| A valued member of the C Series phones released by | | | | there is a lack of WLAN connection. Bluetooth 2.0 is |
| Nokia is the Nokia C5 SmartPhone. The Finnish | | | | pre-installed for file transfers to and from compatible |
| communications giants have opted to go for a more | | | | devices; it operates using the Symbian OS v9.3 and |
| vintage candy bar look with the C5. In appearance the | | | | benefits from the S60 3rd Edition FP2 user interface |
| phone looks rather clear-cut though the design team | | | | allowing for fluid motion and seamless page to page |
| have given its body a nice chrome effect finish, | | | | loading throughout the phones software. |
| however the simple design masks the C5's | | | | Useful applications the devices possesses include a full |
| SmartPhone features which include social network | | | | Ovi selection which covers the online app store, music |
| applications and fast internet connections. | | | | store and Ovi Maps, which is useful for route |
| The C5 has a 2.2 inch QVGA screen which delivers a | | | | navigation when combined with the aGPS receiver, it |
| bright, lively display of up to 16.7 million colours. A 5 | | | | also has the QuickOffice document viewer for |
| way Navi key is the main button for interface | | | | business conscious users and dedicated applications |
| navigation, the Navi key is shouldered by two soft | | | | for Facebook, MySpace and YouTube for those who |
| keys which act as your action and clear buttons and | | | | like to be in the loop when it comes to status updates |
| these are underlined by the call and cancel keys used | | | | and wall blogs from there friends, colleagues and |
| for phone calls. For messaging the alphanumeric | | | | family. |
| keypad is easy enough as it's what most people are | | | | Containing 50MB of internal memory allows the C5 |
| used to. The phones dimensions are 112 x 46 x 12.3 | | | | SmartPhone to store almost an unlimited amount of |
| mm and it weighs just 89.3g so it's perfectly | | | | contacts and messages, this can be handy if you have |
| conventional to handle when navigating the devices | | | | an extensive social circle and the 2GB external |
| many features. | | | | memory can be upgraded up to 16GB using a |
| The C5 supports quad band GSM 800 / 900 / 1800 / | | | | MicroSD card, this means that there is enough potential |
| 1900, 3G HSDPA 900 / 2100 and Class 32 EDGE and | | | | storage space for your favourite tracks, images or |
| GPRS, so connection speeds are reasonably fast at | | | | video files. |
| 10.2 mbps and data transfer is pretty quick too, alas | | | | |