Apr 21, 2005 05:47 PM
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(Updated Apr 21, 2005 07:54 PM)
Hullo! This is my first review. I shall try to be as informative as possible. T
he Nokia 3230 is perhaps the first Smart Phone that any average cell phone user would be able to afford. The Nokia 3230 and the Panasonic x800 would be some of the phones in this category. Lets find out more:
THE LOOKS: The first impression that I had got when I saw the phone was a distinct surprise. A feeling of dejavu. Ahh... the Sony Ericsson T610. The huge display screen - very sharp too, the solid finish of the phone , and the silver keypad took my mind of the T610 immediately. The keypad feels a bit itchy though. It does take some time for the hand to adjust.
My Verdict here: Looks stylish - 8/10
FUNCTIONALITY: This is perhaps where we should take a much closer look at the phone. This is where it matters ultimately. Messaging is quick and typically intuitive, and you can configure for mobile email access and T9 works pretty well. Besides your usual helpful features like calendar, notes, currency converter and wallet, the phone allows for voice recording, albeit with a 1-minute duration cap. The one minute max duration cap is quite a limiting factor considering the memory in hand.
The 1.23 MP camera is good in daylight situations and does not respond very well in low light situations though. The FM receiver works very well. There seems to be problem with the MP3 player, it plays only in monophonic sound... it works perfectly with Ultra MP3... try it out.
A 32MB RS-MMC comes standard. It can be replaced without having to switch off the phone. Infrared and Bluetooth are the connectivity options. The Nokia PC Suite CD has not been shipped. The suite is available on the nokia website.Applications load fairly briskly. The internal memory RAM is about 9MB. The Video Recorder has no caps, one can record as long as there is space available. The Video Recorder from is N6600 is noticable. Agent V, Rally Pro, Warrior are the standard games included, and they run really smoothly.
My Verdict here: Total Value for money - 7/10
COLOURS: The phone is available in 2 colours: Black and Wine Red. Both of them look awesome. It weighs 110 g and does look a bit heavy sometimes, but most of that weight is due to the good and solid build quality of the phone.
My Final Verdict: Go For It - 7.5/10 - Total Value for Money.
Tech Details:
General features :- GSM900/1800/1900 Battery type BL-5B, 760 mAh Battery life: talk time up to 4 hours standby time up to 150 hours Full charging - 1 hour 50 minutes High-contrast graphic display shows 65000 colors (TFT), has the resolution of 176x208 pixels, 35x41 mm, not a touchscreen 5-positional navi button The phone is run by Symbian OS version 8.0 (Platform 60 interface) 28 menu languages, English and two extra languages may be used at the same time Body colour - white, black and red 1.3 megapixel camera (the matrix of 1.23) - max resolution of 1280 x 960 pixels, recording 3GP clips with sound (Sub QCIF or QCIF) with the duration of up to 60 minutes. A possibility to edit photos and video. Night mode Changeable panels Weight: 110 g
Dimensions: 109x49x19 mm Capacity 90 cc Memory :- 6 MB of memory are shared dynamically between the phone book, a calendar, messages, images and applications RS-MMC cards expansion connector (32 MB card in a standard kit) A possibility to assign a photo to a name in the phone book The number of groups is not limited, a possibility to assign a name to several groups at the same time SIM-card entries are stored separately, viewing them with the internal memory is impossible Call lists, no any limits in the number of entries, all the entries contain besides the date and the duration of the call, a call type. A possibility to set a storage period for calls in the list (a month by default) MMS up to 100 KB for a message
Call management, ringing tones :- Vibrating alert Polyphonic call melodies, True Tones Voice dialing for 25 numbers, voice tags Loud speaker Call duration is shown during a conversation Musical editor, a possibility to assign melodies to the names in the phone book
SMS :- Predictive text input Т9 Templates (10 are preset, a possibility to edit them or add own ones) A possibility to send and receive graphical messages Concatenated messages MMS
Connectivity :- WAP 2.0 GPRS (class 10) EDGE (class 5) Bluetooth E-mail protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 Synchronization with PC via Bluetooth or IrDA SyncML SMIL Instant Messaging MMS Push to Talk
Organizer and other extras :- User's profiles(5), temporary profile Time, date Calculator, currency converter Stopwatch (up to 20 intermediate results), countdown timer Organizer supports different kinds of events, reminders To-do list Dictaphone mp3 player A possibility to record video with sound - QCIF (176x144) or subQCIF (128x96) RealOne Player: plays RealMedia and 3GPP-compatible files Photo album MIDP JavaTM (2.0) A possibility to load Java applications Games
