New exciting phone from by Nokia

C3’s 2.4-inch screen, which clocks in at 320 x 240 pixels, is both crisp and bright. It’s not brilliant, and it won’t win any prices but it’s significantly better than the screens we’ve seen on some mid-range devices, which cost a couple of hundred quid more – and this is definitely a good thing! Kudos, Nokia.

The Nokia C3 has Opera Mini built-in as its browser of choice and, while Opera’s performance varies from handset to handset, we have to give the Nokia C3 credit as it worked a treat for basic browsing with Opera Mini’s click-to-zoom function more than compensating for the Nokia C3’s frankly awful navigation key.

There’s also the Ovi Store, which as you’d expect is jam-packed with games and apps that you can download, such as Snaptu, which links all your social networking shizz together on one place.

The Nokia C3 also has three customisable widgets on its homescreen, we used Mail, Facebook and Twitter – although there are plenty more combinations. We found this to be an ideal set up as all the important stuff – so: email, Facebook accounts and Twitter – we all in once place and could be checked with a simple glance.

However, there is a rather annoying delay, where the Nokia C3 cuts to a Nokia Communities screen and then asks you which Wi-Fi connection you’d like to use, before you’re taken to the Facebook page, which takes, roughly, about 10 seconds.

That said, the Twitter widget is pretty awful – so if you’re a Twitter fiend, you might want to look around for an alternative. But overall, the set-up on the homescreen is more than adequate and will easily satisfy the needs of someone that’s not to fussed about cramming their device full of paid-for apps and games.

In terms of storage, the Nokia C3 has a lot. The device comes with a 2GB microSD card and can handle up to 16GB, so you’ve got more than enough room for your music. It also supports practically every form of audio – MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC – under the sun, so there should be no issues with playback.

Possibly the most impressive aspect of the Nokia C3 is its Qwerty keyboard, which is, literally, amazing to type on. The keys are perfectly spaced and the material is soft to the touch, which means typing long emails and texts is an absolute breeze.

All this is in Rs 11,000.