Nokia Unveils 3 Handsets Geared Towards Social Media

Following the Microsoft launch of its KIN phones which are targeted at social media, Nokia today unveiled 3  handsets which will offer competition to the same. The Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 are mid-range offerings, packing side-sliding QWERTY keyboard and great all-round connectivity.

Nokia C6

This phone has a side-slider, runs on Symbian S60  and packs quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support and quad band 3G with HSDPA. The C6 comes with a 3.2″ touchscreen of nHD resolution, capable of displaying up to 16M colors.

The C6 is the more smartphone among the three, offers navigation through Ovi Maps, allows upto 16GB of external storage and comes in black and white versions. It has Wi-Fi, USB and Bluetooth . The 5 megapixel autofocus camera relies on a LED flash to assist its low-light performance.

The Nokia E5

Up in the line is the bar-shaped Nokia E5. It was previously code-named Nokia Mystic. It has quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band 3G/HSDPA support and runs on the non-touch Symbian 3rd edition OS.

The Nokia E5 is more of a business phone and is so similar to a Blackberry. It runs S60 3rd Edition, an older version of the platform that came to be Symbian^1 and according to Nokia offers nearly a month of standby time.

Nokia C3

The third and final accouncement was the bar-shaped Nokia C3, which is the most pocket friendly of the three. It doesnt even have 3G connectivity so network access is only possible via GSM/GPRS/EDGE. Built around a 2.4″ 262K-color display of QVGA resolution and a full QWERTY keyboard, the C3 is a rare breed of S40 phones to have Wi-Fi connectivity.

It has a 2MP camera, FM radio and supports up to 8GB of external storage.