Gadgets & Gizmos

Nokia today announced the launch it’s new smartphone, which also happens to be bring a naming convention change – the Nokia 500 – a mid-range Symbian Anna powered phone that boasts 1GHz processor.
Nokia 500 would come with a 3.2-inch capacitive touch display, with a screen resolution of 640 x 360 pixels. On the back, there’s a 5-megapixel camera with video capturing support. There’s also Bluetooth 2.1 and Wi-Fi b/g, as you’d expect.
Besides this, Nokia 500 will have:

• General:
• Processor: 1GHz
• Platform: Symbian Anna
• Display and User Interface
• Screen size: 3.2″
• Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels)
• TFT display
• Capacitive touch screen
• Memory:
• Internal memory: 2 GB
• Support for up to 32 GB with an external microSD memory card

• Connectivity
• Wi-Fi b/g
• Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
• High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
• Micro USB connector and charging
• 2 mm charging connector
• Standard 3.5 mm AV connector
• Talk time:
• up to 7 h
• Standby time (maximum): to 500 h
• Video playback time (maximum): 5 h 15 min
• Video recording time (VGA,15 fps, maximum): 1.5 h
• Music playback time (maximum): 35 h

Nokia says that Nokia 500 will be available in black and white colors, before the end of the year.
There’s no final word, but Nokia 500 would cost around or less than Rs. 20,000