Nokia 6255i Specs

Paticuarlly idont really care alot for this phone...i only paid 300 for mine so id like to kno where this guy sayin he gave 500 for his got it from....I meaan yea it is a nice phone with alot of feature but, it is also very bulky and anoying to have in you pocket expecially 4 a flip phone. I have recently switched to the nokia 6265i witch is one of nokias newest phones i has a 2mp cam. and has alot more features that the 6255i....it is also like half and inch thiner and is a slider not a flip....well this is just my pinion about the 6255

This phone rocks! Except I dont know how to use the mp3 player on it. I want to put songs on it from the internet but I don't know how and it didn't come with a cable :(. The radio is pretty freaking awesome though! I told my mom I wanted an ipod and a cell phone for christmas so she just got me this mp3 phone. I love it! I used to have like the most ugliest cell phone at my high school, and now I have the best! Cant wait for monday so I can show it off! Do they all come in white? Oh well mine is pretty!

I purchased the Nokia 6255 CDMA when my old Nokia died - just out of contract - funny thing that.... I wanted a phone with an inbuilt 'Organiser' - the Treo PDA gadgets are too expensive for me. This phone cost me $AUD539 - I bought it outright.

The 5 way navigation button has a centre button that can only be pressed with a fingernail. Trying to use your pinky hits one of the other buttons. It's a minor design fault - the button will get scratched and damaged.

What I like:
Pretty much everything except the Manual - which has errors and is typically lacking in information.
This phone can organise anyone! Reminders, Notes, To-Do Lists, Calendar, View by Week, Alarms, Voice Recorder, 1.3 mp Camera, video recorder, Stop Watch..... It even has an inbuilt FM (voice activated) radio and the phone is an effective Clock Radio Alarm.
The screen(s) are very clear and there is a particularly nice "Go To" feature which allows the owner to set up a list of most frequently used functions in a personalised list. This means one button press to get you to (say) To-do List, Calendar, Alarm, Count Down Timer. Click down once and press the Select key and you're there.

There is a separate button for names and with a long press this button activates voice dialling (which has worked with 100% accuracy.
(But I haven't tried voice activation in a noisy environment.)

What I don't like:

Select (central) button is too small or needs to be more prominent.

The Manual is deficient in information and has errors in some Menu tree navigation. It's not the worst manual I've read, but (for example) there's no index heading for Memory or MMC card. The manual could be a lot better. I suspect manufacturers don't bother because it's out of date yesterday?:)

The Voice Recorder button is easily pressed if the phone is unlocked. As a result, blank voice files appear mysteriously. You can lock the keyboard, but with this fold phone, you really don't have to - except for that stupid button.....

There's very little to dislike!

I would have liked a USB cable - after paying $500 plus for the phone, Nokia could slip me a cable... at least you get earphones.

One amusing feature is the VERY loud shutter noise when taking photos. You can't quieten it down - obviously to discourage sneaky photography. I'll just have to use the (silent) video recorder then :)


I'm loving it...

An amusing end note. I set the alarm for 6:45 am in our RV and it went off while I was outside the 'van. I came in to see my wife trying to throttle the phone by the neck as she stuffed it under the Doona - she couldn't find the STOP button. On 'alarm' it flashes and it's LOUD...plus on vibrate it hops around on a flat surface :)