<s>
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Asha	I-Operating_System
501	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
low-end	O
smartphone	B-Application
from	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Device
Asha	I-Device
series	I-Device
,	O
announced	O
by	O
Nokia	O
on	O
9	O
May	O
2013	O
in	O
India	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
24	O
June	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
is	O
classified	O
by	O
Nokia	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
Full	O
Touch	O
"	O
smartphone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cell	O
phone	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Asha	I-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
platform	I-Operating_System
1.0	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
software	B-Device
platform	I-Device
descended	O
from	O
Series	B-Operating_System
40	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
a	O
user	O
interface	O
similar	O
to	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
on	O
Nokia	B-Operating_System
N9	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
featuring	O
technology	O
from	O
Smarterphone	O
,	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
acquired	O
by	O
Nokia	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Asha	I-Operating_System
501	I-Operating_System
comes	O
preloaded	O
with	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Application
Xpress	I-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
which	O
(	O
according	O
to	O
Nokia	O
)	O
compresses	O
data	O
server-side	O
by	O
90%	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
least	O
amount	O
of	O
transferable	O
data	O
with	O
the	O
phone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Application
Xpress	I-Application
Now	O
is	O
a	O
new	O
app	O
that	O
offers	O
location-based	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
was	O
announced	O
to	O
feature	O
built-in	O
social	O
applications	O
for	O
Facebook	O
,	O
Twitter	O
,	O
and	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
apps	O
announced	O
were	O
Here	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
,	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
games	O
,	O
EA	O
games	O
,	O
eBuddy	B-Application
,	O
CNN	O
,	O
ESPN	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Weather	O
Channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Here	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
beta	O
for	O
Asha	O
501	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
3	O
July	O
in	O
select	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Foursquare	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
model	O
on	O
25	O
July	O
;	O
the	O
app	O
wo	O
n't	O
require	O
GPS	O
and	O
uses	O
location	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
network	O
connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
LinkedIn	B-Application
app	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
6	O
August	O
for	O
Asha	O
501	O
and	O
other	O
Asha	O
full-touch	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
7	O
August	O
2013	O
the	O
Line	B-Application
instant	O
messaging	O
app	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
instant	O
messaging	O
apps	O
officially	O
on	O
offer	O
are	O
WeChat	B-Application
and	O
eBuddy	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
Messenger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
WhatsApp	B-Application
is	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
this	O
phone	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Asha	I-Operating_System
501	I-Operating_System
has	O
a	O
Nokia	O
Glance	O
Screen	O
and	O
a	O
Nokia	B-Application
Fastlane	I-Application
plus	O
Screen	O
Double-tap	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	B-Operating_System
Asha	I-Operating_System
501	I-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
noted	O
for	O
its	O
battery	O
,	O
which	O
offers	O
long	O
standby	O
and	O
talk	O
times	O
52	O
days	O
and	O
17	O
hours	O
,	O
respectively	O
that	O
in	O
turn	O
allows	O
the	O
phone	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
places	O
with	O
inefficient	O
or	O
nonexistent	O
electricity	O
supply	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Asha	O
501	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Device
Asha	I-Device
500	O
,	O
502	B-Device
,	O
503	B-Device
,	O
and	O
230	B-Device
,	O
all	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
501	O
.	O
</s>
