Vlog Demo: Listening To Text Messages on Nokia 6220 Classic

New Nokia phones can let us listen to our text messages without installing anything. I just found this very cool feature built-in already on the Nokia 6220 Classic that should also work on the new phones running S60 3rd edition FP2 like the Nokia N96 or Nokia N85. I don’t have those phones yet, so I can’t confirm. Take a look at the video.

On this demo, I asked Sheila to finish the video for me. She’s not a big Nokia fan, but agreed to do it anyway. Thanks, sweetie! Make sure to see the outtakes at the end.

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As you can see, it’s a nice feature, but the computer’s voice might be hard to understand. A lot of my friends also type in sms shortcuts that the phone might not understand. I also think it is a nifty feature that can make better drivers if they listen instead of read their messages.

Check your Nokia phone and let me know if you have this feature.

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  1. WOM World / Nokia » Blog Archive - Listen to text messages on your 6220
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  1. nice out take!

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  2. Awww… I think Sheila should present all your videos from now on! ^_^

    I love the voice on that 6220, reminds my of the speech synth stuff on really old (80’s) arcade machines.

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  3. My good old E51 came with the same feature…
    So it’s on S60 3rd FP1 as well - at least on some E-series phones.

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  4. E71 has it, too. Also for e-mails. You can download more voices (especially other languages) from the Nokia website.

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  5. Ah, I forgot: The E50 als has it.

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  6. My N81 8GB has this feature, its quite impressive, also talks through menu navigation too if you wish.

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  7. Great out takes!

    Just to add, the N81 does not let you change the voice settings like your 6220 Classic.

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  8. While in active-standby, my E51 starts reading all new messages aloud by just long-pressing the left “blue” key. Amazing - took me almost a year to discover this…

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    TT on 17 October 2008

    That’s what the manual was for^^
    This feature was not mentioned in any of the phone’s specs. Lucky I dl the manual before buyin my 6220c.

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  9. Nokia 6120 classic has the same feature, also you can download more voices. I tried using it for 3 days before I gave it to my sis as a bday gift. LoL

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  10. Anyone knows if it comes for N95 8gb????

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