The idea of a smartphone designed for outdoors is a bit unusual. The common notion of smartphones being big, bulky and at times, unreliable make it seem unrealistic to design a smartphone strong enough to withstand the wear and tear of outdoor lives. Unlikely it may seem, but with the Nokia 5500, they have managed to pull it off.
The Symbian operated smartphone is built with steel for enhanced durability and rubber for high elasticity. Thus, the Nokia 5500 is resistant to shock, water and dust. Weighing just a shade above 100 gm, the Nokia 5500 is one of the lightest and most compact smartphone today. The Symbian platform of the Nokia 5500 enables to include many useful features and applications.
The Nokia 5500 has three different modes - Phone, Music and Sports. In Phone mode, the acts as ant other smartphone with smart features. Triband GSM mobile network support for global connectivity, high speed mobile Internet via Class 10 GPRS and EDGE, local and remote connectivity as well as synchronization of information with compatible devices through Bluetooth v2.0, Infrared and USB - the list seems endless.
Most innovative features comes alive on the Nokia 5500 on the Sports mode. You can keep a sharp eye on your workout regime. This smartphone has the ability to monitor your workout and displays vital informations like speed and distance, steps taken, calories burned and other training data. The Nokia 5500 is endowed with a 3D sensor that responds to your tap. A tap on the mobile phone you can control your music playback, read you out your text messages as well as give voice feedback on your sports data.
The Nokia 5500 turns into a music player in Music mode, playing all popular audio file formats. Or could be used as a camcorder with its 2.0 megapixel integrated camera.
