Now I have never been one to buy the latest phone and all the gizmos, so to others it would be strange that I am even attempting to write an opinion about one.
I bought the nokia 3310 on a contract about 2 months ago after my lovely Panasonic one had died a death and I couldn’t find a battery charger replacement (anyway that is another story!), I went into car phone warehouse and there two VERY helpful salesman introduced this little angel into my life. Now why did I call it a little angel? Well I have to say it has to be the best phone I have got yet.
They offered me a choice of three different Nokia phones on the contract system that was suitable and preferential to me and I chose this one. Why? Well initially (and you can call me tight) I got this because it wasn’t going to cost me a penny and I liked it because it is small and diddy and exactly what I required for work.
What this phone has:
As soon as you get into the menu of this phone you have the following options,
Phonebook Messages Chat (haven’t sussed this one out yet, Doh!) Call register Tones Settings Call divert Games Calculator Reminders (ever so handy Clock Profiles Information.
So lets start with,
Phonebook In your phonebook you can list hold as many as 150 names and numbers so if you need for a business purpose I imagine this could prove to be very handy. You can do a variety of things from sending a birthday card to having a cool little ring for each different person from your address book phoning.
Messages I love the messages part of this phone mainly because you can have a dictionary set up to use which can be a godsend to some, or you can if in a hurry use some of the ready made texts that are available, for example, * Please call. I’m at home and many others that save you from typing oit also you can add your own words into it so saves even more time. You can also insert a variation of symbols and smileys, which can be fun if you are at work and know that you cant, really send a written text but these are quick and easy to use.
Chat Now I have to confess to being totally ignorant here, but I’ll tell you what I think it is. I think it is where if one of your friends is texting you and you are replying back I presume you can set this chat thing up so that you don’t have to keep texting to and fro, instead just type in something similar to what you would on a p.c. I might be wrong and if I am then please feel free to enlighten me in the comment section ;-)
Call register This is the same as any other call register that any mobile phone user is familiar with but with this it is particularly helpful if you are on a contract as it tells you exactly how many minutes you have used and lets you reset the timer when you have either used your free minutes up (with me its 60 minutes) and can also be used for many other things.
Tones There are many tones to choose from and when I purchased my mobile they gave me 4 scratch cards to choose some more tones for my mobile, these varied from chart music to whatever takes your fancy. The overall tones set up in the phone are okay and what you would normally expect for a mobile of today and the great thing is you can personalise every tone to each person so you know who is ringing and for what.
Settings These are so you can adjust everything you need to make your phone suitable to your individual needs. From call to security settings.
Call divert
The usual, set up voice calls so if you aren’t available they go straight to your answer phone and other things like that.
Games
Now these I wasn’t impressed with but then given the games on offer I suppose they are okay if you are REALLY bored, they are very arcade and they remind me of games from the 80’s but hey you cant have everything.
Calculator
Well as you all know a calculator is what it says and this is extremely useful to me at work as I can just use my phone to work out figures instead of hunting round for the calculator, and it means I can text whilst pretending to work something out ;-)
Reminders
I love this facility, if you need reminding of something this is great and the best thing is that it will not stop reminding you until you have erased your original reminder so you can guarantee you wont forget anything again.
Clock This is what I would say a glorified alarm clock, good little feature.
Profiles
This is the section where you can totally personalise everything in your phone from screensavers to call barring.
Information
This offers you information on the following sections.
Sport. Lifestyles Finance A bit like the news it offers you what has happened in the before category today.
So that is oit for what the phone has in the menu.
Additional information
The phone is lightweight and weighs around 133g (with a standard battery). After charging the battery lasts around 5 days, which is excellent.
You have a vibration method on the phone when a call or text message is being received so this invaluable to me as I wouldn’t hear it usually.
Full graphics display so great for those picture texts.
All in all a great little phone.
I am on the orange network and I find this brilliant for my phone and I get a signal almost anywhere so that is a definite thumbs up for me!
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Ease of use
Easy
Battery talktime
Excellent
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Xpress on covers. This phone has an internal antenna, so it has curved lines and a low profile. Dual band capability means you can use your phone abroad, and battery life can be up to one week! The 3310 has a real-time clock, which will time-stamp all your calls and you can also use it as an alarm, as a stop watch and for reminders. T9 predictive text enables you to type messages faster and picture messaging is also supported. SIM toolkit gives you quick access to extra information menus and a vibrating alert enables you to answer calls and messages discreetly. A number of speed dialling options are available, including voice dialling for up to 8 numbers. You can store main contact numbers on the SIM card. There are 35 ring tones to choose from and space for 7 more, which you can either create using the built-in composer or receive as a message. Profiles for phone behaviour can be customised, or downloaded, and any picture messages can be used as a screensaver when the phone is not in use. Special features include chat messaging, Concatenated messages, and smilie templates. Call charges on Orange Pre-pay packages - several to choose from inc free text and call packs
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