Nokia 7230 Review and Specifications

Nokia 7230 - Graphite and Hot Pink

Nokia 7230 has colourful look and it offers messaging, social networking and effortless picture sharing with 3G support, Quadband GSM phone. It has a compact form that perfect fits in your hand.

Nokia 7230 Flip model

A compact slider that’s reassuringly well constructed with the right details to make imaging and sharing a natural part of your everyday life.

Instantly capture and share special moments online quickly and easily – share with your friends and family while you are on the move.

Keep in touch with you the ones you love. Access email, social networks and use instant messaging services.

Specifications:

Colors:

• Nokia 7230 available in two colors : Graphite and Hot Pink

Dimensions:

Nokia 7230 Dimensions

• Form: Slide model
• Volume: 64 cc
• Dimensions: 98 x 48 x 14.75 mm
• Display Size: 2.4″
• Screen resolution: 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA), 262,000 colors (TFT)

Keys:

• Dedicated image capture key
• 5 way Navi™ key
• Call and End keys, and soft keys

Email and Messaging:

• Email clients (native, OZ, Windows Live)
• IM clients ( native, Google Talk, OZ, Windows Live)
• Reminder light for message alerts
• SMS, MMS 1.3, Audio Messaging(AMS)

Power management:

• BL-4CT 860 mAh Li-Ion battery
• Talk time (maximum:

1. GSM – 324 mins (71%)
2. WCDMA 220 mins (95%)

• Standby time (maximum):

1. GSM 370 h (90%)
2. WCDMA 395 h (95%)

• Video playback time (maximum): 381 mins
• Video recording time (offline mode, maximum): 172 mins

Memory:

• Phone memory: 70 MB
• External memory: microSD up to 16 GB

Camera:

• Camera Pixels: 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels)
• Zoom up to 4x (digital zoom)
• Photo Editor on device, Direct printing to compatible picture printers
• Video capture at up to 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA) at 15fps
• Video recording formats: MP4(default), 3GP(for MMS); codecs: H.263, MPEG-4

Browsing and internet:

• OSS browser
• TCP/IP support
• Video streaming support
• 3G (384kbps)

Connectivity:

• Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR
• USB v2.0 microUSB

GPS and navigation:

• Nokia Maps 3.0 enabled

Music:

• Music Player
• Nokia Music Manager (PC application) -Requires a compatible PC
• Audio file formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, NB AMR, WB AMR, MIDI, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+

Ringtones:

1. Formats: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA
2. Video ringtones

Games included:

• Snake III, Bounce II, Sudoku II, Rally Start

Applications:

• Photo Gallery
• Radio Player
• Facebook client
• Ovi Store
• Nokia Life Tools
• Opera Mini Browser
• Nokia Image Upload
• Nokia Search 2.0
• Java™ MIDP2.1

Price:

Price in USD : 133$

Price in INR : Rs. 5673

Processors

Processors:
There are many processors available in the market. However, we should consider something while purchasing. When you’re buying a Computer/Laptop, building it from scratch, or upgrading your CPU, you must take some time and thought into which processor to buy. The choice of your processor today will affect your computer’s speed and functionality for years to come.

Types:

There are two major manufacturers of computer microprocessors. Intel and AMD(Advanced Micro Device) are lead the market with speed and quality of the processor. Intel desktop CPU’s contains Intel® Pentium® series, Intel® Core Processor series, Intel® Xeon® Processor series, Intel® Quad Processor Series, Intel® Celeron® Processor and Mobile Processors. AMD’s desktop contains Sempron, Athlon and Phenom. AMD also makes mobile processor of its Sempron and Athlon and Turion mobile processor. Each Manufacturers makes both single and multi-core processors.

Features:
Both Processor has clock speed measured in GHz(Gigahertz). CPU has two or three levels of cache. Cache is a buffer/temporary memory between RAM and Processor. The socket type of the processor determines which motherboard it will be support.
Choosing the processor with dual, triple, or quad core work together to make your computer to do multiple process faster and with greater efficiency.

AMD Quad core Phenom 2 Chip

AMD’s Quad-core Phenom 2 Chips are now available in Market since Jan 09.
These processors have speed of 2.8 GHz to 3 GHz with 8MB inbuilt cache. First processor, Phenom II X4 920 runs at 2.8GHz and is being priced between $271 and $317 USD while the Phenom II X4 940 which runs at 3GHz is being sold for anything between $304 and $373 USD and it all depends on the store. They run on DDR2 platforms and will be moved to DDR3 platforms based on the AM3 sockets.