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Nokia 6230

65 replies · 28,756 views · Started 18 April 2004

N/A 16 Jun 2004, 11:03

Series 30 and Series 40 are on Nokia proprietary OS, not Symbian in any form or shape. Series 40 does support MIDP Java, though.

Nokia's Symbian OS UI's are Series 60, Series 80 and Series 90.

UIQ is a Symbian OS UI from UIQ Technologies AB, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Symbian Ltd. UIQ is used by a couple of Sony Ericsson and Motorola phones, and also licensed by companies like BenQ and Arima, but they have no phones on the market yet.

dhdhhhteh 20 Jun 2004, 14:12

is the mp3 player good? how much memory do the mmc cards or whatevre hold and how much are they for a new one?

pagan wanderer 29 Jun 2004, 06:36

I have a pay-as-you-go (the dreaded sony-ericsson T68i - sold to me by an unscrupulous friend for 20 quid). I tried to upgrade to the 6610 but found that it was too tinny and there was a hiss so I took it back.

In my search for a new phone, I've twigged onto the 6230. I just have a few questions:

a) Reception: What is your verdict? Crystal clear or otherwise? Will I have to place my hand on my forehead and swoon from the resulting headache if I have a longer conversation?

b) MP3: I've never owned an MP3 player and am wondering how many songs that would hold on average (the average song length being between 3-6 mins i think - it would be perfect for gym going if about 20 songs can be loaded).

c) Finicky keypad: Some of the other reviews I've read said that the D key is not the easiest to maneuver and the middle row of keys in are wiggly and unstable. What is your opinion on that?

d) 6230i: hmm, the question... to buy the 6230 now or wait to thrash the T68i on the rocks for the 6230i...

Many thanks for your help,
jane

guest1111 30 Jun 2004, 12:43

Sometimes my nokia 6230 becomes too hot to touch after some hours of calling.

Orophin Anwarunya 08 Jul 2004, 10:35

Wirelessly posted (Nokia6230/2.0 (03.15) Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1)

Orophin Anwarunya wrote:Simply!!

I LOVE THIS PHONE!!!

I second that motion!! 😊😊

LLL 17 Jul 2004, 19:03

This phone rocks. I am replacing my own cheap Nokia (which, despite its cheapness, has charm and never causes alarm when I drop it) with the 6230. I bought the same phone for a friend and -- honestly -- I couldn't be happier with it.

The picture quality is as good as I need it to be, for a phone -- it's all just "fun", after all -- and every other feature I have dabbled with ranks as excellent to me. This phone has all I'll need for years and years to come, and it should, as it wasn't cheap. Over $400 U.S. (I bought it in the United Arab Emirates). It's a classy, timeless little wonder that I'll be able to use the world over.

I love the mp3 feature. A 512 MB card will hold all I need for songs. I haven't worked with the radio much, but did get reception on one station -- excellent. The calendar and notes section -- all brilliant. The automatic shortcuts are extremely practical. I hate scrolling for my most called numbers. Now you can program these into the keys and just hit a "2" etc. and dial. There are many useful features, including the time zone thing. When I plugged in the specific city I wanted, mine was not there, but the other main city in the same area was, and afterwards the phone remembers this location. Extremely helpful when you're an expat and don't want to call and wake someone at home up. Voice mail. Many, many useful features. The calendar is excellent. Great to be able to change the view to grid or list. I love the phone. Small. Not too heavy, but not feather light either (which I don't like, because I have a tendency then to lose my phone). Classic design, not a clunky thing like the 6600 which doesn't look professional and would very quickly become tiresome to me.

Anyone who buys the 6230 will love it.

james_h_winters 16 Aug 2004, 21:31

my top 5 nokia phones

1.) nokia 9500 - (for obvious reasons) but it's got too many things i don't need
2.) nokia 6630 - it's got everything.. but its not yet "out" and if only it were smaller

3.) nokia 6230 - it's got everything except it's not symbian 😞 but... i got it anyway and i never thought i could smile up to my ears.

cheers

questionaire 15 Sep 2004, 18:11

I'm going nuts trying to make it work with a bluetooth pen on my computer. "Unsupported file format". How annoying!

Delta737 16 Sep 2004, 08:47

Are you trying to install .sis files on your 6230??? That's impossible, the 6230 is not a symbian device!

The Party Boy 22 Sep 2004, 02:13

guys im currently using nokia 6600,now im thinking to switch to nokia 6230, is it worth it? and what are the advantage?tnx

N/A 22 Sep 2004, 02:44

The advantages: You get a smaller size phone. You get an MP3 player and FM Radio built-in. You get USB connectivity for PCs.

The disadvantages: You get a much smaller display. You forego all the nice Series 60 applications.

That's about it.

black_man 23 Sep 2004, 05:32

I wish they would sell the N-Gage in NZ im tired of waiting as well. I found a site that can Ship to NZ though.

karthikrr 05 Oct 2004, 18:25

6230 ... Best phone in the market, I feel... I woulda LOVED the functionality that a Symbian would offer, but the damn Nokia Symbians are just too bulky and clumsy to handle ...

Heres a teeny question on the 6230 ... I got me a bluetooth dongle and i works fine with this phone ... Now, I want to enable Internet sharing on my system and use my PC's internet connection thru my phone ... The Bluetooth Adapter's software does support this feature, and I enabled everything and it says that the connection is being shared ... BUT, I hae NO clue what I need to do to my phone to get it to connect ... I assume that one would leave the Data Bearer as GPRS, but I have no clue what I should set the 'Access Point' as ... Anybody have any clue how to get this done???

Incase I babbled too much up there ... what I need is to use my PC's internet connection on my phone, with the help of a bluetooth dongle/adaptor ... Possible?

Thanks...

ivor 04 Nov 2004, 20:55

I got the 6230 mainly because of it's Mp3 capabilities. I just bought a 256 MB MMC to accomodate all my songs. The problem is that the music player can't detect the music files in my MMC! I can only play my MP3s one by one! any suggestions?

Big Jacko 12 Nov 2004, 19:26

Hey,

Just incase you didnt know. The music player only works with tracks on your MMC card in the main directory i.e. it wont work if the tracks are in folders in the MMC card.

Hope this helps

J

Monnos 13 Nov 2004, 08:20

hi

i tried sending mp3 to my nokia 6230 via the MA-620 infrared adapter but the phone won't accept any files greater than 2.4Mb which is the free memory in my headset. How can i send larger files?

Monnos

smashly 14 Nov 2004, 13:18

Monnos wrote:hi

i tried sending mp3 to my nokia 6230 via the MA-620 infrared adapter but the phone won't accept any files greater than 2.4Mb which is the free memory in my headset. How can i send larger files?

Monnos

There's 9.5MB of handset memory in 6230 , try getting rid of some of the graphics files , apps , vids , ringtones..etc (backup your phone first) .... not much of a recoop of space , but it'll let you install Herbie Hancocks Watermellon Man.mp3 @ 192kbps 😉 If your not able to drop your mp3's,aac files directly to your MMC card in the phone , then you could use the move function from within the phone menu itself.

jwc1000 30 Nov 2004, 00:06

hey all

i was wondering if this phone handle programs like divx? only say the pda version? cause i transfered video files on to it and gues wot they won't play so any idea's? even a program that i could use to convert the files so they will play?

Also is it really that bad? let me no out of1-10??
its not a bad phone compared wit my old 8890, which was nice and stylish but thought it was about time to move on, join the rest of the coloured screened world.