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Nokia 3310 Review

Nokia 3310 Review

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The Nokia 3310 is a little bit dated now, with all the new technology and gadgets on newer mobile phones. However, I have had three of these so far, and am still using the third. (Just to make it clear it wasn't the fault of the phone that I had to replace it, more the fact that my destructive three year old sone thinks mobiles can swim!!) Mobile phone prices vary a lot, and my first Nokia 3310 was bought for £120 on Orange pay as you go from Carphone Warehouse. It was a new phone at the time. My most recent Nokia 3310 was bought for £79 on Virgin from Phones4U in Stevenage. This model is a good size for handbags and pockets. My first mobile was like a house brick, so I really appreciate having a more compact and conveinient one. You can now get mobiles that are a lot smaller, but I would find these fiddly and difficult to use.

FEATURES

The are different categories in the phone's menu. I will go through these in order.

Phone book

I have found that the amount of numbers that you can store varies depending on the network. On orange I could store 99 contacts, and on Virgin I can store 200. You have an option to search through your phone book, whereby you can enter the name of the person you want to call and it finds the number for you. This is a bit pointless as from the main screen you can just press down and then the first letter of the name you want and it gets you there quicker.

Then you have the option to add names, eraseand edit them. You can also assign ringtones to people, so you know who is calling you. I gave poor old brother the ringtone called "The Bufoon". He wasn't amused. Then there is the option to send b'card - no this doesn't stand for birthday card, but business card. This means you can search a number to send to somebody else. Depending on the network, it normally costs the same as a standard text message. You have options on how you want to veiw the names in your phone book, whether you want name and number or just a name list. Also in these options it tells you how many contacts you have and how many more you can add.

Messages

In this option you can type text messages (SMS), receieve them and store them. You can also send picture messages. There is an option named templates which allows you to make up standard messages such as "I'm at home. Please Call" to save you time on typing out a message that you would send often. You can turn on delivery reports. This informs you when your message has been delivered. I always use this, otherwise if someone doesn't reply to me I think I've done something to upset them! When it's just that they haven't recieved my message yet.

Chat

I haven't worked out how to use this yet, but I think it is similar to text messages, but you can use it if you want a long conversation with texts rather than just the odd one.

Tones

Here's the fun part. The Phone is already preset with lots of ring tones. Examples of these being Walzing Matilda, Jingle Bells, Happy Birthday and Auld Land Syne. However you can buy ringtones for your mobile from various places, including the internet, magazine adverts and shops. Some websites give them away for free, but they tend to be of a lesser quality. You can also compose your own ringtones, and some websites tell you what keys to press to get your favourite tunes. You can set the volume of the ringtone, your incomming call alert can be turned off, you can chose your message alert tone andchoose whether or not you want keypad tones, warning tones and vibrating alert on or off.

Games

More fun here. On the 3310 you can play four games, Snake 2, Pairs, Bantumi and Space Impact. They are quite basic, but can be quite addictive too, especially the ones with high score features.

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