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Nokia may be moving toward Windows Phone, but with the T-Mobile Astound (C7), it shows that with a few needed upgrades, Symbian can still function as a good entry-level smartphone.
Nokia may have signed a deal with Microsoft, but it isn’t ready to abandon Symbian just yet. While it readies its first batch of Windows Phones, the Finnish handset maker is giving Symbian one more shot in the U.S. market. Together with T-Mobile, a wireless carrier that will similarly cede itself to AT&T in the year ahead, it has released the C7 under a friendly new name the “T-Mobile Astound.” And astound it does. It took a complete death in the U.S. market, but Nokia has fixed a few of the most glaring issues with its most recent slate of Symbian devices and we’re happy to say that the C7 is a decent beginner device for those who want to wade, not plunge, into the land of smartphones.
Snappier
If you used the Nokia N8 or other recent Symbian devices, the first thing you’ll notice about the Astound is how snappy it is. Nokia took steps to speed up the responsiveness of the homescreens and app start-ups on the C7 and their efforts were well worth it. With the widgeted homescreens of Symban 3.0, the Astound looks and acts like part of the Android and iOS gang.
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