Just to give you an idea of what I know and my personal experience I am comparing too, I have owned and used now three 6200 series phones. I started with the 6210, a great business phone at the time with great features that I can even recall now and it was sturdy too. Then the 6220 which is now my backup phone if anything happens to my new 6280. And, of course, the 6280.
The issue I had looking at the 6280 was the slider; more things to break. There's lots of talk about people saying their slider is slightly loose and mine is no differrence. I guess only time will tell how tough it is.
The phone sports a 2 Megapixel camera, that equates to a 1600x1200 JPG photo. At that res and "high" quality setting, the pictures come out in the 700kb range. (I have 47.8 MB free on my card and it says I have 107 photo space left at highest res and quality)
Here are some examples.
http://ausil.us/~david/6280/Example6280-01.jpg
http://ausil.us/~david/6280/Example6280-01.jpg
http://ausil.us/~david/6280/Example6280-01.jpg
http://ausil.us/~david/6280/Example6280-01.jpg
The possible photo res are:
- 1600x1200
- 1280x960
- 640x480
- 320x240
- 160x120
And the quality settings choices it give is:
- High
- Normal
- Basic
The phone also has a Flash too that seems to work quite well, although I haven't used it much at all. The camera also has a self-timer, "night" mode for shooting in low light environments and and img sequence option for taking 3 successive shots.
The phone comes with a USB data cable [and some Windows software]. Plugging the phone into my Kubuntu system and selecting "Data Storage" mode on the phone see's it pick up straight away [see dmesg and messages output below for details] and Konqueror asking do you want to open it in a window. Click OK and you will be able to browse your external miniSD memory card. It come's with a 64mb card, but I got a 512mb card the day I bought it as I intended to use it for both audio [podcasts mainly] and to watch movies on my train rides to and from work. You really need an external memory card as it only has 6mb memory on the phone used for Contacts, messages, etc.
To unmount I simply unplug it. Tried plugging in and unplugging several successive times and never a problem; all works fine.
It also does video at a max res of 640x480. Its 3gp format, but quality isn't too bad. Here's an example:
http://ausil.us/~david/6280/Example6280.3gp
The possible res for video is:
- 640x480
- 352x288
- 176x144
- 128x96
And the video quality settings are:
- High
- Medium
- Low
I use 3gpwizard to convert movies (XviD, DivX etc) into 5min blocks (doesn't have a fwd and rwd feature for video on the phone) of 3gp video to tranfer to my phone and watch. Have watched many movies on my phone.
As for copying files. its USB 2.0 I believe and Konqueror reports a 2-4MB/sec copy rate, but after the copy dialog closes, looking at the camera you still see "Transfering Data..". This you have to wait for before you can actually unplug the phone. I think this might be a case of the memory card not being the fastest (it was only AU$60) around.
Needless to say the Nokia Software suite doesnt work with Linux and you need to get a Win32 box if you want to backup your contacts, calender notes, notes etc.
The issues I have with is 1) it restarts randomly whilst playing Audio/Video, 3-4 times a day. There's apparently firmware coming out by Nokia to address this. And 2) the dictionary only adds some words but not others.
All in all a Linux friendly phone.
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/var/log/messages
Apr 22 01:55:42 localhost kernel: [4448698.094000] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: wakeup
Apr 22 01:55:42 localhost kernel: [4448698.366000] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
Apr 22 01:55:42 localhost kernel: [4448698.498000] scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
Apr 22 01:55:43 localhost usb.agent[22342]: usb-storage: already loaded
Apr 22 01:55:47 localhost kernel: [4448703.504000] Vendor: Nokia Model: Nokia 6280 Rev: 0000
Apr 22 01:55:47 localhost kernel: [4448703.504000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
Apr 22 01:55:47 localhost kernel: [4448703.519000] SCSI device sda: 990977 512-byte hdwr sectors (507 MB)
Apr 22 01:55:47 localhost kernel: [4448703.536000] sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
Apr 22 01:55:47 localhost kernel: [4448703.562000] SCSI device sda: 990977 512-byte hdwr sectors (507 MB)
Apr 22 01:55:47 localhost kernel: [4448703.579000] sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
Apr 22 01:55:47 localhost kernel: [4448703.579000] /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0:
Apr 22 01:55:47 localhost kernel: [4448703.684000] Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Apr 22 01:55:48 localhost scsi.agent[22407]: sd_mod: loaded sucessfully (for disk)
Apr 22 01:55:48 localhost kernel: [4448704.449000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense
Apr 22 01:55:48 localhost kernel: [4448704.449000] Additional sense: No additional sense information
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dmesg
[4448698.094000] ohci_hcd 0000:00:02.1: wakeup
[4448698.366000] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 4
[4448698.498000] scsi1 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
[4448698.499000] usb-storage: device found at 4
[4448698.499000] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
[4448703.504000] Vendor: Nokia Model: Nokia 6280 Rev: 0000
[4448703.504000] Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04
[4448703.519000] SCSI device sda: 990977 512-byte hdwr sectors (507 MB)
[4448703.536000] sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[4448703.536000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[4448703.562000] SCSI device sda: 990977 512-byte hdwr sectors (507 MB)
[4448703.579000] sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled
[4448703.579000] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
[4448703.579000] /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0:
[4448703.684000] Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
[4448703.703000] usb-storage: device scan complete
[4448704.449000] sda: Current: sense key: No Sense
[4448704.449000] Additional sense: No additional sense information
