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The 7200 could be mistaken for some kind of furry pocket book or even a strange purse or wallet, if there is one thing it does not look like its a mobile phone, but underneath the somewhat stylish exterior lies a dual band phone. Sadly dual band while all the rage in the 1990's is not all that in 2004, tri band is the standard and quad band is making inroads especially within the Motorola range.

Talk time is a respectable 5 hours with a possible 300 standby time dependant on signal strength, the 750mAh battery is the latest generation of Lithium Ion models and promises to be very robust even with multiple discharge cycles.

While this is one of Nokias first flip phones the 7200 feels well built and they have managed to get the flip element right something which took other manufacturers a number of attempts, the outside of the shell has a small monochrome 96 x 36 pixel display which can show the callers number, messages, time and even a black and white screensaver.

Inside the flip the 65,000 colour 128 x 128 TFT screen gives up to 5 lines of text display driven from 3 soft keys and a 4 way pad immediately below the screen on the lower flip section, the overall size of the Nokia 7200 at 86 x 50 x 26 mm allows for a quite decent keypad due mainly to the rectangular shape, this makes sending text messages and other data entry tasks a lot easier.

Storage and connectivity is always a hot topic with us and here the Nokias 7200 does not do itself any favours, there is no removable media supported so you are stuck with the miserly 4mb available within the phone which is good for about 5000 contacts but very few pictures. Then you move onto connectivity and find out all about the Nokia Pop port which reports to allow devices to share data but this is a wired USB connection which is a bit "dark ages" compared to the Bluetooth and even wifi enable phones in Nokia's range.

You can use the Sync ML application to update a Nokia 7200 with contacts and other data but it is always via wired USB connection or infrared, another disappointment was that email is only supported via sms, so even though the phone has GPRS capabilities there is no inbuilt email client to make the most of this.

On the positive side there is a wap browser, VGA resolution camera, FM Radio, alarm clock and support for polyphonic ring tones, so all sorts of extras but none of them pitched at the business user and perhaps that explains the lack of memory but the lack of Bluetooth means it can't work with a BT headset when in the car and in our book that a big omission.

Once again we come to the conclusion that the 7200 fits in the "fashion" phone category a sort of Bermuda triangle of mobile functions and features where manufacturers manage to sell devices that clearly lack something you think consumers would want but make up for it with a "style" enhancement.

 

Key Features

• Eye-catching design
• Sensual Xpress-on™ textile covers
• Up to 65,536 color TFT display
• Delightful design experience: coordinated covers, soft pouch and wrist strap, with matching wallpapers and screensavers
• Integrated camera and video
• Presence-enhanced contacts
• Stereo FM radio
• Integrated handsfree speaker
  
  Full Specifications
  
  General
  
• Dual Band Operation
• EGSM 900 and GSM 1800 networks in Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific where these networks are supported
• Automatic switching between bands
  
  Size
  
• Weight: 115 g
• Dimensions: 86 mm x 50 mm x 26 mm, 91 cc
  
  Display and User Interface
  
  Main Display
  
• 27.3 mm x 27.3 mm display
• Active TFT color display
• Supports up to 65,536 colors within 128 x 128 pixels
• 5 lines for text in basic mode with 16-pixel font
  
  Mini Display
  
• Black-and-white display, resolution 96 x 36 pixels
• Active area: 25.6 x 10.5 mm
  
  Navigation
  
• Three soft keys with four-way scroll
• User configurable right and left soft keys
• List and grid menu
• New animated fashion menu graphics
  
  Integrated VGA Camera
  
• Resolution up to 640 x 480
• Self timer function (10 sec)
• Phone display used as a viewfinder
• Standard, portrait, and night modes
• Gallery for storing video clips, audio clips, images, ringing tones, and graphics
• 3 image quality options: High, normal, basic.
• Video recorder -SubQCIF - H.263 format
• Integrated video playback and download: .3gp file format (H.263 baseline, MPEG-4 simple profile)
  
  Phone Features
  
• Personal shortcuts
• Timed profiles (incl. 2 My Styles)
• Alarm clock
• Stereo FM radio
• Radio as alarm clock alert
• Automatic volume control
• Extensive calendar with busy view of the week, snooze on calendar alarm
• Notes
• To-do list (up to 30 entries)
• Wallet
• WIM (Wireless Identity Module)
• Stopwatch
• Countdown timer
• Wallpaper: Full-screen color image
• Animated black-and-white screensavers for mini display
• Changeable color schemes
• Calculator
  
  Messaging and Imaging
  
  Multimedia Messaging (MMS)
  
• Multimedia messaging (MMS) with compatible devices: Send and receive messages with text, a sound clip, and an image or a video clip to other compatible devices
• Max message size: Up to 100 kB per MMS
  
  Email
  
• Over SMS
• Java midlet
  
  Chat
  
• Presence-enhanced contacts and Instant Messaging (Chat )
  
  Text Messaging (SMS)
  
• SMS distribution list
• Concatenated SMS: Send and receive up to 6 messages (885 characters) as a single message
• Message register
• Predictive text input: Support for all major languages for Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific
• Picture messaging: Send pictures with text to other compatible phones, 10 preset pictures in the phone, all replaceable
  
  Templates
  
• Quick and easy sending of predefined messages
• Insert smileys with the editor
  
  Imaging
  
• Picture viewer
• Shared user memory for phonebook contacts; MMS messages; Gallery containing images, ringing tones, and recordings; calendar notes; and applications. See Memory Functions below.
• Images: 11 preset wallpapers, 10 preset SMS pictures, 10 preset frames, 14 preset clip art pictures, 8 screensavers, 5 animated MMS message templates in the phone
• Enhanced image editing features: Add a scalable fashion clip art picture, add colored text, make the image smaller for contacts
• Business card with image
• Image Uploader - View example
  
  Games
  
• Java games
• Backgammon, Bowling, and Disco
• Possibility to download new games
  
  Java™ Applications
  
• Converter II: Converts currencies, measurements, temperature, etc.
• World Clock II
• Translator
• All applications user removable
• Downloadable games and personal applications via Java™ technology
• Max download size: 64 kB per application
  
  Ringing Tones
  
• Fixed ringing tones: 20 polyphonic tones, 10 monophonic tones, and 1 Nokia tone
• Monophonic tones
• Voice clips can be used as ringing tones
  
  Connectivity and Data Transfer
  
  Connectivity
  
• Pop-Port™ interface
• Connect wirelessly to a compatible phone or a compatible PC via infrared
• Connect to a compatible PC with Nokia Connectivity Cable DKU-5
• Infrared
• Install applications with Nokia PC Suite for the Nokia 7200 phone
• Browsing XHTML (WAP 2.0) over HTTP/TCP/IP stack - View Example
• JPEG/PNG support in browser
• OMA Forward Lock for content protection
• OMA Super Distribution over infrared and MMS
• WAP
• SyncML
  
  Data Transfer
  
• EDGE*
• Data transfer up to 177.6 kbit/s in EDGE networks
• GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)*
• Data transfer up to 57.5 kbit/s in GPRS networks
• HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data)*
• Data trasfer up to 43.2 kbit/s in HSCSD networks
• TCP/IP*
  
  *Note that these services require network support.
  
  Call Management
  
• Speed dialing: Up to 8 names, with keys 2-9
• Last-number redial from dialed calls list (Dial key brings out the dialed calls list)
• Automatic redial (max 10 attempts)
• Call waiting, call hold, call divert, call timer
• Automatic and manual network selection
• Caller identification with image
• Closed User Group
• Fixed Dialing Number, allows calls only to predefined numbers
• Conference call (up to 5 participants)
• Vibrating alert
  
  Voice Features
  
• Voice dialing
• Voice commands
• Voice recording up to 3 min
• Integrated handsfree speaker
• Automatic volume control
  
  Software
  
• PC Suite
  
  Memory Functions
  
• The following functions use shared memory that is dependent on the data quantity per item and shared memory available at a time in the Nokia 7200 phone. The shared memory pool is up to 4 MB.
  
  Notes: Up to 3000 characters in one note
  
• Email messages: Max 30 kB per message
• Ringing tones in Gallery: 31 preset, polyphonic ringing tones removable
• Images: 11 preset wallpapers, 10 preset SMS pictures, 10 preset frames, 14 preset clip art pictures, 8 screensavers, 5 animated MMS message templates in the phone
• Video clips: Up to 94 kB per clip
• Camera images: Approximately 25 high-resolution VGA images
• Business card images: Up to 100 portrait- size images
• Multimedia messages: Max message size 100 kB per MMS
• Java™ applications: 7 preset, max download size 64 kB per application
• Phone book: Up to 500 contacts with all entries filled, in addition to SIM card contacts
• SMS messages: Up to 150 maximum-size text messages in addition to SIM card inbox messages
• Calendar notes: Up to 250 maximum-size entries
  
  Personalize
  
• Java midlets
• Graphics, icons, and logos
• Games: Possibility to download new games
• Polyphonic tones
• Monophonic tones
• Special packs for Xpress-on™ textile covers for the Nokia 7200 phone: Includes wallpaper, animated screensaver, textile cover, soft pouch, and wrist strap
  

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