BEST NOKIA WAP PHONE AROUND! (Nokia 3330)

Member Name: richardleonard

Product:	Nokia 3330
Date:	18/08/01 (124 review reads)
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Advantages: Small and lightweight, LOADS of features

Disadvantages: None yet

I've been looking around at mobiles for ages - wanting to upgrade my nk402 (5110) - which is no suprise! After 2 years, it's about time I upgraded!!

Originally I was looking at the Nokia 6210, but as this is still around £60 to buy - it doesn't seem worth it when you can have essentially the same phone, but in a different case. OK, so it doesn't have the high speed data connection or even a data port on the phone (unless you remove the cover and use a special bit of kit) - but who really needs that??

The 3330 is a 3310, but with WAP. That's pretty much the main difference.

It still has X-press covers - and all the 3310 accessories fit the 3330 - as they should! So if you really feel the need to make your phone match your car or what you're wearing, then you can - but these still tend to be expensive bits of plastic for what they actually are - but you can pickup less expensive ones second hand or at a car boot sale.

For games fans it's got a couple of new games - Snake 2, Space Impact, Bumper, Pairs 2 and Bantumi - not that I've tried them all, so i can't explain what the point of most of them are. Except using up battery power, and making your phone beep and vibrate at "critical" parts of the game!! Oh dear!!!
You can download extra games via the WAP facility and send high scores back to the Nokia website if you really don't want to use your phone for talking. Or maybe I'm thinking back to the dark ages - when a phone could let you ring someone else and.... erm.... that's it! Haven't things changed (sorry!)

There are 32 ringing tones and you can add an extra 7.

A screensaver - not sure why - but you can download extra ones as well.

It can vibrate before the phone rings which could be useful on a bus - only to let you answer that call before the most embarrassing ringing tune starts to play!! but then, if you choose the tune, why w
ould you be embarrassed??!

Texting is the same as using other Nokia phones, predictive text input saves time having to hit the same key three times, then realising you've gone too far, and having to hit it a few more times, just to find you've made a spleing miatke! What IS new, is that you can see the previous messages that were in the conversation - I haven't tried this, so I'm not sure quite how it works or if the other user needs a 3330 as well. Again, stay tuned!

Voice dialing is also new (to this range anyway). You press the menu key for a short while and then say the name of the person and it dials. Sounds good in theory - but I haven't tried it in a busy place were extra noise may be a problem. It's OK for quiet places though.

Despite my occasional grumble, this has to be the best phone Nokia have developed. It's amazing how they can continuously think of new things to build into the phone. They only question I've got is, how long is it before then next "new and improved" version comes along, and should we have waited until then???

NB. This phone should be available on Orange from 1st September.

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