An all time great Nokia Phone! (Nokia 6210)

Member Name: paul_dennis

Product:	Nokia 6210
Date:	03/02/01 (1243 review reads)
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Advantages: High Speed data transfer. Long talk and Standby time, Infra Red port. Excellent battery life.

Disadvantages: Perhaps a few centimetres too big. Only available in 3 different colours. No composer

The Nokia 6210 is my newest phone. I am actually very lucky to have it because my Dad bought this phone for the phone kit in his car, and realised he didn’t need it. So he gave that phone to me and went out and bought the phone that he needed. I am very proud to be the owner of this phone. Anyway, let’s take a look at what the Nokia 6210 has to offer:

Availability: Europe, Africa, and Asia Pacific
Operating frequency: EGSM 900 / GSM 1800 dual band
Weight: 114 grams with standard BLS-2N battery
Dimensions: 129.5 x 47.3 x 18.8mm, 95 cc
Talk time: 2 hours 30 minutes – 4 hours 30 minutes
Standby time: 55 – 260 h
Key features: slim, light, very useful calendar, long talk and standby time.
Display: high resolution, illuminated graphical dynamic display, 96 x 60 pixels
Colours: available in 3 chameleon colours – black night, grey dusk and red sunset.
Games: Snake 2, Opposite and Pairs 2

Well, you can tell by those specifications that this really is a very high quality mobile phone, and without a doubt one of the best out on the market currently. The 6210 is classed as a business phone. I would recommend this phone to anyone who doesn’t currently own one. I would also like to point some minor disadvantages. The games on the phone are rather boring. Snake 2 is OK but the others are just not worth playing, but who cares, and the phone is only available in 3 different colours, which are black, red and grey. The phone has some great advantages, like dual band compatibility, an HSCSD modem, which can allow you to switch data on your phone, at the speed of a landline Modem, it is WAP compatible. It also has predictive text input on the text messaging service. This allows you to type your words onto the phone much quicker and easier, with its T9 dictionary. All you have to do is memorize how you spell the word and just press each number once. For example, if you wanted to spell the w
ord “climb”, all you would do is press 2,5,4,5,2 and the dictionary will automatically recoginse the word, clever, isn’t it. Another advantage is the Infra Red port, allowing you to play 2 player snake and send messages to other Infra Red devices.

You can also use voice dialling on the phone. When you have stored a name in your phone book, scroll down to the name and press options, Voice tag and select. You will then see a face. When you are ready to say the name just press start and talk into the phone. I would recommend doing this in a very quiet room. Now, when it is stored come back to the standby mode and press and hold Names. You will then here a couple of bleeps and see that ugly face again. Just sat the appropriate and it will automatically start dialling the number of that name. This phone comes equipped with a wopping 35 ring tones, and the option to download an extra 5 from the internet. What do you think about that!

The WAP browser on the phone is very useful, depending on which operator you register to. Something else you will be pleased with is that it doesn't have an external antenna, like it's predecessor, the 6110. It is also much slimmer and lighter. The phone allows you to dowload only 5 ring tones from the internet. It has no composer, which is a bit of a disappointment. The battery life on this phone is excellent. The reading on the side of the screen is also more accurate than some other phones. It displays 5 segments of battery power instead of 4. This is also the same for the signal strength reading.

Now, I will go through the Menu Function in which most Nokia users will be familiar with

1. Messages (The Option which lets send and receive text messages)
2. Call Register (allows you to view recent call operations)
3. Profiles (this includes ring tones. You can have a total of 40 tones, and different modes, e.g. Silent, General)
4. Setting (Includes Alarm clock, Cl
ock, Call settings, Phone settings, Communication settings, Security Setting, and the option to restore faculty settings.
5. Call Divert (Allows to choose options of why to divert your calls, e.g. If busy, If not answered)
6. Games (includes Snake 2, which can have up to 2 players, Opposite and Pairs 2)
7. Calculator (allows to calculate sums, also includes an exchange rate)
8. Calendar (useful to remind you of all those important dates)
9. Infrared (used to send laser read messages to Infra Red devices)
10. Services (the option which allows to access your WAP browser)

To conclude. Definitely a great phone from Nokia. It sales won’t be dramatic because of the Nokia 3310 and the Sony CMD-Z5. But I would at least decide to have a look at the phone before you splash hundreds of pounds on a phone you might not even like.

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