Nokia Asha 501: a $ 100 phone with more than 40 games ... - Pockett.net

[Pockett.net] – After Asha 210 to less than 80 euros two weeks ago, Nokia today announced the Asha 501 to less than 110 euros or less than $ 100, depending on the country. With this device marks the launch of a new system, the company offers more than 40 games.

far for Asha range (17 models sold in all 20 million copies, according to Nokia), we talked about system S40 . This time it is about a new software platform called … Nokia Asha ! In fact, this system is based on “the best aspect of S40 to create something fresh and innovative .” The result would be “ fast, responsive and easy to use .” The manufacturer offers programmers a development kit that will be compatible with other devices to come in range. Some of these programmers have already developed or are developing games games like Electronic Arts, Gameloft, Indiagames, Namco-Bandai (22 games available) and Reliance Games. The fact that the SDK works with Java facilitate their work.

Besides, players will be interested to know that they can download a forty Electronic games Arts to purchase the Asha 501, a priori those already proposed for the Asha 210 ( Tetris , Need For Speed: The Run Plants Vs. Zombies , Bejeweled , The Sims 3 World Adventures , Risk …). These games have a value of 75 euros! Warning, this is not specified, but their downloads will probably be made in the first 60 days after opening the gift icon, as is the case with other devices in the range

The good news does not stop these 40 games. The Asha 501 also embeds games Gameloft Big Little City Real Football 2013 , Assassin’s Creed 3 and Bubble Bash 3 – Nokia talking versions feature for the first two, while Gameloft evokes try and buy and free to play (the Press service does not respond to our questions, we can give you the details). You should know that, for now, the SDK Nokia Asha do not yet support in-apps purchases . That will come later, as Nokia Advertising Exchange (NAX), a service for display ads in applications and allow developers to make money in another way.

Next games, Nokia announced several social applications and messaging services such as Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Whatsapp, eBuddy, LinkedIn, Nimbuzz WeChat … Partnerships are expected with some operators (eg it may be entitled to access data to Facebook for a gi ven period). We also find the usual embedded Web browser Nokia Xpress and upstream data compression to reduce the bill. Other applications are announced as CNN,

ESPN, The Weather Channel, World of Red Bull. The Fastlane interface highlights the most commonly used in home applications, which you can scroll through the list. A bit like Windows Phone.

At the hardware level, the Asha 501 has a capacitive touch screen 3-inch QVGA (320 by 240 pixels), 128 MB RAM, a photo sensor 3 , 2 megapixels, a 4GB microSD card (slot accepts jsuqu’à 32GB), all powered by a 1200 mAh battery that can provide up to 48 days of standby time , 17 hours of talk time, 56 hours of music listening. We will be happy to check those numbers! In terms of communications, GSM / Edge standards are supported, but not 3G. Attention, the Asha 501 uses a micro-SIM chip, which is rare in this price range! There will also be a double variant SIM with Easy Swap technology not requirin g power cycle the device. Wi-Fi is 802.11g, there is a FM radio and a GPS receiver, but is absent in the NFC against. At the user interface, there is an accelerometer and a proximity sensor.

The dimensions are 99.2 by 58 mm, thickness of 12.1 mm and a weight of 98 g. The scratch-resistant glass and case (recyclable) is treated is removable, it will be available in six colors (red, green, cyan, yellow, white and black). The lines evoke a little Lumia range. The Nokia Asha 501 will be available in 90 countries from the second quarter. In the same price range, it will be the opponent in mobile Firefox OS whose initial public copies are expected next month. Nokia expects to sell 100 million in this range in the coming years (time not specified).

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