The Nokia 3100 is a triband-GSM cellphone released on the 17th of June 2003 as an entry-level phone from Nokia, designed primarily for the younger market.
The Nokia 3100 was developed from the Nokia 3510i and Nokia 7250i models.
The phone is equipped with a 128x128 pixel passive colour display (4096 colors/12-bit), Java MIDP 1.0, XHTML and WAP browser, GPRS, Pop-Port connectivity and Lithium-ion battery. It is also capable of playing polyphonic MIDI files, which can be used as ringtones.
Menu system
The Nokia 3100 uses Nokia's Series 40 platform firmware that uses large static icons rather than animated icons that are used on some of the other Nokia phones.
The menu has 14 main categories:
- 1. Messages - This consists of a multimedia and text messages editor
- 2. Call register - It records the duration of calls and connections and used phone numbers
- 3. Phone book - A phone book with contacts editor
- 4. Profiles - User profiles for various situations (silent, loud, general...)
- 5. Settings - All phone settings are stored here
- 6. Alarm clock - A simple alarm clock
- 7. Gallery - Small file manager in which you can store images and ringtones
- 8. Calendar - Calendar with notes and reminders
- 9. Games - Directory for Java games
- 10. Applications - Directory for applications
- 11. Extras - Some extra tools like calculator, countdown timer and stopwatch
- 12. Services - WAP browser and WAP settings.
- 13. Go to - settings for "Go to" menu, all most used functions are stored here as a shortcuts
- 14. SIM Toolkit menu - this contains information stored in SIM Card such as network bonus services or pay services
The phone can send and receive text and multimedia messages with ringtones and images in BMP, JPEG, PNG and GIF formats. The phone does not have any voice recorder, radio receiver, mp3 player or camera, although a camera can be added to the phone via its Pop-Port.
This is one of the most popular Nokia phones in Europe and United States.
