The Nokia 3230 (Reviews)
Nokia introduced its new major handset almost after three years- NOKIA 3230. The handset happens to be the very first non-3G smartphone that includes support for EDGE. Nokia 3230 is discovered to be a modestly sized and an attractive smartphone.
The handset is not small enough to fit into the user's pocket comfortably. The handset also provides RS-MMC card expansion slot located exactly underneath the battery lid. Nokia 3230 is operated by Tri-Band coverage on upto five continents, EGSM900/GSM1800/1900). There is automatic switching between the bands. It provides large, high-resolution TFT colour display. There are upto 65,536 colours and 176x208 pixel resolution. The Handset runs on a Series 60 platform. The 3230 consists of 1.3 megapixel camera (128ox960 image resolution) whose image capture is JPEG (16.7 million/ 24-bit colour. The displayed formats it helps with are JPEG, GIF87a/89a, EXIF, WBMP, BMP, MBP, PNG.
There is a provision of capturing video clips upto one hour with 32 MB MMC card. The resolution of videos include Q-CIF (176 X 144 pixel). The user can capture video with H.263 (16.7 million/24-bit colour). The handset also allows the user to edit video clips by cutting the clips or adding special effects such as slow motion or even combining them by using video editing with Muvee Styles in order to create an own minimovie upto 10 minutes long. It also provides facilities to add text, music, frames and still pictures thereby also allowing the user to save the creation and send it as a multimedia message. The Nokia 3230 enables the user to share as well as print the megapixel mobile images with Kodak Mobile Service. It facilitates to upload images over a network connection to the Kodak website thereby having prints delivered to any particular address.
There is bluetooth facility available which prints the pictures instantly (by bluetooth wireless technology) at any Kodak Kiosk at selected Nokia retail locations. The facilities that are provided by Nokia 3230 with reference to bluetooth are to talk handsfree with a wireless, bluetooth headset enhancement, to play wireless multiplayer games, to synchronize the phone and compatible PC. The phone includes visual radio i.e to listen to music and interact with your favourite radio stations, to find out the song playing, the singer of the song and various other information. The phone proves to be delightful when it includes exclusive new motion-enhanced game(Agent V), multiplayer games(Rally Pro Contest), Plus warrior contest.
The mutimedia messages 1.0 can be used for creating, receiving, editing and sending videos and pictures with AMR voice clips. With regard to messaging context there are provisions for distribution lists also. Moreover the handset allows the user to access work and private email accounts. It supports SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 and APOP protocols. The user can play MP3s in the phone via the headset or the built in the speaker. The real player helps to download and play multimedia files(video as well as audio). Also includes supported formats(decoding)-3gp and mp4 file formats, MPEG-4 video, H.263 video and AMR audio, Real media, MP3 and ACC. Nokia 3230 makes connectivity available by USB with Pop-Port, local synchronization of picture gallery, contacts and calender to PC using PC suite remote over-the-air with SyncML.
In order to browse, Nokia 3230 provides XHTML and HTML browsers. There is OTA provisioning mobile wallet for online transactions and storing confidential information (credit card numbers, passwords etc). The handset has Java Applications and Java MIDP 2.0. The digital services that Nokia 3230 helps with include graphics, icons, animations, logos. The user can download new games. The handset stores upto 48 polyphonic ringing tones with the help of MP3, MIDI.
Unfortunately, the Nokia 3230 like some of the other smartphones includes problems of synchronization. The phone also hangs whilst scrolling. There are numerous reports, wherein accute dissapointments were seen amongst the 3230 owners regarding issues of software failures. Nokia 3230 looks classy and shall be best suited for non-business users. Its bright and crisp screen, good camera, its body and joystick would surely attract people to a great extent.
Price: INR Rs. 15500 aprox. (as on 8th August 2005) {Prices are expected to reduce further due the software drawbacks}
Sales Package Contents
Nokia 3230 Handset
Nokia Battery BL-5B, Li-Ion 760 mAh
Nokia Standard Charger ACP-7 (Nokia Travel Charger ACP-12 in selected countries)
Nokia Stereo Headset HDS-3
Nokia 32 MB RS MultiMediaCard (MMC)
User Guide
Download PC Suite
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