Nokia 3G Slider 6280
The mobile phone market are moving away from classic candybar-style handsets, and towards clam-shells and sliders. Nokia has so far this year shown us two of its slider phones, the small and bulbous 6111, and the bulky 3G 6280. Measuring 100 x 46 x 21mm, the 6280 is quite bulky and considered oversized, and you will feel no way to put it in your pocket.
With the slider closed on the 6820, Nokia still gives you access to functions such as push-to-talk and camera mode, with dedicated buttons for each on the side. The handset allow the main keypad to be hidden from the user when not required – reading messages, receiving (and even making) calls, browsing WAP pages, and listening to music. Sending a text message requires you to slide up the display to access the keypad, which is a decent size and fairly well spaced out for the fat fingered amongst us.
The 6280 features a 2 megapixel camera with video and still image capability on the back with a tiny flash and self-portrait mirror built-in next to it. There’s also a secondary VGA camera on the front for video calls. Boasting the camera, a vivid 320 x 240 TFT LCD screen and an external mini SD card slot, you will very soon fell in love with the 6280.
The 320 x 240 pixel TFT LCD is beautiful to use and the colour representation is amazing. The LCD can display 16-bit colour (262,144 colours). When using the landscape orientated camera viewfinder the true capabilities of the display are realised. Browsing WAP pages with multimedia including images and animations is also a great treat.
Two selection buttons, Answer and End Call keys and a 5-way navigational pad round out the controls, while the keypad is compact without being too small; chrome lines separate the three columns of keys which are easy to type long messages on. Conveniently, there is a volume control on the right hand side of the unit and a PTT (Push To Talk) button on the other. A dedicated camera button means the 6280 is able to act as a normal camera where the phone is held sideways and the camera button acts as the shutter key.
With the built-in music player, we can listen to MP3s and unprotected AACs (sorry, no WMAs), either stored on the 6280′s meagre 10MB of internal memory or on the hot-swappable 64MB miniSD card Nokia provides in the box. There’s also an FM radio tuner onboard, but this requires the supplied headset to be connected to act as an antenna. The radio has Visual Radio functionality, which allows you to see the current playing song and interact via WAP.
Nokia allows you to assign video ringtones to profiles for incoming calls, either a master video for all incoming calls or one for individual contacts, which you can add at the same time as you enter a new phonebook entry.
There are some pre-loaded applications in the 6280 include a Web browser, voice recorder, organiser, world clock, unit converter and three games (Golf Tour, Rally 3D and Snake IIII).
The Nokia 6280 has all of the messaging standards you’d expect in today’s high-tech world. There are basic SMS/EMS messages, multimedia MMS messages and the latest in e-mail sending and receiving. The 2mpx camera is great fun for video and still image MMS messages, and with T9 predictive text you can say what you want to say faster.
PC connectivity is possible via or Bluetooth 2.0 or USB (cable provided) and Nokia includes a CD with synchronisation tools and drivers. Unfortunately, this software suite doesn’t run on Mac OS X but now that Apple has released Boot Camp, Intel-based Mac owners can dual-boot into Windows XP if the need arises to use Nokia’s software, which includes applications for backing up, synchronising Outlook or Lotus contacts, installing add-ons, transferring music, creating wallpapers and ringtones, sending SMS via your PC, and connecting to the Internet. Mac users can still access the phone as a storage device using Bluetooth.
Reviews from CNET.com.au:
The good:
2-megapixel camera and VGA video capture
3G-enabled
Very responsive; games load quickly
Video and MP3 ringtones
FM radio and media player
Supports push-to-talk communication
The bad:
Grainy photos
Quite chunky
Only 64MB memory card included
The bottomline:
Provided you’re willing to compromise a bit of pocket space, the Nokia 6280 has a range of multimedia applications and a dazzling big, bright screen. We’d like to have seen better camera performance, but as far as capturing video goes, it’s hard to beat this phone at the moment in terms of quality.
For more information for Nokia 6280, please read iMobile.com.au
Please refer to Nokia website for Nokia 6280′s Specifications details:
Written by martin on January 3rd, 2007 with
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