| The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia just | | | | countries where the phone is targeted. |
| unveiled early this month a new Series 40 Symbian | | | | Basic Features |
| mobile phone slated for release in Europe in the | | | | There's a 2.2-inch TFT LCD screen with QVGA |
| second quarter of 2010. It's the Nokia 2710 Navigation | | | | resolution that can make it a challenge to look at maps |
| Edition, todate the world's most affordable GPS | | | | or even play video despite its auto-rotate |
| handset. Yup, it's an entry level handset with GPS. We | | | | accelerometer function. The handset only comes at 60 |
| start to wonder if Nokia really knows its markets. | | | | MB of internal storage for the user. But you do get a |
| While the feature is welcome, it's doubtful that the | | | | microSD expansion capability for up to 16 GB. |
| targeted low end market has the data coverage nor | | | | The sales kit comes with 2 GB microSD. Data |
| its users have the financial muscle to afford one. | | | | connectivity gets local high speed support from |
| Navigation and Communication in One | | | | Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR and microUSB 2.0. Multimedia |
| The Nokia 2710 comes as your basic quad band | | | | starts with media players that support the popular |
| GSMGPRS/EDGE on 2G. As a budget handset, | | | | audio and video file playback codecs out there. It |
| there's no 3G for high speed internet surfing or video | | | | comes with stereo FM radio with RDS and a 3.5mm |
| calls. There's also no WiFi for hotspot surfing. But Nokia | | | | headphone jack for using high fidelity headphones. |
| seems to have found better wisdom to give you | | | | Imaging is average with a 2 megapixel fixed focus |
| instead a full GPS and A-GPS navigation feature with | | | | camera with 4x digital Zoom, self timer and QVGA |
| Nokia Maps 2.1 and a magnetometer for its digital | | | | video recording at 15fps, You get up to 12.5 hours of |
| compass. | | | | talk time, up to 20 days of standby time and up to 6 |
| You get turn-by-turn spoken navigational guidance and | | | | hours of GPS navigation with its 1020 mAh lithium-ion |
| a lifetime license to use the feature. Nokia seems to | | | | battery when fully charged. |
| be starting a trend to bring this feature down to the | | | | Software-wise, the handset uses the Symbian 6th |
| low end with an emerging trend among tech savvy | | | | edition S40 platform and user interface. It comes |
| users preferring to have location-based services from | | | | bundled with OVI suite of apps that include Ovi Share |
| communication and navigation technologies merged | | | | and Ovi Store. It uses the Opera Mini internet browser |
| into one mobile gadget. It's a bit doubtful though if this | | | | supporting audio and video streaming, WAP 2.0, |
| same trend can spread in the low end markets with | | | | xHTML as well as Flash Lite 3.0. Email with Ovi mail |
| the high cost of data coverage subscription in | | | | and instant messaging is also supported. |