Nokia's latest youth phone goes by the model name of 3330, supports dual-band GSM and is the first phone Nokia targets towards youths with WAP - but is that such a good idea?
Nokia's model 3330 is a GSM mobile phone which is clearly targeted towards the youth market in Europe and Asia with its SMS-friendly features, exchangeable covers and also a trendy and stylish design. Aside from this, Nokia has also included WAP in the 3330, which makes it the first phone Nokia targets towards youths with this feature - but we're not sure it's of much use considering the hideous rates charged for WAP access over GSM.
 | To woo youths, Nokia has heavily improved the messaging features and added WAP as compared to the 3310
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The hardware
Mobile phones nowadays luckily come almost without any kind of clutter in their boxes - and fortunately, so is the case with the new Nokia 3330 as well. In addition to the mobile phone itself, you get a battery, a charger and a suitably thick user manual, so it'll take quite an effort for you to loose something.
The 3330 is a small and compact dual-band GSM mobile phone, weighing 133g with external measures of 11.3 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm, and like other recent Nokia models has a built-in antenna. You'll quickly learn that the space on the sides of the mobile phone hasn't been put to use, except for the phone's microphone which is placed far down on the left side.
On top of the phone, you'll find the power button which doesn't stand out from the phone's casing itself - a small finess that makes it harder or should we say almost impossible for the phone to turn itself on when placed in a pocket or a purse. The battery lid on the back of the phone is very sturdy, and the button to release it is created in a similar fashion as the power button.
Since the Nokia 3330, like other recent mobile phones from Nokia, also have exchangeable color covers, you'll quickly be able to give your phone an improved look - ours was Himalaya White, and could decidedly have needed a quick cover exchange (ghastly color).
On the front of the Nokia 3330 sits the display and keypad (surprisingly enough), with a standard Nokia-sized display and a yellow-greenish LED. The keypad is as always numerical, but also contains three keys placed directly below the LED for navigational purposes; one small button on the left named "C" for Cancel, one centered button used to confirm choices, and a small button again on the right used to navigate through the menu system.
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