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Review: Nokia 5230 Nuron

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Camera

The Nuron has a 2 megapixel shooter on the back. No autofocus, no flash. The camera has been somewhat optimized for use with the touchscreen, and that's a welcome change. The camera uses about 80% of the screen as the viewfinder, and the right side of the screen is used for some of the controls. Choose from the three software buttons to get at the various controls. You can also make tons of other adjustments, such as to the brightness, exposure, ISO, sharpness, contrast, and so on. The selections are presented on the screen in a grid, and they are perfectly sized for your finger, None of these are new features for a Nokia, though.

I do like that the camera launches very quickly. It is about the fastest launching camera I've seen from Nokia. It also takes pictures is short order, with little to no delay between pushing the shutter button and the camera capturing the image.

The video software works nearly identically to the still camera software.

Gallery

As far as I can tell, the only way to view pictures on the Nuron is via a boring old grid configuration. Gone is the pretty picture carousel used on some of the older N Series devices. You can scroll through the images, and then select one to interact with and/or adjust it. Once you've loaded one image on the screen, swipe in either direction to see your other photos. The options let you do pretty much anything with the pictures you've captured, though the Nuron nearly always assumes you want to share the images on Ovi.

Editing features are pretty robust. You can make tons of adjustments to pictures after the fact, including: alter the brightness, contrast and sharpness; crop, decrease size, or rotate; insert frames, text bubble, and clip art; and change the color effects of the image, too. Not bad at all.

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Nokia 5230 Nuron

3.2" display 360 x 640 pixels
ARM 11 processor
1,320 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Headphone Jack (3.5mm)

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