Nokia 3250 User Manual
Twist to the Music
Features at a glance
• Twist to access phone, camera, or
music functions instantly
• Play your tracks randomly and build
playlists effortlessly with a built-in
music player, and dedicated music
• Play your tracks randomly and build
playlists effortlessly with a built-in
music player, and dedicated music
keys
• Memory expandable up to 1 GB of
storage space for 750 songs of great
quality stereo audio with the new,
storage space for 750 songs of great
quality stereo audio with the new,
advanced eAAC+ digital audio codec
• Share playlists with your friends over
• Share playlists with your friends over
Bluetooth, MMS, or email
O
perating Frequency
- Triband GSM (GSM/EDGE 900/1800/1900)
- Automatic switching between bands
- Automatic switching between bands
Dimensions
- Volume: 96.2 cc
- Weight: 115 g
- Length: 103.8 mm
- Width: 50 mm
- Thickness: 19.8 mm
- Weight: 115 g
- Length: 103.8 mm
- Width: 50 mm
- Thickness: 19.8 mm
Display
- 262K color Active TFT 176 x 208 pixels display
- Size: 34.8 mm x 41.1 mm
- Size: 34.8 mm x 41.1 mm
User Interface
- 270-degree rotation (-90 and +180 degrees): Twist on text
messaging/phone access, camera or music functions
instantly
- Joystick, two softkeys, application key, edit and clear key,
send (Push to talk key) and end key, standard alpha-
numeric keypad, power key
- Music keys: Play/pause, stop, rewind and forward
- Series 60 Platform on Symbian operating system
messaging/phone access, camera or music functions
instantly
- Joystick, two softkeys, application key, edit and clear key,
send (Push to talk key) and end key, standard alpha-
numeric keypad, power key
- Music keys: Play/pause, stop, rewind and forward
- Series 60 Platform on Symbian operating system
Music
- Manage your music and playlists with the music player
(MP3/eAAC+) and control music with dedicated music keys
- Transfer music from your purchased CDs from your PC to
your Nokia 3250 phone with Nokia Audio Manager,
Windows Media Player
- Share playlists with your friends over Bluetooth, MMS, or
email
- Memory expandable up to 1 GB for up to 750 songs of
great quality stereo audio with the new, advanced eAAC+
digital audio codec*
- Plug your own headphones into the 3.5 mm connector
jack in the headset cable
- Enhanced music features: Sound Check (equalizer, stereo
widening, reverb, bass boost)
- Buy new music from Web services or download your own
tracks from PC to enjoy hi-fi stereo music through high-
quality headphones
- Supported file formats: eAAC+, AAC+, M4A, MPEG-4 ACC LC,
LTP, MP3, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, 64-chord/voice polyphonic
MIDI, RealAudio Voice, RealAudio7, RealAudio8, RealAudio10,
WMA
- Tunes Studio: Create your own ringing tones from the
approx. 40 MIDI tones pre-loaded in the Nokia 3250 phone
- Visual Radio
- 4 preloaded Electrico tracks and true tones : I Want You,
Hello Stupid N Rescue, Love In New Wave and Good Time
(MP3/eAAC+) and control music with dedicated music keys
- Transfer music from your purchased CDs from your PC to
your Nokia 3250 phone with Nokia Audio Manager,
Windows Media Player
- Share playlists with your friends over Bluetooth, MMS, or
- Memory expandable up to 1 GB for up to 750 songs of
great quality stereo audio with the new, advanced eAAC+
digital audio codec*
- Plug your own headphones into the 3.5 mm connector
jack in the headset cable
- Enhanced music features: Sound Check (equalizer, stereo
widening, reverb, bass boost)
- Buy new music from Web services or download your own
tracks from PC to enjoy hi-fi stereo music through high-
quality headphones
- Supported file formats: eAAC+, AAC+, M4A, MPEG-4 ACC LC,
LTP, MP3, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, 64-chord/voice polyphonic
MIDI, RealAudio Voice, RealAudio7, RealAudio8, RealAudio10,
WMA
- Tunes Studio: Create your own ringing tones from the
approx. 40 MIDI tones pre-loaded in the Nokia 3250 phone
- Visual Radio
- 4 preloaded Electrico tracks and true tones : I Want You,
Hello Stupid N Rescue, Love In New Wave and Good Time
* Total storage capacity is limited by number of songs. Storage
capacity is approximate and based on 3 minutes and 45 seconds
per song and 48 kbps eAAC+ encoding. Actual storage capacity
is dependent on sales package configuration.
capacity is approximate and based on 3 minutes and 45 seconds
per song and 48 kbps eAAC+ encoding. Actual storage capacity
is dependent on sales package configuration.
Imaging
- Integrated 2 megapixel digital camera (1600 x 1200 pixels
default image size)
- Capture still photos or video in a single twist
- Still, burst, and video modes
- Settings for night, brightness adjustment, image quality,
and self-timer
- 4x digital zoom
- Video resolution: 176 x 144 pixels or 128 x 96 pixels (QCIF
or SubQCIF), 15 frames per second
- Video services: Video capture up to 1 hour with microSD
card; download, view, streaming
- Music keys double as camera controls: Zoom in and out,
shutter key, stop
default image size)
- Capture still photos or video in a single twist
- Still, burst, and video modes
- Settings for night, brightness adjustment, image quality,
and self-timer
- 4x digital zoom
- Video resolution: 176 x 144 pixels or 128 x 96 pixels (QCIF
or SubQCIF), 15 frames per second
- Video services: Video capture up to 1 hour with microSD
card; download, view, streaming
- Music keys double as camera controls: Zoom in and out,
shutter key, stop
Multimedia
- Watch your videos or stream music videos from the network
using RealOne player
- Enhanced video editor: Edit your videos with the master
set of different effects and options and create new views
with your own video content
using RealOne player
- Enhanced video editor: Edit your videos with the master
set of different effects and options and create new views
with your own video content
Mobile Blogging
- Share and publish your mobile memories via blogging
- Upload contents to the Web or just attach the contents to
your email or MMS
- Send your contents over MMS or directly to friends locally
over Bluetooth wireless technology
- Upload contents to the Web or just attach the contents to
your email or MMS
- Send your contents over MMS or directly to friends locally
over Bluetooth wireless technology
Messaging
- MMS OMA 1.2: Combine image, video, text, and voice clips
and send as an MMS to a compatible phone or PC; use
MMSto tell your story with a multi-slide presentation.
The MMS OMA 1.2 specification allows you to send/receive
messages up to 300 KB in size
- Text messaging: Supports concatenated SMS, picture
messaging, SMS distribution list
- Predictive text input: Support for all major languages in
Asia Pacific and Europe
- Email: Supports SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4 protocols
and send as an MMS to a compatible phone or PC; use
MMSto tell your story with a multi-slide presentation.
The MMS OMA 1.2 specification allows you to send/receive
messages up to 300 KB in size
- Text messaging: Supports concatenated SMS, picture
messaging, SMS distribution list
- Predictive text input: Support for all major languages in
Asia Pacific and Europe
- Email: Supports SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4 protocols
Memory Functions
- 8 MB internal memory plus 128 MB microSD card access
to hot swap (memory expandable up to 1 GB, sold
separately)
to hot swap (memory expandable up to 1 GB, sold
separately)
Visual Radio
- Listen to music and interact with your favorite radio
stations:
- Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other
artist information
- Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your
favorite songs
- Download the songs you buy direct to your phone
- Find out more at www.nokia-asia.com/visualradio
stations:
- Find out what song is playing, who sings it, and other
artist information
- Enter contests and answer surveys, vote for your
favorite songs
- Download the songs you buy direct to your phone
- Find out more at www.nokia-asia.com/visualradio
More Applications
- Nokia Audio Manager: Create and organize digital music
files on a compatible PC and transfer them to a compatible
mobile device
- Nokia Lifeblog Multimedia Diary: Create a diary of all your
mobile phone's photos, videos, text messages, and
multimedia messages. It's easy to browse, search, edit,
and save - on both your PC and mobile! Find out more at
www.nokia-asia.com/lifeblog
- Tunes Studio
- Sound meter: Measure the noise level of the environment,
such as at a football game or concert. The sound level
meter is not meant for professional use
files on a compatible PC and transfer them to a compatible
mobile device
- Nokia Lifeblog Multimedia Diary: Create a diary of all your
mobile phone's photos, videos, text messages, and
multimedia messages. It's easy to browse, search, edit,
and save - on both your PC and mobile! Find out more at
www.nokia-asia.com/lifeblog
- Tunes Studio
- Sound meter: Measure the noise level of the environment,
such as at a football game or concert. The sound level
meter is not meant for professional use
Connectivity
- Bluetooth wireless technology
- Talk handsfree with a wireless Bluetooth headset
enhancement
- Play wireless multiplayer games over a Bluetooth
connection
- Synchronize your phone and compatible PC over a local
Bluetooth wireless connection
- USB2.0 full speed with mass storage profile
- Talk handsfree with a wireless Bluetooth headset
enhancement
- Play wireless multiplayer games over a Bluetooth
connection
- Synchronize your phone and compatible PC over a local
Bluetooth wireless connection
- USB2.0 full speed with mass storage profile
Browsing
- WAP 2.0, xHTML browsing over TCP/IP
Data Transfer
- EDGE: Class 10, download up to 236.8 kbps
- GPRS: Class 10, download up to 62.4 kbps
- GPRS: Class 10, download up to 62.4 kbps
Note: Actual achieved speeds may vary depending on network
support
support
Personal Information Management (PIM)
- Phonebook
- Calendar
- Notepad
- World Clock
- Converter
- Calculator
- File Manager
- Remote synchronization
- Active idle
- Messaging
- Browsing
- Platform security:
- Device integrity (no tampering of binaries and device
settings)
- End-user privacy (protected access to contacts, calendar,
messages)
- Controlling the access to sensitive operations, such as
protecting network connections)
- Calendar
- Notepad
- World Clock
- Converter
- Calculator
- File Manager
- Remote synchronization
- Active idle
- Messaging
- Browsing
- Platform security:
- Device integrity (no tampering of binaries and device
settings)
- End-user privacy (protected access to contacts, calendar,
messages)
- Controlling the access to sensitive operations, such as
protecting network connections)
Any way you twist it, the Nokia 3250 comes up a winner. Twist it once and it becomes your dedicated
music player with storage for up to 750 songs! Twist again to reveal a 2 megapixel camera with
4x zoom. Twist back and it's a smartphone. Whichever way you twist it the Nokia 3250 will keep you
connected and in the groove.
music player with storage for up to 750 songs! Twist again to reveal a 2 megapixel camera with
4x zoom. Twist back and it's a smartphone. Whichever way you twist it the Nokia 3250 will keep you
connected and in the groove.