Nokia 3200
Encyclopedia
The Nokia
3200 is a mobile phone
, part of the Nokia Expression (youth) series. It is based on the Nokia Series 40
platform. Its main feature set is a mix between the Nokia 3100
and Nokia 7250i. Like the Nokia 7250i, the phone has an integrated CIF
camera
. Other features include an XHTML
browser, alarm clock, flashlight, and FM
stereo
radio
with a 128x128 12-bit (4096) color screen. The phone has multimedia features such as picture and text messaging. Features carried over from the Nokia 3100 include ringer profiles and voice memo capability. It also has Java
games (max downloadable size of game or application cannot exceed 64 kb). The phone has an extensive calendar with a lunar calendar
(for the Chinese/Asian variants). The flashlight
is located under the phone and can be activated by holding the "star" (asterisk) key. The camera is on the back of the phone. The 3200 can also play both polyphonic and monophonic
ringtones. An interesting feature present in this phone is that the face plate system allows users to print out their own faceplate designs and use it in the phone. The phone's visual interface in its menu system is similar to that of the Nokia 3100
, using large, static icons rather than animated ones.
While the phone's feature set was an improvement over the Nokia 3100
, the 3200 did not quite enjoy the popularity that the 3100 did; some known complaints with the phone included its low CIF resolution camera, quirky keypad design, and its small 12-bit color display.
The Nokia 3220
addresses some of the 3200's flaws, including a better VGA resolution camera, more standard keypad layout, and 16-bit color display.
To check version type *#0000# while phone is powered on.
, as the phone carried by the Ninth & Tenth Doctors' assistant Rose Tyler
. The Ninth Doctor modified the phone in the second episode of the first series, "The End of the World
", enabling her to make calls through time. It can also receive signals where ordinary mobiles cannot, such as the steel-shielded Cabinet Room in "World War Three
". The Doctor also called Rose from his TARDIS; and fittingly, his caller display
icon was a miniature picture of a police box. It was later replaced by a Samsung D500.
The phone also appeared in Australian TV series H2O: Just Add Water
where it is owned by Cleo Sertori.
In the 2004 video game, DRIV3R
, there are several in game advertisements for the Nokia 3200 and the phone is clearly shown in one of the beginning cutscenes.
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
3200 is a mobile phone
Mobile phone
A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...
, part of the Nokia Expression (youth) series. It is based on the Nokia Series 40
Nokia Series 40
Series 40 is a software platform and application user interface software on Nokia's broad range of mid-tier feature phones, as well as on the Vertu line of luxury phones. It is the world's most widely used mobile phone platform and found in hundreds of millions of devices....
platform. Its main feature set is a mix between the Nokia 3100
Nokia 3100
The Nokia 3100 is a triband-GSM cellphone released on the 17th of June 2003 as an entry-level phone from Nokia, designed primarily for the younger market.The Nokia 3100 was developed from the Nokia 6100 as a successor to the Nokia 3510i....
and Nokia 7250i. Like the Nokia 7250i, the phone has an integrated CIF
Common Intermediate Format
CIF , also known as FCIF , is a format used to standardize the horizontal and vertical resolutions in pixels of YCbCr sequences in video signals, commonly used in video teleconferencing systems. It was first proposed in the H.261 standard.CIF was designed to be easy to convert to PAL or NTSC...
camera
Camera
A camera is a device that records and stores images. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the camera obscura , an early mechanism for projecting images...
. Other features include an XHTML
XHTML
XHTML is a family of XML markup languages that mirror or extend versions of the widely-used Hypertext Markup Language , the language in which web pages are written....
browser, alarm clock, flashlight, and FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
stereo
Stereophonic sound
The term Stereophonic, commonly called stereo, sound refers to any method of sound reproduction in which an attempt is made to create an illusion of directionality and audible perspective...
radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
with a 128x128 12-bit (4096) color screen. The phone has multimedia features such as picture and text messaging. Features carried over from the Nokia 3100 include ringer profiles and voice memo capability. It also has Java
Java Platform, Micro Edition
Java Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes...
games (max downloadable size of game or application cannot exceed 64 kb). The phone has an extensive calendar with a lunar calendar
Lunar calendar
A lunar calendar is a calendar that is based on cycles of the lunar phase. A common purely lunar calendar is the Islamic calendar or Hijri calendar. A feature of the Islamic calendar is that a year is always 12 months, so the months are not linked with the seasons and drift each solar year by 11 to...
(for the Chinese/Asian variants). The flashlight
Flashlight
A flashlight is a hand-held electric-powered light source. Usually the light source is a small incandescent lightbulb or light-emitting diode...
is located under the phone and can be activated by holding the "star" (asterisk) key. The camera is on the back of the phone. The 3200 can also play both polyphonic and monophonic
Monophony
In music, monophony is the simplest of textures, consisting of melody without accompanying harmony. This may be realized as just one note at a time, or with the same note duplicated at the octave . If the entire melody is sung by two voices or a choir with an interval between the notes or in...
ringtones. An interesting feature present in this phone is that the face plate system allows users to print out their own faceplate designs and use it in the phone. The phone's visual interface in its menu system is similar to that of the Nokia 3100
Nokia 3100
The Nokia 3100 is a triband-GSM cellphone released on the 17th of June 2003 as an entry-level phone from Nokia, designed primarily for the younger market.The Nokia 3100 was developed from the Nokia 6100 as a successor to the Nokia 3510i....
, using large, static icons rather than animated ones.
While the phone's feature set was an improvement over the Nokia 3100
Nokia 3100
The Nokia 3100 is a triband-GSM cellphone released on the 17th of June 2003 as an entry-level phone from Nokia, designed primarily for the younger market.The Nokia 3100 was developed from the Nokia 6100 as a successor to the Nokia 3510i....
, the 3200 did not quite enjoy the popularity that the 3100 did; some known complaints with the phone included its low CIF resolution camera, quirky keypad design, and its small 12-bit color display.
The Nokia 3220
Nokia 3220
The Nokia 3220 is a GSM, Nokia Series 40 mobile phone. The Nokia 3220 was the first entry-level phone that offered full access to the Internet, with an XHTML browser and POP3/IMAP email client. The tri-band camera phone uses GPRS and EDGE for its internet connections.The phone can be seen as an...
addresses some of the 3200's flaws, including a better VGA resolution camera, more standard keypad layout, and 16-bit color display.
Versions
- Nokia 3200b (RH-31) for North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
- Operates on GSMGlobal System for Mobile CommunicationsGSM , is a standard set developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute to describe technologies for second generation digital cellular networks...
850/1800/1900 with GPRSGeneral Packet Radio ServiceGeneral packet radio service is a packet oriented mobile data service on the 2G and 3G cellular communication system's global system for mobile communications . GPRS was originally standardized by European Telecommunications Standards Institute in response to the earlier CDPD and i-mode...
and EDGEEnhanced Data Rates for GSM EvolutionEnhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution is a digital mobile phone technology that allows improved data transmission rates as a backward-compatible extension of GSM...
technology. - Nokia 3200 (RH-30) for EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
/ AsiaAsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
- Operates on GSM 900/1800/1900 with GPRS and EDGE technology. - Nokia 3205 - Operates on CDMACode division multiple accessCode division multiple access is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. It should not be confused with the mobile phone standards called cdmaOne, CDMA2000 and WCDMA , which are often referred to as simply CDMA, and use CDMA as an underlying channel access...
800/1900 and AMPSAdvanced Mobile Phone SystemAdvanced Mobile Phone System was an analog mobile phone system standard developed by Bell Labs, and officially introduced in the Americas in 1983, Israel in 1986, and Australia in 1987. It was the primary analog mobile phone system in North America through the 1980s and into the 2000s...
800 with CDMA2000 1xRTT technology. Features a VGA camera, a timer and night mode.
To check version type *#0000# while phone is powered on.
Cultural references
The Nokia 3200 was featured in the 2005 and 2006 series of the British TV programme Doctor WhoDoctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
, as the phone carried by the Ninth & Tenth Doctors' assistant Rose Tyler
Rose Tyler
Rose Marion Tyler is a fictional character portrayed by Billie Piper in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, and was created by series producer Russell T Davies...
. The Ninth Doctor modified the phone in the second episode of the first series, "The End of the World
The End of the World (Doctor Who)
"The End of the World" is the second episode of Series One of the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by show runner Russell T Davies and directed by Euros Lyn, the episode was first broadcast on 2 April 2005....
", enabling her to make calls through time. It can also receive signals where ordinary mobiles cannot, such as the steel-shielded Cabinet Room in "World War Three
World War Three (Doctor Who)
"World War Three" is the fifth episode of the first series in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on 23 April 2005. It is the second of a two-part story. The first part, "Aliens of London", was broadcast on 16 April...
". The Doctor also called Rose from his TARDIS; and fittingly, his caller display
Caller ID
Caller ID , also called calling line identification or calling number identification or Calling Line Identification Presentation , is a telephone service, available in analog and digital phone systems and most Voice over Internet Protocol applications, that transmits a caller's number to...
icon was a miniature picture of a police box. It was later replaced by a Samsung D500.
The phone also appeared in Australian TV series H2O: Just Add Water
H2O: Just Add Water
H2O: Just Add Water, also known as H2O, is an Australian television programme for children, pre-teens and teenagers, that is filmed on location at Sea World and other locations on the Gold Coast...
where it is owned by Cleo Sertori.
In the 2004 video game, DRIV3R
DRIV3R
Driv3r, more commonly known as Driver 3 , is a racing, shooting, and adventure video game. It is the third installment in the popular Driver series and was developed by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. Driv3r was released in North America for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox on June 21, 2004...
, there are several in game advertisements for the Nokia 3200 and the phone is clearly shown in one of the beginning cutscenes.