Hi-Mobile.net was very generous to send us over the second most high-end Nokia S40-based phone (after the 7390) for a review, the 6288. This model is an updated version over its similarly-looking 6280, and it's considered a high-end feature phone. Read more for our findings and plenty of screenshots.
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"feature phone" isn't a term I've heard used over here in the UK. We seem to get "mobile phones" and "pda phones" pretty much. You buy what you can afford.
It sounds a bit like a buzzword. Like VCR (we say "Video"), "RV" (we say "car" or "4x4"), "SUV" (we say "car", "4x4" or "School run car" :-P ), realtor (?sp?), i.e. "house seller" (we say "estate agent")
Why does the US have to make everything so complex and categorised??
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Most people don't called them "feature phones". However, for the purposes of product review, it makes sense to be a bit more specific. I suspect review sites like CNet have had a lot to do with the "phone categorization scheme".
So basically, it is a buzzword. But it makes sense to use in this review...
Why do the British have to make so many generalizations about other countries' populations? ;-)
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Just because there is (always) something better coming down the road, doesn't make something junk.
Yes, it doesn't have as many features as the upcoming N95. Apple IIs don't have as many features as Apple Mac Pros either. When Apple IIs came out, however, they were most certainly feature products, in fact feature FILLED products!
So, while this phone may not be as fancy as the N95, it is still most certainly a feature phone, as Eugenia mentioned - it does more than make a call.
Come on, don't be so picky! 
It looks like a very nice phone, on another note. It would make a good weekend-beater type phone I think, without giving up too much of the functionality of my S60 phone. Good review!
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I don't know any other. There is a Dutch (or was it Danish?) site that offers support for 3 IM protocols, but the whole site is not in english and it requires you give them your phone number...
Really, if there was someone offering a WirelessVillage service (with a jabber backend and AIM/GTalk/ICQ/MSN/Y! hooks -- just like YamiGo but without their bugs), it would be so great!
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> I am not sure how I can make it to switch apps. Not
> sure if supports it or not.
Hopfully it does support it, because otherwise most of the really useful apps, like IMs, calendars, email-notifiers, etc. are pretty much useless on this phone.
> This is not usually a J2ME implementation detail
> anyway, it's an OS one.
In a device as integrated as a mobile phone this is really splitting hairs.
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Check here for complete specs:
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_6288-1711.php
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I like the video, the water looks computer-generated, particularly in the second half of the video.
There hasn't been a mention of video recording in certain other "phone" (you know which one I'm talking about) - I really hope those other guys are not considering video recording an extra, it's really a basic, obvious feature for phone with built in cameras.
SVGA resolution would be nice, but VGA videos look acceptable on most non-HD TVs.
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Until Nokia & Motorola put out MP3 phones that USE NORMAL HEADPHONE JACKS, I will consider their products to be inferior to all other MP3-players on the market. Even SONY uses them on its Walkman phones! What's the point of an MP3 feature phone if it doesn't match the most basic functionality of the simplest MP3 player (i.e. letting you use whatever headphones you want, or plug the player into a stereo).
Edit: Hmm apparently Nokia does offer some phones with a headphone jack--the N76 and N91. Also, apparently Sony offers the jack on the W600 but not the W800. Damnit! Why can't they all just include it already! Sure, they claim that their special jacks allow for answering calls with the headphones on, but with the size of those pop-port connectors I'm sure they could just as easily come up with a combination 3.5mm/proprietary remote/mic jack a la what you find on pretty much any music players that have in-line remotes.
Their real motivation is clear: they want money for proprietary peripherals! (potentially they also want to limit recording capabilities for DRM-lock-in purposes.) Too bad they screw the consumer over in the process!
Edited 2007-01-30 19:17
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