The appeal of the Nokia C3 lies in its easy access to the most popular social networking sites, as well as allowing users to chat and check their email accounts.
The Nokia C3 comes with built-in social media applications that enable the mobile use of Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Google Talk and Yahoo! Messenger.
The apps are fast-loading and easy to navigate, making the C3 a great social networking handset for mobile users.
Email and chat accounts can be set up straight from the C3 without the need for a PC.The Home Screen provides useful application shortcuts for easy navigation, which you can customize for instant access to your most frequently-used apps.
Most people assume staying connected incurs expensive data charges. The good news is that for only P20 a day, SMART subscribers can avail of unlimited chat, email, Facebook and Twitter on Nokia Messaging.
Users can also avail of a free 7-day trial by texting NOKIA TRIAL to 6677.
The Nokia C3 is an impressive, expensive-looking device, with its BlackBerry-like QWERTY keyboard and beautiful matte finish. The one I hold in my hand is the slate grey, but the sleek Nokia C3 also comes in vibrant hot pink and golden white colors.
The QWERTY keys are on the small and narrow side, which might give user with larger hands a harder time typing accurately – my small fingers have no problem, though. There are two soft menu buttons, as well as a "Call" and "End" button; the latter doubles as the power switch.
The C3 is well-proportioned and compact. It measures 115.5x58.1x13.6mm, fitting nicely into a small purse or pocket. It’s also very light at a mere 114 g. It has a 2.4-inch screen with a 320x240-pixel resolution.
The images are crisp and bright, although the screen size makes it difficult to browse through websites.
Internal memory is limited to just 55MB, but you can expand it by purchasing a Nokia micro SD card, which goes as high as 8GB.
The C3 runs on a Symbian S40 OS, which can be found on Nokia’s mid-tier mobile devices. It’s not the fastest OS Nokia offers, and it cannot handle multi-tasking.
The phone also has a built-in 2-megapixel camera.
It performs well under natural light, but the lack of a flash makes it take bad photos at night and in low-light conditions.
On the upside, the device makes sharing photos on Twitter and Facebook easy.
Although the phone lacks 3G capabilities, there is connectivity through WIFI and cellular data networks.
The cellular network connectivity is only through GPRS class A or EGPRS class A connections, but sending text updates in Facebook or Twitter is fast.
The lack of 3G isn't necessarily a bad thing if you're using the fast-loading built-in applications; I tested the Twitter and Facebook built-in apps for four hours while running GMail in the background, and the C3 still had 50% battery power left at the end of the day.
The Nokia C3 will surely appeal to the younger market, which wants an affordable handset with good communications features. The bigger majority of mobile users who want an easy-to-use device will also love it.
Thanks to its stylish design, ease of use, and wallet-friendly connectivity, the Nokia C3 is definitely a phone for the mobile netizen.
Nokia C3 Specifications
2.4 inch QVGA display
320 x 240 pixel resolution
262K colors
Series 40 User Interface
Full QWERTY keyboard
GPRS/EDGE
Opera Mini
Wi-Fi
2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom
Media Player
Stereo FM Radio
Built-in hands-free speaker
55 MB internal memory
8 GB expandable memory
2 GB MicroSD card included
3.5mm headphone jack
Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR
OVI Chat
OVI Share
Source: MB
