The Nokia 3410 has reached the store shelves, and we've taken a first look at this new phone from Nokia which mainly sports J2ME support, WAP Push and a modified keypad.
The first thing you'll notice about the Nokia 3410 is how well it fits in the palm of your hand - its length and width is perfect, and the edges of its plastic back cover have been fitted with a special pattern providing a better grip. The specially designed buttons of the keypad are extremely comfortable to use, and the feedback is more than acceptable. That's also the case with regard to the navigational buttons which are separated in this model, meaning that you'll easily be able to navigate in the menu without moving the wrong way, or not moving at all.
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J2ME support
Inside the Nokia 3410, you'll among other things find support for new technology such as Java Micro Edition (J2ME). The 3410 is Nokia's first model with J2ME support to hit the market, holding an internal memory of 180 Kb dedicated to J2ME applications. The J2ME game shipping with the phone is not especially advanced or resource-hungry, but it works well. Small bugs in the J2ME engine also seem to have been fixed.
Games and applications may be downloaded from Club Nokia via WAP, but as always it's worth noting that the really useful applications aren't free. In an interesting twist, the phone also supports a technology called Smart Content Download (SCD), offering users the chance to try a demo version of an application before purchasing the full version.
WAP Push
Another new technology the Nokia 3410 supports is so-called WAP Push, where information you subscribe to will be delivered to your phone automatically. Examples of such information would be traffic reports and sports results, and we're probably talking about the same information different content providers pushes on SMS. The most notable difference is just that users manage their subscriptions within a J2ME application instead of via SMS messages.
Upgraded OS
The Nokia 3410 has also been honored with an upgraded version of the Simplex UI OS, meaning that users will experience quicker rendering when navigating the menu system. This is very positive and might be the most important improvement when compared with the Nokia 3300 series - as well as the J2ME support, of course. The OS also supports 3D screensavers, but these take a heavy toll on your battery, and should thus only be used by those who take particular pleasure in recharging their phone frequently.
The phone operates with good sound quality in EGSM 900/1800 networks, weighs in at 114g, measures 115 x 49 x 22.5 mm and has a volume of 100 cc. The talk time is listed as ranging from 2 hours and 20 minutes to 4 hours and 10 minutes, while the standby time is listed to range from 55 to 260 hours. Whether this is correct or not is something we'll get back to in our full review of the Nokia 3410.
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