Blast From The Past: Nokia 6230b

// August 11th, 2011 // Mobile

Not long ago, I published a list of my top three Nokia phones of all time – some of you were surprised to find a ‘dumbphone’ listed there – the venerable Nokia 6230b. Hailing back from 2004, the 6230b was one of the most advanced phones of its time. It was the first phone I remember that supported EDGE Class 10 (all others at the time were only Class 4) and its compact size included such ‘futuristic’ technologies as Bluetooth, a VGA-resolution camera, and a full-sized MMC (MultiMediaCard) slot for extra storage.

Of course, this all sounds lame in today’s world, but it’s still a cool little phone. On my previous post, I received a comment from Craig, with whom I had actually traded a 6230b years ago – I gave him my 6170b (another spectacular phone, btw) as an exchange. Craig mentioned that he still had a 6230b laying around and offered to send it to me, which is just plain awesome.

The phone arrived yesterday, and I’m already enamored by it, just as I was 7 years ago. Of course, there are some challenges. For starters, I don’t have any of the old fat-barreled Nokia chargers around anymore – luckily my friend Vikki was able to hook me up. I also don’t yet know how I’m going to get my contacts on this thing – I gave up SIM storage years ago and solely rely on Google to store my PIM info nowadays.

In any case, now that I have a charger, I’m going to attempt to use the Nokia 6230b for an entire day. I’m anxious to see how well I can get along with a dumbphone for the day, that’s for sure.

While Ricky Cadden is currently employed by RadioShack, Inc, all the thoughts, opinions, and views shared here and elsewhere online are his own and in no way reflect those of RadioShack, Inc. You can read more about Ricky Cadden here, or contact him at Ricky(at)RickyCadden(dot)com.