http://www.osnews.com/story/17097/Review_Nokia_6288_3G_Feature_Phone Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:40:31 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?207014 http://osnews.com/thread?207014 Not really feature packed as the coming N95. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (netpython) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207015 http://osnews.com/thread?207015 You don't understand. Anything that it's above low-end but not a smartphone, it's called "feature phone", regardless of the features it has (or not). It's a classification, not a statement to its features. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207032 http://osnews.com/thread?207032 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! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ormandj) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207052 http://osnews.com/thread?207052 Just to relief any worry, I believe Yamigo is dead, as well as SmartVAS... So if anybody knows open any free IMPS service which is opened to different networks, let us know :-) Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:33:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jaxx) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207055 http://osnews.com/thread?207055 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! Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:40:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207061 http://osnews.com/thread?207061 If you like the java implementation I must assume that it supports running several java apps concurrently. How easy/fast is it to switch between them? How many button presses from the main screen to switch to some particular java app that is running? Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (msundman) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207063 http://osnews.com/thread?207063 I am not sure how I can make it to switch apps. Not sure if supports it or not. This is not usually a J2ME implementation detail anyway, it's an OS one. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207103 http://osnews.com/thread?207103 The pictures it makes are finally more or less decent for a phone. Not horribly ugly at least. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Buck) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207130 http://osnews.com/thread?207130 Where is the 3G?
I only see EDGE and GPRS on the specs sheet Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (mini-me) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207131 http://osnews.com/thread?207131 Check here for complete specs:
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_6288-1711.php Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207211 http://osnews.com/thread?207211 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. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (PowerMacX) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207311 http://osnews.com/thread?207311 > 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. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:56:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (msundman) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207332 http://osnews.com/thread?207332 OGG!!!

I really want to see a cell with native OGG support. Most of my music collection is in OGG.

And yes, I do know about the ROKR E2, but we won't be getting it in South Africa. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hark3n) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207358 http://osnews.com/thread?207358 "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?? Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (memson) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207440 http://osnews.com/thread?207440 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? ;-) Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moochman) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207445 http://osnews.com/thread?207445 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 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moochman) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207455 http://osnews.com/thread?207455 Okay, well at least there's an easy solution to the pop-port problem in the meantime:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/KMS-DIRECT-Headphone-Adapter-Compatible/dp/... Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moochman) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207472 http://osnews.com/thread?207472 The Nokia phones that are supposed to be "music phones" do come with a standard audio jack. The 5300/5200 also come with a standard jack. I do agree that 2.5mm and mini-usb is the way to go though for ALL the phones. Tue, 30 Jan 2007 20:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?207636 http://osnews.com/thread?207636 You might be thinking of www.chatnu.dk Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (-Anders) Comments