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Nokia 6255 Review - Part No.2

By Unknown | Tue 3rd, June 2008

Calling

The Nokia 6255 is designed for connecting to CDMA 800, 1900 and AMS networks. Locally, it operates on Telecom's 027 network. We found the earpiece volume control useful although it didn't raise the volume in calls as much as we would prefer (headset volume was good, however). In normal use, we found the volume for the recipient of a 6255 call was louder using the built-in mic than the one in the bundled headset.

You can use an optional Bluetooth headset such as the Nokia HS-11W with the 6255 (although any Bluetooth headset will work with the phone). There's a useful speakerphone mode available, too. The address book supports 500 entries with seven numbers, including an email and web address and text fields plus photo ID and distinctive ring.

You can synchronise entries with a desktop database. (For uploading contacts to the 6255 from your old phone, visit any Telecom store and they will assist using the instore Synapse system). The photo ID appears when you ring out as well as receive a call. Voice dialling works with the clam shell closed and is easy to configure from the address book. The battery's standby time is seven hours, with a three-hour rated talk time.

Camera

The 640 x 480 VGA (0.3 megapixel) camera is basic, recording little detail in its images. The colours in our test shots looked quite rich, however, so the oil-painting effect actually enhanced the visuals from a colour perspective. There's also a range of gallery effects (adding frames or clip art) and image adjustment options, such as setting contrast and cropping. You can use the smaller external LCD as a viewfinder for self portraits, but you need to activate it manually from the main menu. Among the camera settings is a night mode and a flash is built-in for low-light conditions – you'll have to work to get the right exposure with the flash though. A range of image quality settings are provided for the small screen of a handset. Movie capture is supported and it has a useful pause function.

Messaging

The messaging client offers SMS and MMS options and includes MMS to email (with an email alert inviting the recipient to a Telecom web site for the full details). There's browser access to Xtra mail, picture messaging, web text notices and instant messaging. (You can also use the phone as a fax-modem for a desktop email client).

The 6255 uses quite small text in its messaging interface which means that you can see a lot on the screen. Although the text is small, we found the bold typeface easy to read and the T9 predictive input system easy to use. The messaging options menu provides quick access to images, message presets and symbols. Many phones display a small icon onscreen when sending an image through MMS, but the Nokia 6255 goes further and also displays the progress as a percentage. Nice.

Applications

The WAP browser displayed the sites we visited well. Images embedded in news stories loaded quickly, sizable chunks of data were obtained at once and pages scrolled quickly. The bundled headset is necessary for using the radio tuner function.

The tuner automatically detected a few stations and we were able to tune into the extra ones that we wanted manually with reasonable reception quality. The onboard audio player is compatible with AAC and MP3 file formats.

You can load audio files by USB PC connection, Bluetooth or infrared, or put them on the memory card before you load it if that is more convenient. As memory card capacities get higher and less expensive, a device like the 6255 is a good option for users who also want a portable audio player (although SD Cards are generally more common in higher capacities than those in MMC format). An equaliser function is provided with several presets that proved rather subtle in their variations.

A manual configuration option is available, too. Random and repeat playback is supported. You can skip tracks during playback with a button in the headset cable. The 2.5mm mini socket on top of the 6255 lets you use alternative earphones (to take advantage of the high-quality output from the player), but it would be useful to have a standard earphone socket on the phone or in the headset connection. Miscellaneous utilities include a world clock, to-do, calendar, conversion tool, calculator and timers. Java games bundled include car racing, pinball, a puzzle and a snowboarding game that's not for the faint-hearted. You can download more, if required. In testing we found that the Nokia 6255 has enough processing power to support its range of functions.

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