Finally got hold of the Nokia 6681 today. Went in the afternoon, sold my old 6230 and bought the 6681. Picked up the silver model which looks really really sexy. Cost me a bomb.
It is going to take a while for me to master it though.

Until them I am at the top of the world

I finally decided to buy a Nokia 6681 and sell of my Nokia 6230.

Ever since I decided to do so, the phone seems to be evading me.

Set off with Gautam two weeks back to Irla where I got blazingly high prices for the 6681.

Finally narrowed down to two sellers, one in my area and another whom Gautam had sold his 3530 to.

The second chap seems to be giving me a better deal as of now as the first said he won’t be able to buy my cell directly.

Unfortunately, the Nokia 6681 is not available in the market here and so I patiently await the same.

Guess my birthday gift to me is delayed

Finally, because last Saturday we were working and so this time we are actually get a full weekend (amidst rumours that we would have a half day tomorrow to compensate for that on last Monday).

Today was a rather tiring day at work, with me not having a minutes rest. Am pleased I finished how whatever I had in target today, despite interruptions.

Today I received ICICI Bank’s Online CC, which can be used for only Online buying, even though I never applied for it!
It seems that ICICI is just distributing cards to every bank account holder (with some getting two :O ). I am going to phone their help line and ask them what the heck they seem to be doing!

Applied for a Standard Chartered life-time free card, since I felt the need for one for online transactions.

Had a brief disagreement with a rather irritating admin staff on the return journey in the bus today.
A really oversmart chap who pokes his nose in everyone else’s business and doesn’t do anything of his!
Sometimes, the inefficiency of the adminstrations can really get really very frustrating.
(Warning: Blogging can get you fired)

Anyway, tomorrow is a weekend and nothing is going to spoil my mood.

I also got my 6230 back in perfect condition yesterday. However, have finally zeroed in on the Nokia 6681, since it seems to fit within my budget

Bye for now.

Work today went on rather fine so no complains about that, but the rest of it was really crappy.

This was mainly because my Nokia 6230 started giving problems! (

The menus have started behaving very weirdly and I guess it is because of it getting wet in the rains that stormed Mumbai last week!

On my way home I’ve given it for repairs.

Been told what I guessed and the software has to be upgraded. Should get it tommorrow.

Anyway, am planning to buy a new phone within the next week. Possibly, Nokia 3230 or Nokia 7650.

However, my tech geek friend Gautam suggests Nokia 6630 or Nokia 6681 or Nokia 6680.
Comparing phones on GSMArena.com. Let’s see what I turn up with.

Any suggestions, recommendations?
Remember the prices should be around those of the three above. As I’m a very poor boy

Until then, it’s my Mom‘s Nokia 2300 (

The Nokia 6230 has an inbuilt music player for MP3 and AAC files.

The player by default recognizes music in the Music Files folder of your phone, however if you store your music in a folder of your MMC card, you will need to create a playlist in order to play your music. Below is a step-by-step guide on how to create and use your playlist.

1. Firstly, check the firmware of your cellphone. You can do so by entering *#0000#. If you are using the original v3.15 of the firmware you will need to use the Nokia PC Suite 6.2 and below versions. My recommendation is to use the PC Suite that came on the CD with the cellphone. I have Nokia PC Suite v5.8
2. Start up Nokia Audio Manager (NAM). I am assuming your cellphone is connected via your datacable / bluetooth and has been detected by Nokia Connection Manager.
3. In the upper pane of NAM, click Add and add all the songs you want to play on your phone
4. Skip this step if you already have a folder in your MMC Card. In the bottom left pane, right click on your MMC and create a new folder. Let us call it CD1. Select this folder.
5. In the top pane, select all the files. You can do so by clicking on one and then pressing CTRL+A. Click on Transfer Selected to transfer the files to CD1.
6. Once, all the files are done transfering, you will see them in the CD1 folder in the bottom pane. In the top pane delete all the files.
7. From the menu select Edit -> Create new playlist. Give it some name. Let’s call it PL1.
8. Now transfer this blank playlist to your phone, by clicking on Transfer Selected.
9. In the bottom left pane, goto the Playlist folder. You will see PL1.m3u listed in the bottom right pane.
10. Right-click on it and select Add. You will get a new window listing all the music files. Select the files you need to add to your playlist.
11. Disconnect your cable and on your phone goto the Music Player. You can open the tracklist Menu -> Media -> Music player -> Options -> Track list -> Options -> Change track list. Select PL1.m3u and you are ready to listen to your music

Note that you can also transfer files to the MMC using a MMC reader, so you don’t need to use NAM for this.

There are also reports that the phone has a problem listing more than 200 files in a folder or playlist.
Solution: Spread your files in different folders so that you have less than 200 files per folder.

If you get the Invalid track list error, make sure you are using the original software which came with your cell. I experienced the same problem when using Nokia PC Suite 6.41, but it worked with v5.8.
Alternatively, you will need to upgrade the firmware.