Nokia 500 is the first handset to adopt the company’s all-new naming system.
The handset has also landed as the Finns first cheap Symbian Anna smartphone and looks set to cost around £150 SIM free once it’s released later this year. For this you’ll get a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen powered by a speedy 1GHz processor and dressed in Nokia’s refreshed UI. With Symbian Anna on board the Nokia 500 will also come equipped with an onscreen QWERTY keypad split-screen messaging and the Finns’ new Social app.
On the rear of the handset you’ll find a 5 megapixel rear-facing camera capable of shooting video. There’s also a built-in FM radio 2GB of onboard storage expandable to 32GB and all the usual high-speed connectivity options (HSDPA and Wi-Fi).
Its not just the handsets specs that are interesting as its the first handset to adopt Nokia’s new number-based naming system. According to the manufacturer: “People understand the logic behind ‘the bigger the number, the more you get’ philosophy. Theoretically speaking, if we were announce a Nokia 890 (which, to be very clear, does not exist), but it’s a bit out of your price range, you’ll know that the Nokia 790″.
The Nokia 500 will be available in Q3 2011 in both Black and White variants.
The user interface and Smart2Go Navigation program has been described as underwhelming. The Windows CE desktop is disabled and locked. You can replace an application or an updated registry in the kernel to provide a shell to launch other programs and use the Software Updater to put it in the GPS.
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