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Nokia 5300 is a musical surprise to the ones with an ear to beats and tunes.
At prima facie, the 5300 Xpress Music is a slider phone of 3.6 by 1.9 by 0.8 inches. The picture-perfect QVGA display measures 2 inches(320x240 pixels) and supports 262, 144 colors. Smoothly sliding up the front face reveals the keypad buttons. Spacious and brightly backlit, the individual buttons are raised above the surface of the phone for ease in typing when one is not looking at the piece.
The simple but attractive menus are also a treat to view, and the best part is that Nokia provides a description of unfamiliar applications if you hold the cursor over the corresponding icon.
It’s got excellent music controls. Lining the immediate left side of the display are dedicated music controls that give easy access to the music player. Once inside, you can play, pause, fast-forward, and rewind your tracks. Just insert a 2GB memory card and voila! you’ve over 1500 tracks to swing on.
The added features include full Bluetooth with a stereo profile, an infrared port, a speakerphone, PC syncing and a mini-USB port too! Other standard offerings include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, a voice recorder, e-mail and instant messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a to-do list, a notepad, a calculator, a countdown timer, and a stopwatch among others.
But the Nokia 5300 has everything we look for a in such a phone. It’s easy to transfer files to the phone, it’s user-friendly with a simple interface and well-designed controls, it has few restrictions, it offers plenty of memory, and last, but certainly not least, it offers exceptional sound quality over stereo speakers. The player supports, MP3, AAC, AAC+, and WMA files. And undoubtedly it’s the ultimate handset to Xpress Music!