After quite a long drought in new phone announcements plus some rumors here and there, here comes Nokia with a new touch phone to announce – the Nokia 5230. This mobile phone is another one of Nokia’s touch-enabled phone packing some powerful features but most important a lower price.The Nokia 5230 is geared for users with active live and those who treat their mobile phones as music, photo, video and social networking device. Not only is the Nokia 5230 packed with features but it will also be available at an affordable price of 149 EURO.

The Nokia 5230 supports the Ovi Store so users can have direct access to songs, videos and apps available in the online store. It also boasts of A-GPS navigation feature loaded with the latest Nokia Ovi Maps wit aerial images, 3D landmarks for 200 cities and terrain map views for pedestrian and drive navigation.

For those who use their mobile phones for social networking activities, the Nokia 5230 has direct access to Facebook and MySpace.

Other features of the Nokia 5230 include music player with 33 hours of playback time, support for Comes with Music service, contacts bar with thumbnail images for up to 20 contacts, 3.5mm AV connector for superb music listening and access to YouTube.

The Nokia 5230 is scheduled to ship in the fourth quarter of 2009. It will be available in various colors that will surely attract the young mobile phone crowd.