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Nokia 5100

This new device is supposed to be used out-doors and that's why it has special panels protecting from hits and splashes. Just similar to other phone models of its generation it has a color display and some of strong points of Nokia 6250 and Nokia 5210. Thus there is a sound-level meter and a thermometer in the phone.

Class: youth, middle
Position in the line: above 5210.
Rival phones: Siemens M55

General features
- Made in Finland
- Announced in November 2002, in the market since 1 quarter of 2003
- Dust-tight, dampproof and shockproof parts
- eGSM900/1800/1900
- Battery type 720 mAh Li-Ion (BL-4С)
- Battery life:
  - Standby time: 150 - 300 hours
  - Talking time: 2 - 5 hours
- High contrast color graphic display shows up to 4096 colors, 5 text lines and has the resolution of 128 x 128 pixels
- J2ME, executable Java applications
- Colors - standard Dark Grey and Green colors, Xpress-on™ changeable panels are also availble: Red, Blue, Orange and Dark Green
- Weight: 104 g
- Dimensions: 108.5 x 49.5 x 22 mm

Memory
- Phone book memory is shared dinamically. Minimum 3 numbers and one note can be assigned to a single name (there are 300 of them), maximum 5 numbers and 4 notes. Caller groups.
- Memory for SMS - up to 150 text and up to 50 graphic or any other combination of these messages.
- To-do list memory - up to 30 notes
- Calendar memory 100 - 250 events (depending on the length of text notes).
- Call register of 10 dialed, 10 received, and 10 missed calls
- All the memory is shared dinamically between all the applications, maximum values are pointed out above, but they can be really lower depending on the number of files and notes.

Call management, ringing tones
- Vibrating alert
- 35 tones and melodies, up to 7 of own ones. There is a mixed signal type - first vibrating then a melody.
- Polyphonic melodies (4 tones)
- Speed dialing for 8 numbers
- Automatic redial (10 attempts maximum)

SMS
- Predictive text input T9
- Templates, smiles
- 110 graphic templates and place for 5 loadable pictures
- Concatenated SMS (up to 740 symbols)
- SMS Chat
- MMS

Connectivity
- WAP 1.2.1
- GPRS (3+1)
- HSCSD
- IR-port
- MMS

Organizer and extras
- Time (automatic synchronization with operator's network time), alarm clock
- Built-in flash-light
- Stereo FM radio
- Automatic sound-level control during the conversation
- Sound level measurement
- Stopwatch - there are intermediate results that can be saved in a calendar. By the way, there is a stopwatch icon in the calendar.
- Coutdown timer, two working modes - standard and cyclic
- Thermometer - shows the current temperature according to Celsius and Fahrenheit
- Calculator, currency converter
- Calorimetr
- Automatic phone lock, in some time the phone is locked. Allows to set a security code
- Games - Sky Diver, Triple Pop and Bounce