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NOKIA 6288 review

2007-11-29 8:36:23

Nokia has made yet another very good 3G mobile phone. The 6288 model is a bit bigger and thicker slide phone that will attract a lot of different users.Nokia 6288
OUTSIDE

It is a 21 millimetre thick phone with an excellent box ending. It comes in two colors: black and white, and on its side there are chromed lines that follow the thickness of the device. On its front side, there is a large QVGA screen with 240*320 pixel resolution. Underneath it, there are big and very practical for using keys which are also very practical for telephoning. The icons on the menu are quite big and therefore visible. It has keys for direct access to the camera on its side, zooming and access to Push-to-talk function.

INSIDE

This device works in dual mode which enables individual activities in GSM or UMTS network, or simultaneous activities in GSM and UMTS networks, whereat the phone changes the network itself. If the phone is connected with UMTS network, and the UMTS signal vanishes, the phone will automatically look for GSM signal.

The device has 6 MB of internal memory and it comes with a 512 MB miniSD card, which means almost 500 MB of memory for photos, videos, movies, games... The card is inserted in the slot on the left side of the box, and it has Hot Swap ability.Regarding the music, Nokia 6288 supports MP3, eAAC+ and AAC ringotone melodies, 64 polyphone melodies and MP4 format. It also has the ability of streaming new contents on the phone over the Internet.

Nokia 6288
APPLICATIONS

Nokia 6288 offers three 3D games - Rally, Golf Tour and Snake 3, and additional games can be installed on the phone because it has Java support. It also has a converter for temperature, currency, weight, lenght, area and volume.

Media submenu offers a camera, media player, music player, stereo FM radio, dictaphone, equaliser and stereo propagation. It has 8 functions that can be activated by voice command: profiles, messages, radio, infrared, voice recording, records, audio and access to the Internet.

CAMERA

This mobile phone enables video calls through a video camera located in its upper left corner. The camera itself is a small VGA camera. On the back side of the phone there is a 2 megapixel video camera that also enables video recording.

Next to it there is a flashlight and a small mirror for self-portraiting. 6288 has the ability of high quality reproduction of video recordings which can be send using the MMS messages or e-mail.

Nokia 6288

This is a quite good 3G sliding mobile phone which has a lot to offer. It has a very small number of flaws, a very good design, and a number of great applications and functions.The only discussable thing on this model might be its dimensions.

ADVANTAGES: camera, memory, keypad
SHORTCOMINGS: dimensions, the box