Impressive
 Dec 29th, 2004
Advantages:
Tasteful, funky, modern, lots of Features
Disadvantages:
Dodgy Mouse button
Recommendable:
Yes
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  leeharding
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Hello my name is Lee and im from the UK, around about 10 miles from sunny London. Im 20 years old an...
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The case with lots of models from Top 3 manufacturers is that they are awaited by a lot of people, they show their interest towards them, even though they do not contain any new functions, and their only difference from the previous models is changes design. Nokia 6220 was expected in same way, its appearance did not become a sensation, the discussions toned down by themselves, the sales were not shockingly big. The consumer’s psychology is rather simple and is known for quite a while now, manufacturers are affecting weakest spots and offer their faultless solutions in this area. Fortunately Nokia 6230 is actually new generation phone built in Series 40 platform, it has a lot of new functions on board. The model itself is innovative, it has certain amount of interesting solutions, but on the other hand not all of them are convenient in our daily life. The phone’s ambiguity guarantees lots of discussions now and then. But one fact is certain, Nokia became the first company in the world who started shipping phone with exchangeable memory cards. The competitive products will be released only in the middle of summer, this automatically guarantees good sales for Nokia 6230, for this model and compare it with its competitors. The phone itself is faultless and is demanding mobile phone. Its easy to use yet there are so many advanced features
for example:
Tri-band Operation
EGSM 900, GSM 1800, and GSM 1900 networks in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, North America, and South America where these networks are supported
Automatic switching between bands Size
Weight: 97 g (with BL-5C)
Dimensions: 103 mm x 44 mm x 20 mm, 76cc
Display and User Interface
27.3 mm x 27.3 mm display
Active TFT color display
Supports up to 65,536 colors within 128 x 128 pixels
5 lines for text in basic mode with 16-pixel font
Three soft keys with five-way scroll including select function
User configurable right and left soft keys
List and grid menu Integrated VGA Camera
Resolution up to 640 x 480
Self timer function (10 sec)
Phone display used as a viewfinder
Standard, portrait, and night modes
Photo album in Gallery
Gallery for storing and editing images
3 image quality options: High, normal, basic
Integrated video recorder: 3GPP spec (H.263 video and AMR audio packed in .3gp format)
Integrated video player: 3GPP spec (H.263 video, MPEG-4, and AMR audio packed in .3gp format)
Video streaming: 3GPP spec (H.263 video )
Phone Features
Personal shortcuts
Alarm clock
Stereo FM radio
Radio as alarm clock alert
Automatic volume control
Extensive calendar with busy view of the week, improved notes view for each day, snooze on calendar alarm
Notes view for each day
To-do list (up to 30 entries)
Automatic key guard
Wallet
Stopwatch
Countdown timer
Wallpaper: Full-screen color image
Animated color screensavers
Changeable color schemes
Calculator Messaging and Imaging
Multimedia Messaging (MMS)
Multimedia messaging (MMS) with compatible devices: Send and receive messages containing text, a sound clip, and an image or a video clip to other compatible devices
Max message size: Up to 100 kB per MMS Email
New Email alerts over SMS
Email client for connecting to private and business email
Presence
Chat (Instant Messaging )
Presence-enhanced contacts Text Messaging (SMS)
SMS distribution list
Up to 150 text messages or 50 picture/concatenated messages
Concatenated SMS: Send and receive up to 6 messages (885 characters) as a single message
Message register
Predictive text input: Support for all major languages for Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas
Picture messaging: Send pictures with text to other compatible phones, 10 preset pictures in the phone, all replaceable
Templates
Quick and easy sending of predefined messages
Insert smileys with the editor Imaging
Picture viewer
Storage of images uses shared user memory. See Memory Functions below
Images: 10 preset wallpapers, 10 preset SMS pictures, 5 preset frames, 10 preset clip art pictures in the phone
Image editing
Image editing features: Add a scalable clip art picture, add colored text, make the image smaller for contacts
Games
Java games
Beach Ralley II, Golf, and Chess Puzzle
Possibility to download new games
Two-player games over Bluetooth technology between compatible devices Java™ Applications
Converter II: Converts currencies, measurements, temperature, etc
World Clock II
Translator
All applications user removable
Downloadable games and personal applications via Java™ technology (MIDP 2.0)
Max download size: 128 kB per application
Ringing Tones
Fixed ringing tones: 20 polyphonic and 10 monophonic tones Connectivity and Data Transfer
Connectivity
Pop-Port™ interface
Connect wirelessly to a compatible phone or to a compatible PC
Connect to a compatible PC with Nokia Connectivity Cable DKU-2
Infrared
Bluetooth wireless technology
Send and receive images, video clips, audio files, and graphics
Install applications with Nokia PC Suite for the Nokia 6230 phone
Browsing XHTML (WAP 2.0) over TCP/IP stack
JPEG/PNG support in browser
Full OMA DRM for content protection
SyncML Data Transfer
EDGE* Class 10 (4+1, 3+2): Speed up to 236.8 Kbit/s
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)* Class 10 (4+1, 3+2)
HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data)*
Data transfer up to 43.2 Kbit/s in HSCSD networks
Multitasking*
TCP/IP*
*Note that these services require network support. Call Management
Speed dialing: Up to 9 names, with keys 2-9
Last-number redial from dialed calls list (Dial key brings out the dialed calls list)
Automatic redial (max 10 attempts)
Automatic answer (works with headset or car kit only)
Call waiting, call hold, call divert, call timer
Automatic and manual network selection
Caller identification with image
Closed User Group
Fixed Dialing Number, allows calls only to predefined numbers
Conference call (up to 5 participants)
Vibrating alert
Voice Features
Voice dialing, 25 preset
16 voice commands
Voice recording up to 3 min
Integrated handsfree speaker
Automatic volume control Software
PC Suite
Memory Functions
The following functions use shared memory that is dependent on the data quantity per item and shared memory available at a time in the Nokia 6230 phone. The shared memory pool is up to 6 MB. Possibility to get additional memory with MMC.
Notes: Up to 3000 characters in one note
Email messages: Max 30 kB per message
Ringing tones in Gallery: 20 preset, all removable
Images in Gallery: 10 preset
Video clips: Record up to 2 MB (equal to up to 4 min); download up to 5 MB
Multimedia messages: Max message size 100 kB per MMS
Java™ applications: 6 preset, max download size 128 kB per application
Phone book: Up to 1000 contacts with all entries filled, in addition to SIM card contacts
SMS messages: Up to 150 maximum-size text messages in addition to SIM card inbox messages
Personalize
Java midlets
Games: Possibility to download new games
Polyphonic tones
Monophonic tones The only fault about the phone it that the small mouse like button in the middle of the phone is very tricky at the start but with time it grows on you
Myself if you want a up todate mobile phone buy this nokia as it will have everything you need. The phone is packed full of games/extra's/WAP it will keep you entertained for hours on end. good luck with the phone
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by (75%):
29.12.2004 17:41
good review.
29.12.2004 13:53
While the review is informative, a little more opinion on the features would have gotten you a higher rating. Desiree x