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6280 Series, is a series of slider type phones first released in May 2005.

Nokia 6280

The Nokia 6280 is a 3G

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. Announced in June 2005. It is the 3G sister product to the 2G Nokia 6270. It features two

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s, a rear two

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camera with an 8x digital zoom and flash, and a front-mounted VGA camera for video calling only. It also has expandable memory via miniSD memory cards. The 6280 uses the Nokia Series 40 mobile platform and can be network locked using the base band 5 locking mechanis

It is available in four colours: Black, Plum, Burnt Orange and Silver. The phone is slightly smaller than its 2G relative, at 100 x 46 x 21 mm in size and 115 g in weight.

Video

The 6280 can play back MPEG-4, MPEG 4 ".mp4" video files, such as those designed to be played on an

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, provided they have not been encrypted under DRM. AVI files can be transcoded using software on the PC. During video playback, the audio track tends to stop after about 20 minutes. To get around this problem it is possible to split mp4 files into several pieces, but in software version 6.x or later the problem does not occur. The default format used by the phone for video encoding is ".3GP", which QuickTime will decode. This is the format used by the phone when video is selected from the camera option. There are many free programs that can convert the video files from and to the phone, such as

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Nokia PC Suite's Multimedia Player
.

Firmware update

Many firmware updates have been released for the Nokia 6280 that fix many of the issues related to the original firmware. The original firmware has been known to drop out and crash without warning. There is also an issue related to the silent profile on the phone. The new firmware has fixed some of these issues as well as adding more complete ID3 functionality for the music player and stereo bluetooth capability. The newer firmware versions are similar to those of the Nokia 6288. Although the options to update the phone over the air OTA or by data cable are available in the phone, the phone can not be updated by either of these options. This is because of v3 firmware models, when using the PC software update (when the 6280 was listed) ended up being 'bricked' due to certain coding not being written into the phone. However, a later version of the phone is technically capable of it, however, the 6280 has been removed from the software update program. Software updates can be completed by taking the phone to a licensed Nokia repair centre (such as Carphone Warehouse in the UK). These can be done for free under warranty (even if the phone isn't faulty), but can be done out-of-warranty at a cost. The latest firmware version available from Carphone Warehouse UK is 6.43, however, higher versions may exist from Nokia directly.

Specifications

Nokia 6288

The Nokia 6288 is a 3G

made by

. It is an updated version of the Nokia 6280. The mobile phone is a slide design phone, featuring a 2.2 inch (320x240 pixels), 262,144 color TFT screen, and two cameras: one at the rear being a 2 MP camera (complete with 8x digital zoom and flash) and a front camera for video calling only. The phone can record .3gp video in 640x480 resolution, while it can play back both 3GP and MP4 videos. It has 6 MB of built-in memory and the option to expand up to 2 GB via the use of a miniSD card. The 6288 is able to be used on TriBand

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(900/1800/1900 MHz) and

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(2100 MHz). It also features PTT support, IM and email clients. The phone has

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2 (with

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/ AVRCP profile support), infrared and

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connections. The Phone comes in two colours,

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and White. The phone also has Java built into it and supports most generic java applications as well as specific S40 version applications.

Images

Image:Nokia 6288.jpg, Nokia 6288 (blue) in the closed position Image:Nokia 6288 2.jpg, Nokia 6288 (White) in the open position Image:Nokia 6288 1.jpg, Nokia 6288 (White) back

Specifications

References

A thread on the Nokia forums concerning the issue of the faults with the software of the 6280

External links

Nokia Support Discussions

How To Remove Dust From Under The Screen

Nokia 6280 page on GSMArena

Nokia 6280 page on IndiaGSM

Nokia 6288

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