Nokia CSeries Official, First with Nokia C5

Nokia today unveiled the Nokia C5, its first CSeries “smartphone” powered by S60 3rd edition. The candy bar is optimized for social networking and sharing, comes with access to Nokia’s range of mobile services, such as free navigation, with an estimated retail price of EUR 135, before taxes and subsidies.

With direct access to favorite contacts on the device homescreen and Facebook status updates visible from the phonebook, the Nokia C5 keeps people connected with the ones who matter the most. Loaded with a 3.2 megapixel camera, LED flash, 3.5mm headphone jack, FM Radio, a 2GB memory card that comes in-box and2.2-inch QVGA display screen, the Nokia C5 offers the latest version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation, including location sharing with Facebook friends.

The Nokia C5 is expected to begin shipping in select markets during the second quarter of 2010.