The West Ring

…of a sort.

I’ve managed to get the email client configured on the 6280, but things are far from easy. To send an MMS: view pic, choose send, the pic is resized and sent. Unfortunately, this particular Poxia dumbphone doesn’t give you the option to send as email, unlike most other phones. The upshot is you have to start the email client, and this is where it begins to get annoying…

• It takes ages to fire up and connect.
• To create a new message and add a recipient from your contacts you have to select edit (using the D pad) to enter the field, the left softkey to select options, back to the D pad to select search, and finally you’re looking at your contacts.
• Having done that, and typed the subject and any message, it’s time to add the picture. So, it’s left softkey for options, use the D pad scroll down to select attach , open the memory card, open images, wait…, and then find the pictures are listed by name - no thumbnail. When the correct picture has finally been found, you try and open it only to be told it’s too large to attach. Aaaarrrggh!
• Let’s just hope you didn’t hit the call end key in frustration, cos the message doesn’t auto-save to drafts!
• So, you navigate your way to the picture you wanted to send, select it, and are happy to see that there’s an image editor option. Hurrah. But no resize option. Bugger.
• The only way is to create an MMS with the picture you want to send, as this will resize automatically. Then, rather than sending it, save it off, come out of the gallery, go into messaging, into drafts, find your message, and save the attachment.
• Congratulations, you can now go back into the email app. and start all over again.

Anyone wanna buy a Nokia 6280 - hardly used?!