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The Nokia Asha series was a range of low-end smartphone and feature phones produced and marketed by Nokia. The word "Asha" is taken from a Sanskrit word meaning "hope". On 3 September 2013, Microsoft announced its purchase of Nokia's mobile device business, with the deal closing on 25 April 2014. The company previously announced an intent to use Asha as an "on-ramp" to the Windows Phone platform,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/2/4688530/microsoft-buys-nokias-devices-and-services-unit-unites-windows-phone )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/3/4688888/there-will-never-be-another-nokia-smartphone )〕 but in a company memo released in July 2014, it was announced that as part of cutbacks, Microsoft would end the Asha and Android-based Nokia X range entirely, in favor of solely producing Microsoft Mobile-branded Windows Phone and Nokia-branded "feature phone" products. ==List of devices== Below are the mobile phones in the Asha range. None of the Asha models have GPS functionality. All Asha phones include an FM radio. The Asha 305 and Asha 311 models are known as the first generation of Asha Full Touch phones; the second generation is the Asha 50''x'' line. All devices up to the Asha 50''x'' series run the Series 40 operating system, also known as S40. The Asha 501 (released in May 2013), Asha 500, Asha 502,Asha 503 and Asha 230 (announced on 14 February 2014) are powered by the Nokia Asha platform, which builds on S40 and Smarterphone. ;Feature phones without the Asha name powered by S40 Nokia 206, 207, 208, and 301 are not part of the Asha series as they do not carry the "Asha" branding, despite mistakenly being marketed as such by carriers and retailers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nokia Asha series」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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