It can not be denied that the 12 button keypad is still the most widely used features on mobile phones rather than the touch screen handset which pioneered on the smartphone class. Even so, touch screen and in fact become increasingly popular trend.
Matter of convenience, a standard keypad can be more comfortable for typing than the QWERTY keypad. It is already proven by BlackBerry which is known as a king of QWERTY cell phone which launched their Pearl 3G a BlackBerry with 12 keypads.
Well, according to these trends, the latest mobile phone Nokia X3 Touch combines comfort and Type 12 button keypad with touch screen. Nokia X3 Touch is the fifth series of music phones after Nokia released the X3, X6, X5, and X2.
“Our research shows that consumers have been accustomed for years using one hand, and a thumb up for quick typing of SMS, chat, and instant messaging, it was also like a touch screen,” said Mary McDowell, executive of Nokia’s official website, Tuesday (08/17/2010).
In addition to these advantages, Nokia X3 Touch and Type including the thinnest Nokia mobile phone today with a thickness of 9.6 mm and weighs only 78 grams. Dimensions are still fit for the hand grasped only 10.6 cm long and 4.8 cm wide. 2.4-inch screen sizes. Not least because it looks stylish to use aluminum casing with 5 color options.
Other its features are 5 Mega pixel camera, HSPA, 3G, and WiFi,. The main applications are music player, radio, and Communities that integrate chat and social networking services. As a music phone, there are direct access buttons to the music player. As mobile messaging, there is also a direct button to access email. The endurance of the battery is 5 hours for talk time and 17 days standby.
In some countries, this phone will be bundled with unlimited music download service Ovi Music Unlimited to offer 11 million songs. Nokia X3 Touch and Type will be available starting this Kuratal in China, Ireland, England, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, Spain, Portugal, France, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. For the price, it costs around 125 Euros.