Nokia 6630 – Mobile Phone Information

The Nokia 6630 is powered by Symbian OS v8.0 (Series 60), and is
a combined mobile phone and PDA. Became available in December 2004

UK Availability: Discontinued (superseded by 6630 and 6680). A

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• Take a look at a newer handset – See other Series 60 handsets in the range

The handset can be upgraded to the latest version of the operating
system at approved Nokia
Service Centres. Online upgrades are not available.

Software
for Symbian OS phones is normally supplied using a Symbian installation
file (with a .sis extension). This is a single file that contains
the components needed to get a piece of software installed and
ready to run. A SIS file can be run on a Symbian phone (e.g. from
the Inbox or via a file manager. It can also be run via the PC
connectivity solution that was supplied on the CD with the handset.
Assuming you have a SIS file on your PC/Mac (either downloaded
from the Internet or on a CD), the ways to install a SIS file
onto your handset are as follows:

• Beaming
  – Beam the file to your handset from your PC using Bluetooth.
  Files beamed
  to the 6630 can be found in the Messaging application, in the
  Inbox folder
  If
  you don’t currently have the ability to beam files to the handset
  via Bluetooth (either from
  another handheld device or from a PC), then you may wish to
  purchase an adapter for your PC (this means you’ll be able to
  install software, backup and synchronise data between phone
  and PC) – See our Series 60
  PC connectivity page for more.
• USB
  cable – Your can connect your phone to your PC via Bluetooth
  or using a USB cable.
• By
  email – The alternative, is to email the file that you’re
  trying to install, typically a SIS (Symbian installation file)
  to your own email account, and then use your phone to logon
  to your email (details) and
  download the SIS file as an attachment into your phone’s Messaging
  Inbox.
• Via
  memory card – There is another alternative for users of
  phones that take memory cards
  by transferring the SIS file to the handset via the card slot
  and a PC MMC Memory card reader.
  Copy files onto a memory card from your PC, and then insert
  the MMC card into your handset.

If you’ve downloaded an application
and find you can’t install it – make sure the file you’re trying
to install is a SIS (Symbian Installation) file. Many files are
distributed in a compressed form (using the ZIP file format). If
the file has a .ZIP extension, you’ll need to unzip it first. You
can do this with a PC application such as WinZip, or on the phone itself using the ZipMan
application.

The 6630
can connect to a PC via a USB cable or over Bluetooth.
Here is a summary of
how to connect to your PC.

• Bluetooth
  connection. To connect, from the phone, select ‘Connect | Bluetooth’.
  Turn Bluetooth ‘On’, then move to the second tab by moving the
  joystick to the right. This should show you all Bluetooth devices
  in range. If your PC isn’t shown, select ‘Options | New paired
  device’ and let the phone search for the PC connection. When
  the phone and PC are paired, use the supplied software package to select the file you want to send to the phone.
  If your PC doesn’t support Bluetooth, then you can add it cheaply and easily using a USB
  Bluetooth adapter. We recommend the Belkin
  USB Bluetooth adapter available for around £15 from amazon.co.uk.
  For details of Bluetooth, see our Bluetooth
  page, and for help connecting, see our PC
  connectivity page
• USB Cable – This phone can be connected to a PC using a USB cable known as the Nokia DKU-2 Connectivity
  cable. This can be purchased online at MobileShop or Dial-a-phone.
  To use this, you will need a dedicated driver available from
  the Nokia
  site. Once connected, you can use the Nokia PC Suite to transfer data and back up the phone.
• Memory card reader. If you don’t want to beam files from your PC to the phone, another option is to make use of the memory card slot in the 6630. Get hold of a Memory card reader for around £20 and copy files onto a card plugged into your PC. Find out more on our Memory card page.

For help connecting, see our PC
connectivity page

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For more details, see our Memory Card page

Some Nokia
devices come with a built-in FM radio, but the Nokia 6630 does not.
We’re often asked whether software is available to add a radio to
their phone. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple, as it’s not just
a software issue. Phones that have built-in radios contain dedicated
hardware in the phone to do this (an FM RF tuner)… and the 6630
doesn’t have that.

If you’re really desperate to listen to radio
from your handset, note that it is possible to listen to streaming
audio over the Internet via GPRS (using an application such as Avec
Radio), although don’t expect the results to be up to much!

Hotmail and AOL use proprietary email systems,
as opposed to the more common POP email systems – this makes it tricky to access mail on a Series 60 device. For email on the move,
consider using a standard POP3 provider such as BT Yahoo (see setup details) that offers free email accounts that can be configured on a Series 60 phone.

If you really want to use Hotmail or AOL, see our Series 60
FAQ on this subject.

If you’re looking to copy your SMS text messages to a PC, you’ll find that the Nokia PC Suite software doesn’t support this. The best option is to try Oxygen II – This is an alternative PC Suite and supports copying of SMS, MMS and other message types, as well as a few other things that Nokia suite can’t do. Take a look at our Oxygen page