Studio Press

With more than one million units sold since it entered the charts in March 2006, the Nokia 3250 music phone is quickly earning a reputation as a must-have summer accessory - storing up to 750 songs (1 GB) of high quality music and sporting a 2 megapixel camera in a unique design.

"As the world's largest manufacturer of digital music players, Nokia continues to lead the way in making mobile music widely accessible," says Heikki Norta, Senior Vice President of Nokia's Lifestyle Products Group. "As we enter the summer holiday season, the Nokia 3250 is an ideal travel companion - it stores all your favourite songs, records fondest summer memories, and even has an off-line mode for those endless long-haul flights."

From a technical standpoint, the Nokia 3250 music phone is based on S60 3rd Edition software and Symbian OS - which can turn a smartphone into a versatile portable music player capable of playing a wide array of digital music formats such as MP3, WMA, M4A, AAC and eAAC+. In addition to making it easy to load and transfer music, the S60 3rd Edition software allows people to purchase music and share their musical experiences and recommendations with their friends.

"S60 3rd Edition software introduces a new level of flexibility and security, enabling easy creation of devices and applications targeted to mass markets. The success of the Nokia 3250 clearly demonstrates that consumers value the extensibility that an S60 device offers," adds Norta.

The Nokia 3250 music phone began shipping in March 2006, reaching the milestone of one million units sold in less than four months.

Specifications

Date Announced 2005, 3Q Network Technology GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 Dimensions (mm) 103.8 x 50 x 19.8 Weight (g) 115 Available colours Pink, Black, Green, Silver Display Screen Size : 176 x 208 Screen Color : TFT 262K colors Design Type : Others Soft Keys : 2 Other Keys : Music keys: Play/pause, stop, rewind and forward Antenna : Fixed Internal Memory Internal(MB) : 10 Expansion : microSD (up to 1GB), 128MB included, hot swap Battery Battery Type : Li-Ion 1100 mAh Stand-by (hrs) : 245 TalkTime(min) : 180 Entertainment Ringtones Polyphonic : 64-chord polyphonics Customization : eAAC+, MPEG4 AAC, MP3, ARM-NB, AMR-WB, 64 polyphonic MIDI, RealAudio Voice, RealAudio7, RealAudio8, WMA MP3 Yes FM Radio Yes Video Record Yes, 15 fps (up to 1 hour) Video Support MPEG-4, H.263, Real Video Audio Support MP3, eAAC+ (equalizer, stereo widening, reverb, bass boost), Flight Mode Voice Support Command, Dial, Recording, Speaker Games Punkwigs, Snakes Messenging SMS Yes MMS Yes, MMS OMA 1.2 specification allows you to send/receive messages up to 300 kB in size. EMS No Email SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 Instant Messenging Wireless Village Push to Talk Yes Connectivity Bluetooth Yes EDGE Yes, up to 236.8 kbps Support 3G No Data Types / GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots) Infrared (IrDA) No USB Port Yes Software Java (J2ME) Yes ,MIDP 2.0 WAP Yes Ver 2.0 Platform / OS Symbian 9.1 - Series 60 Rel 3.0 Browser xHTML Predictive Text Entry T9 Other Application Windows Media Player, Real Player, Nokia Audio Manager 5.0 Personals Themes Yes Caller ID Picture ProfileID Yes Camera Lens Type CMOS, 2.0 Megapixel Digital zoom 4x Max. Resolution 1600 x 1200 Flash No Night Mode Yes Extra Features Photo Format JPEG (1600 x 1200, 1024 x 768, 640 x 480) Video Yes, 15 fps (up to 1 hour) Video Format 176 x 144, 128 x 96