Nokia C3-00, and Samsung Corby Line Up The Mid Range Hot Shots

My Personal Nokia C3-00 Review

This post is a personal Nokia C3 00 review, I've used Nokia C3-00 myself. Looks like Nokia has identified the market need correctly. And it has come up with an economic hand set, Nokia C3-00. This phone gets you very close to a smart phone, in half the price of popular iPhone/Windows Phone 7/Android gadgets. Still there are many good Nokia C3-00 apps out there, and Nokia C3-00 wifi capability is nice. Although Noki C3-00 wifi is not as strong as the wifi in a lap top, but still people after all Nokia C3 00 is an entry level fone(you can gift Nokia C3 to your papa easily). And there are many many Nokia C3-00 free themes also available.
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The Good:

Wifi: The coolest thing is Nokia C3-00 wifi capability is awesome, and by awesome I mean "literally awesome". I bought a Nokia C3 00 just because I knew the Nokia C3-00 wifi is solid.

Nokia OVi Suite and store connectivity: Every thing in Nokia C3-00 can be synchronized with a PC using Nokia's free OVi Suite application. It is also possible to back up your contacts, photos, music, and even phone state using OVi Suite. You can send/read received messages from OVi Suite as well.

Then comes in the OVi App store, which is a nice app store though nothing comparable to Apple's App store. You'll find many good games and productivity software for free. OVi suite works good just because of the solid Nokia C3-00 wifi capability, you can easily download Nokia c3-00 apps over Nokia c3-00 wifi. It is also possible to do Nokia C3-00 update using Nokia C3-00 wifi. Anyways, I keep downloading Nokia C3-00 themes over Nokia C3-00 wifi ;)

Built in messenger software: lets you log-on to MsN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, GTalk, and Nokia OVi chat. Good thing, this messenger can be minimized and you can continue fiddling with music or photos after it gets online.

Mail Client: An application which has built in support for Hotmail(Windows Live Mail, Yahoo Mail, GMail, and Nokia OVi Mail).

There's a build in application for facebook and twitter as well, but at least on my C3-00 its not working. I am using Snaptu (free)for checking out Facebook and Twitter. This application works well on Wifi and EDGE/GPRS connections.

The Bad:
The phone often crashes when you try to forward MP4 files.
Not all MP4 files are supported, the picture disappears for some files.
2 mega pixel camera is totally crap.
When you're typing a long tweet or facebook status update, or in my case even blog draft :p and there's music playing in the background the phone becomes dead slow, letters appear slowly on screen while you type.
I tried to perform Nokia c3-00 update many times but it failed. I currently have version 4 of the OS.

Samsung Corby:


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Earlier this year(2010) Samsung introduced its amazing line up of budget "Almost Smart Phones" called Samsung Corby. Corby line up included Corby TXT, Corby, and Corby Pro. All the Corbies had 2.0 megapixel camera. And there were Wi-Fi capable versions as well. A Corby Txt is pictured below, this one seems to be closest competitor of Nokia C3-00

Corby Pro was all about touch touch. I think Samsung wanted to steal some of iPhone lovers. Or lure in people who got iPhone on their wish list, but don't have enough bucks to buy one.

Samsung Pro sports a nice slide out keypad as well, an attempt to bring in high end Nokia phones look and feel, I think.

 

But I think Nokia's OVi store has played an important role in success of Nokia C3-00. Because OVi store contains a whole lot of applications, which can be easily downloaded for free or maybe purchased.

Nokia C3-00 Wish List:

Before specs I think a wish list is much more important, cause you'll find specs on many other sites as well.

• A browser app which could be minimized just like Messenger, and Media Player. In fact, the capability to hide any running application and move out to other applications. The number of concurrent user applications can be limited.
• S60 like home key, which would make switching between applications much easier.
• Pop up alerts about new call and SMS on PC when a C3-00 is connected to PC via OVi suite.
• An easily customizable  grid/list view background
• A Blackberry style scroll wheel.

Nokia C3-00 Specs(Specification):

Technical Specs

Developer Platform

    Series 40 6th Edition (initial release)

Operating System

    Nokia OS

Screen Resolution

    320 x 240 px

Browser, Flash and Web Runtime

Browser Details

    HTML over TCP/IP

    Opera Mini

    WAP 2.0

    WebKit Open Source Browser

    XHTML over TCP/IP

Flash Technology

    Flash Lite 3.0

Flash Lite Features

    Screensaver

    Wall Paper

Multimedia

Camera Resolution

    1600 x 1200 px

CMOS Sensor

    2.0 Megapixel

Video Recording Formats

    H.263, MPEG-4

Video Features

    Video Player

    Video Recorder

    Video Streaming

Video Playback Formats

    3GPP formats (H.263), H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, WMV

Graphic Formats

    BMP, GIF87a, GIF89a, JPEG, M3G, PNG, SVG-T, WBMP

Theme Version

    Series 40 Theme v3.0

Suggested Theme Template

    Series 40 Compact UI

Audio Features

    Audio Recorder AMR

    Audio Streaming

    Bluetooth Stereo

    Handsfree Speaker

    MP3 Ringtones

    Music Player

    Stereo FM RDS Radio

Audio Formats

    AAC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, M4A, MIDI Tones (poly 64), Mobile XMF, MP3, MP4, RealAudio 8, SP-MIDI, True tones, WAV, WMA 10 Pro, WMA 9

Memory Functions

Maximum User Storage

    55 MB[1]

NAND Memory

    128 MB

SDRAM Memory

    64 MB

Memory Card type

    Micro SD

Memory Card Features

    Hot Swap

Maximum Memory Card Size

    8 GB

Maximum Heap Size

    2 MB

Maximum JAR Size

    2 MB

Notes

    1 2GB MicroSD card included in the sales package(Not always).

Connectivity

Local Connectivity

    Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR

    Micro USB

    MTP (Multimedia Transfer Protocol)

    Nokia AV 3.5mm

    Nokia microUSB Cable CA-101

Bluetooth Profiles

    DUN, FTP, GAP, GOEP, HFP, HSP, OPP, PAN, PBAP, SAP, SDAP, SPP

WLAN support

    802.11b/g

Messaging

Messaging

    AMS, IM, MMS+SMIL, SMS

Messaging Features

    OMA Instant Messaging and Presence Service v1.2.1

    OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.3

Email Solutions

    Nokia Messaging 3.0

    Ovi Mail

    Oz Email

Supported Email Protocols

    IMAP4, POP3, SMTP

Power Management

    2.0mm Charger Connector

Battery model

    BL-5J 3.7V 1320mAh

Talk Time up to

    7.0 hours

Standby Time up to

    33 days

Nokia C3-00 is available in three colors, Metallic Blue, Pink, and Gold. The pink Nokia C3-00 can be an awesome treat for young teen girls, who love to sms a lot to their friends. Just give it a look, it looks truly sexy:

Conclusion:

Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to conclude that... Nokia C3-00 is no rival to iPhone or Android. But it is definitely a nice phone, with enough features for a common user. I mean c'mon! you can check your mails, facebook, twitter, listen to music, watch youtube, got internet chat,  what else do you need in $135? And it is clearly better than Samsung Corby line up. Go get one ;)

Nokia C3-00 Price :

Nokia C3-00 price in India ?

Nokia C3-00 price in India is 6500 rupees.

Nokia C3-00 price in Pakistan ? 

Nokia C3-00 price in Pakistan is 11500 rupees.

Nokia C3-00 price in Australia ?

Nokia C3-00 price in Australia is 135 AUD.

Nokia C3-00 price in Iran ? 

Nokia C3-00 price in Iran is 1389786 Iranian Rial.

What is Nokia C3-00 Restriction Code ???

By default Nokia C3-00 Restriction Code is 12345. Maybe the Nokia C3-00 restriction code is different depending on the region. Would be great if you can search some forums about Nokia C3-00 restriction code in your region and post the info in comments.

I hope you find this personal Nokia C3-00 review very useful.

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