Nokia X3-00 is a multimedia-oriented mobile phone produced by Nokia

Nokia

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. It is also a sleek and attractive slide-form music device that comes with stereo-wide speakers, built-in FM radio with RDS

Radio Data System

Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time, station identification and programme information.Radio Broadcast Data...

, a standard 3.5 mm audio jack, media player and 3.2 megapixel camera. The phone runs under the Series 40 software platform, it was announced on September 2009 and released on December 2009 worldwide. Currently, the phone still available in the market.

Specifications

General

• 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• Announced: 2009, September
• Status: Available. Released 2009, December

Size

• Dimensions: 96 x 49.3 x 14.1 mm, 65.8 cc
• Weight: 103 g

Display

• Type: TFT
  Thin-film transistor
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  , 256K colors
• Size: 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches

Sound

• Alert types: Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3
  MP3
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   ringtones
• Loudspeaker: Yes, with stereo speakers
• 3.5mm jack: Yes, Dedicated music keys

Memory

• Phonebook: 2000 entries, Photocall
• Call records: 20 dialed, 20 received, 20 missed calls
• Internal: 46 MB
• Card slot: microSD, up to 16GB, 2GB included

Data

• GPRS: Class 32
• EDGE
  Edge
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  : Class 32, 296 / 178.8 kbits
• Bluetooth
  Bluetooth
  Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
  
  : Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
• USB: Yes, microUSB
• WiFi
  WIFI
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  : No

Camera

• Primary: 3.2 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, enhanced fixed focus
• Video: Yes, QCIF@15fps
  Frame rate
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Features

• Messaging: SMS
  SMS
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   (threaded view), MMS
  Multimedia Messaging Service
  Multimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS capability that allowed exchange of text messages only up to 160 characters in length.The most popular use is to send photographs from...
  
  , Email
  Email
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• Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML
  XHTML
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  , HTML
  HTML
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• Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS
  Radio Data System
  Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time, station identification and programme information.Radio Broadcast Data...
  
  ; built-in antenna
• Games: Yes, downloadable
• Colors: Red on Black, Blue on Silver
• Java
  Java
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  : Yes, MIDP 2.1

- MP4/H.263

H.263

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/H.264/WMV player

- MP3

MP3

MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...

/WAV

WAV

Waveform Audio File Format , is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs...

/eAAC+/WMA

Windows Media Audio

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 player

- Organizer

- Voice memo

- Flash Lite

Flash Lite

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 3.0

- Predictive text input

Battery

• Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 860 mAh
  MAH
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   (BL-4CT)
• Stand-by: Up to 380 h
• Talk time: Up to 7 h 30 min
• Music play: Up to 26 h

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

• Great still-image capture
• Stylish, solid-feel design with dedicated multi-media keys
• It has built-in antenna for FM radio with RDS
  Radio Data System
  Radio Data System, or RDS, is a communications protocol standard for embedding small amounts of digital information in conventional FM radio broadcasts. RDS standardises several types of information transmitted, including time, station identification and programme information.Radio Broadcast Data...
  
  
• Stereo-wide speakers
• It has standard 3.5 mm audio jack slot
• It has Ovi applications
• Telephony, contacts and organizer is great
• Useful gallery for photos
• It has a great Music player device and sound (loudspeaker and headset) is clear, crisp and powerful.

Disadvantages

• No 3G connectivity
• Smallish display with poor viewing angles and sunlight legibility
• Slider action has an unpleasant plastic-on-plastic friction
• No accelerometer for screen auto rotation
• S40 interface feels clunky and out of date
• No true multitasking
• No smart dialing or an office document viewer
• A bunch of software bugs
• Hard to remove/insert SIM card inside the SIM slot at the back
• Video recording maxes out at QCIF@15fps

Inside the box

• Nokia X3-00 phone unit
• Charger
• Micro USB cable
• 3.5 mm headset
• BL-4CT standard battery
• User's Manual
• Nokia brochures and leaflets
• 2 GB microSD card

References