This affordable messaging device, the Nokia C3-00 unlocked mobile phone, is all you need to easily keep in touch with family and friends. It features a full QWERTY keyboard with home screen access to your favorite contacts, email, social networking sites, and web search. The device comes with Nokia Messaging services for chat and E-mail using popular email and IM accounts such as Yahoo mail, Hotmail, Ovi mail, and others. User-friendly conversational SMS makes it easy to follow up with discussions.

The Nokia C3-00 offers a great mobile messaging experience as well as excellent voice communications. It provides an excellent on-the-go social networking experience, allowing you to view, comment, and update your status and share pictures to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The phone's landscape UI enhances your browsing experience, and you can access social networks directly on the homescreen.

The Nokia C3 is a great choice for first-time smartphone users, with easy set-up of e-mail using the built-in Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat without the need for a PC. It combines the world's most popular mobile phone platform--Series 40--with a full QWERTY keyboard. You can follow the flow of your text messaging with a conversational layout of back-and-forth messages and access up to 10 personal e-mail accounts on your phone--including Hotmail, Gmail, and Yahoo! Mail.

The device's 2-megapixel camera/camcorder allows you to capture photos and videos while on the go, and you can save them on the 55 MB internal memory or optional microSD memory cards (up to 8 GB in size). You'll be able to connect to the Internet via an EDGE data connection or Wi-Fi networks at home, work, or out-and-about at a variety of hotspots like airports, coffee shops, and more. Other features include a multi-format digital audio player, integrated FM radio, Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, and up to 8 hours of talk time.

This unlocked cell phone can be used with a GSM network service provider. It does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider. It provides data connectivity via the EDGE data network and comes with a full manufacturer's warranty.

The Nokia C3-00 weighs 4 ounces and measures 4.54 x 2.28 x 0.53 inches. Its 1320 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 8 hours of talk time and up to 500 hours (20+ days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

In the box, you'll find the Nokia C3-00 handset, a rechargeable battery (BL-5J), a charger (AC-3), a wired stereo headset (WH-102), and a user guide.

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