0Nokia
6210
Announced
2000
Weight
114 grams
Codename
Scorpion
Features
The Nokia 6210 was launched in 2000 and was aimed at the business market. It had a 96 x 60 pixel monochrome graphical display and was the first Nokia mobile to provide higher speed data services for Internet access through the provision of a High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) connection.
The phone book stored telephone numbers and associated names using either the phone's internal memory or the SIM card. When using the internal memory, a total of 500 entries could be stored with each containing up to three telephone numbers against each name. A free form text field could be added to these numbers or you could select one of the pre-installed fields such as home, mobile, or office. This feature was not available when storing the phone book on the SIM card. A specific ring tone could be assigned to a phone book entry and voice dialling was available for ten entries and speed dialling could be assigned to eight entries using the keypad keys 2 to 9. Support for text messaging included T9 predictive text, templates for common message types and also for picture messages. A call register recorded the last ten dialled, missed and received calls and timers recorded the duration of each call and the cumulative total. Additional applications included a clock with alarm, calculator and a calendar that allowed information to be added to each day in the form of short text notes to show meetings etc. Three games were also included and these were Snake II, Pairs II and Opposite. An infra-red port provided external connectivity to other compatible mobiles for exchanging phone book entries and extending games to 2 player mode, peripherals such as printers and a computer. Software provided by Nokia allowed the phone to function as an Internet modem for the computer. Internet access was provided via a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 1.1 browser operating over a High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) connection. This allowed for higher data rates to be transmitted compared to the use of circuit switched data (CSD) connection. An improvement was made possible by modifying the communications protocols used, specifically in providing a more efficient error detection algorithm that consumed less network bandwidth, hence allowing that to be used to data transfer and also by being able to use up to four time slots within the GSM network, compared to only one when using CSD. These combined allowed for a maximum possible data rate of 38.4 kbps on GSM 900 networks and 57.6 bps on GSM 1800 networks. However, these faster data rates did come at the expense of increased battery consumption and higher charges. Whilst these speeds appear slow compared to those that can be achieved using today's mobile networks, it must be remembered that in 2000 when the Nokia 6210 was launched, most people gained access to the Internet from home using dial-up modems that worked at comparable speeds. Some information courtesy of Nigel Linge & Andy Sutton, the authors of 30 Years of Mobile Phones in the UK (Paid Link)
The phone book stored telephone numbers and associated names using either the phone's internal memory or the SIM card. When using the internal memory, a total of 500 entries could be stored with each containing up to three telephone numbers against each name. A free form text field could be added to these numbers or you could select one of the pre-installed fields such as home, mobile, or office. This feature was not available when storing the phone book on the SIM card. A specific ring tone could be assigned to a phone book entry and voice dialling was available for ten entries and speed dialling could be assigned to eight entries using the keypad keys 2 to 9. Support for text messaging included T9 predictive text, templates for common message types and also for picture messages. A call register recorded the last ten dialled, missed and received calls and timers recorded the duration of each call and the cumulative total. Additional applications included a clock with alarm, calculator and a calendar that allowed information to be added to each day in the form of short text notes to show meetings etc. Three games were also included and these were Snake II, Pairs II and Opposite. An infra-red port provided external connectivity to other compatible mobiles for exchanging phone book entries and extending games to 2 player mode, peripherals such as printers and a computer. Software provided by Nokia allowed the phone to function as an Internet modem for the computer. Internet access was provided via a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 1.1 browser operating over a High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) connection. This allowed for higher data rates to be transmitted compared to the use of circuit switched data (CSD) connection. An improvement was made possible by modifying the communications protocols used, specifically in providing a more efficient error detection algorithm that consumed less network bandwidth, hence allowing that to be used to data transfer and also by being able to use up to four time slots within the GSM network, compared to only one when using CSD. These combined allowed for a maximum possible data rate of 38.4 kbps on GSM 900 networks and 57.6 bps on GSM 1800 networks. However, these faster data rates did come at the expense of increased battery consumption and higher charges. Whilst these speeds appear slow compared to those that can be achieved using today's mobile networks, it must be remembered that in 2000 when the Nokia 6210 was launched, most people gained access to the Internet from home using dial-up modems that worked at comparable speeds. Some information courtesy of Nigel Linge & Andy Sutton, the authors of 30 Years of Mobile Phones in the UK (Paid Link)
