The Finnish company Nokia has introduced the model X3 Touch and Type it was the first affordable device that the manufacturer had produced, equipped with both a numeric keypad and touch screen. Nokia X3 is built on the Series 40 platform, which is used in mid-priced handsets. This means that the owner will not be able to install software designed for smartphones, which are based on the platform S60. The company representatives noted that many users over the years of ownership keyboard phones had training to quickly type messages with one hand. Nokia X3 will use this skill, using a touch-sensitive controls in cases where it is more convenient, for example, in time surfing the Web. The unit is equipped with a 2.4-inch touch screen with a resolution of 320×240 pixels and supports in 3G-networks. The model is integrated Wi-Fi-module as well as an FM-tuner.
For photographing a 5-megapixel camera. Phone has a metal body (buyers can choose from five colors), whose thickness – 9,6 mm. Home sales Nokia X3 in more than a dozen countries, which include Russia, scheduled for the current quarter. Approximate price of the phone will be 125 euros. Note Nokia profit in the second quarter of 2010 declined sharply. Basic earnings of the company fell by 27% year on year to 0.11 euros a share, in particular, because of fierce competition in the market to Apple and Google. However, the Finnish phone hold primacy in the U.S., occupying a market share of 38% and ahead of Google Phone and Apple smartphones and BlackBerry.