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Refurbished Nokia 6250 Review

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Rumour has it there's a new kid on the block... It seems that the time has come for all you budding builders out there to upgrade your phone. The Ericsson brick that was so common on the site now has a new contender, in the form of the surprisingly stylish Nokia 6250. It's expected to retail for the same hefty price as the 8850, but has rather more, uh, rugged qualities. I took a look. (Update: Current price is less than $50 at Cell Chaos Refurbished phones online store)
Menu features are standard, and very similar to the 6210. But the Task Journal has replaced the calendar and is obviously designed for those who bill by the hours. It's effectively a sophisticated stopwatch, with the ability to enter a job, and monitor the time spent on it to the second. There are fields for Title and Customer, with each entry being able to store it's own time, material and wages information. You can search through the Task Journal for a particular customer or task, and send them via SMS to a colleague or boss.
Aside from the Task Journal, there isn't much else new. Games are Snake II, Opposite, and Pairs II, and T9 text messaging speeds things up. Profiles have been given an interesting twist though- you can set times for each profile to activate/deactivate, so you don't get deafened in the car, or miss the vibrating because you're using a drill. It'll please anyone who has ever been disturbed because they forgot to switch profiles. An alarm clock and calculator make an appearance, as does a large SMS inbox and huge 255 name phone book.
At first glance, it could have come out of the eighties. All of the black buttons are square, and a plastic ridge protects it's screen and aerial components. Even the fonts on the keys look like something the A-Team could have trademarked, but there is rather more to this than meets the eye. It weighs in at only 174 grams, but in reality feels far more solid. Nice model for students.