!" moment. Making/Taking Phone Calls- This is where the UI is just plain strange. If the phone is locked you have to swipe in one direction to unlock it and in another direction to answer the call. I missed the first couple of calls I received while I figured out this bit of extra motions. This provided an "Oh?" moment. Once I had the call answered voice quality was excellent for my conversation partner and for me. Making a call is very straight-forward. Hold down the green button, say the name of the contact you wish to call and the phone provides a list of matches , do nothing and the phone will start dialing the first contact after a short delay. It recognizes, without prior training, a very difficult name such as Arcibeque. Another "Wow!" moment. Numeric entry pad is also available. Messaging- MMS is very intuitive to use. SMS provides you with a virutal numeric keypad or full screen QWERTY. Word prediction can be turned on and off. This application is meshed very tightly with your contacts making it easy to send to whomever you want. Camera- The no flash 2.0 megapixel camera does okay. Sharing your photos via Ovi or MMS is part of the camera application. Video is good on this device. Storage- I've used up to an 8 gigabyte microSDHC in my Nuron with no problems. It is possible it will take up to 16 gigabytes but I've not tested that. Display- The 3.2 inch resistive touch screen display is bright, crisp and colorful. The finger UI makes a stylus un-necessary for use with any of the on-phone applications and features but when browsing a stylus would be handy. There is no on-board storage for a stylus but you can connect the tethered plectrum to the phone. Another "Oh?" moment. Applications- There is a link to the Ovi store on the device. Plenty of free and low cost applications are available for everything from speedometer to word processing. Decent media player in included. Maps- Ovi Maps with turn by turn navigation is at no additional cost. GPS is quick, accurate, navigation provides spoken street names. Has a very fast route recalculation function. Download from Ovi store. Forget the $9.99 a month TeleNav subscription application preloaded on the Nuron, you won't need it with Ovi Maps. Another "Wow!" feature. If you want a touchscreen smart phone,Read full review
Very Basic. Excellent Battery Life and Excellent service with out T-Mobile. he Nokia 5230 Nuron has free maps and voice-guide navigation via Ovi Maps, 3G, and excellent call quality, all at an affordable price. It's also the first Nokia smartphone with a U.S. carrier to offer access to the Ovi Store. The bad: The Nuron lacks Wi-Fi and a document viewer. Its user interface is clunky and confusing, and we wish it had a capacitive touch screen. No flash for the camera. The bottom line: The Nokia 5230 Nuron for T-Mobile isn't the most advanced or fastest smartphone on the market, but budget-conscious customers will find an incredible deal here.
This was the fanciest phone that would support my $10 web2go data plan. Ive used it for about a week now. Coming from Windows Mobile 6, Im extremely pleased. The Symbian OS isnt quite as fancy as Android or the iOS but it was comparable enough for me to say that its a decent smartphone. I quickly found a way to install un-signed apps but I will say that its a huge pain. My biggest complaints are the lagginess of the phone, inability to customize the homescreen and the number of steps it takes to send a SMS or change a setting. I installed an app called FreeiSms to make messaging threaded (this was not a factory feature!!) the phone feels extremely durable and easy to hold in my hands. Call quality is very clear!! I dont know what people are saying about it being too quiet.. maybe if youre hearing impaired. Crystal clear to me. symbian web browser is crap, install Opera Mini. touchscreen is resistive (not capacitive like an iPhone). This makes speed-typing more difficult. - *update - installed a free app called Swype to make speed typing a bit easier. also makes it easy to type with 1 hand. still slightly annoying but a big improvement.Read full review
I wanted a phone to upgrade from my Nokia ExpressMusic. I loved my old phone for its size and excellent MP3 capacity. The 5230 looked like a very workable entry level Smartphone. It is. Features of the new phone are easy to navigate...not a difficult learning curve. It has more memory capacity and, of course, tons more functions. I like that I can turn it on its side and use a qwerty keyboard. It seems to have better reception than my old phone too. I think this is a great phone.
The QWERTY keypad was really easy to use for typing. I really didn't like the stylus writing feature. It was hard to get it to recognize differences in letters. The speaker wasn't as loud as I would like, but it wasn't that bad. It was easy to change settings for sending mail and such. It works better than some smart phones I have used.
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