Nokia's n-Gage gaming platform now comes preloaded on a range of devices, including the 6210 Navigator, making getting the cutting-edge mobile games even easier.

Taking inspiration from the original gaming handset, the n-Gage, the platform allows you to play top-class games, with stunning graphics and console-like gameplay.

You can also download free trial versions of the games if you're not sure you want to commit to paying in full.

To set up an n-Gage account, follow these instructions:

Setting up n-Gage using your handset

1. Navigate your way to the n-Gage application which should be in your Applications folder (Figure 1).
2. Open up the application (Figure 2).
3. Scroll across the top menu until you reach My Profile - Create Player Name (Figure 3).
4. Click on Player Name and enter a username (Figure 4).
5. Scroll to Personal Settings and enter your details (Figure 5).
6. When asked if you'd like to save the entered details to your profile, click Yes.
7. Click Connect and log in now when prompted (Figure 6).
8. If you haven't already registered for n-Gage, Click on Register New Account (Figure 7).
9. Re-enter your player name and password, accept the terms and conditions and you're ready to start playing n-Gage (Figure 8).

Setting up n-Gage online

1. Head to the n-Gage website by clicking on this link.
2. Click on Create Player Name in the top right hand corner of the page.
3. Enter your player name and details in the fields displayed, ensuring you accept the terms and conditions.
4. A confirmation email will be sent to your email address. Click on this link to activate your account.

Now you have an account set up, you can start downloading games and join the n-Gage community.

Downloading games through your handset

1. Ensure you have either Wi-Fi, 3G or GPRS connection active.
2. Navigate and launch the n-Gage application stored on your phone.
3. Click on Showroom and choose the game you'd like to download (Figure 9).
4. Choose Download Free Trial (Figure 10).
5. After you have chosen the download location (whether you want to download onto memory card or the phone itself), the game will begin to download (Figure 11).
6. When the game has downloaded, install when prompted (Figure 12).
7. To purchase the game, launch the free trial and select Purchase Now (Figure 13).
8. Select a licence if prompted (full license with unlimited game play if you want to be able to play the game forever) (Figure 14).
9. Choose a billing method. The options are via your mobile phone network operator or by credit card (Figure 15).
10. Enter your payment details (Figure 16).
11. Confirm the purchase and you'll be able to play the game forevermore!

Downloading games through the n-Gage website

1. Head to the n-Gage website
2. Choose the game you wish to download and click on the Download Free Trial link.
3. Select the 6210 Navigator, and click on the Yes box when asked if you have n-Gage installed on your device.
4. Agree to the terms and conditions and click on Download and install game now.
5. The file will now be saved to the computer.
6. Connect your Nokia 6210 Navigator via the supplied cable and either select PC Suite mode if you have the PC Suite installed or Mass Storage Mode if you don't.
7. Transfer the downloaded .n-gage file to the n-Gage folder on your Nokia 6210 Navigator.
8. Disconnect your Nokia 6210 Navigator from your computer, launch the n-Gage application and the game you downloaded will be in the downloaded games section.
9. Click launch and your game is ready to play.

When installing some themes to your Nokia 6210 Navigator, you'll see the dramatic message "Expired certificate!". This is because security measures within the Series 60 operating system only let you install themes which are less than six months old.

But all is not lost, and that great theme can be yours after all. You just   have to move the date on your 6210 Navigator back a year, install the theme, then change the date back to normal.

To change the date on your Nokia 6210 Navigator, follow these instructions:

• Click on the Menu button, highlight Tools and click the centre selection key (the 'OK' key)
• Highlight Settings and click the OK key     
• Highlight General and click the OK key     
• Highlight Date and time and click the OK key
• Highlight the date and click the OK key
• Use the Right navigation key to highlight the year. To change the year back one year, press the Down navigation key once
• Press the red End key to return to standby mode.

Now install your new theme. If you still see the Expired certificate error, change the year back another year and try installing again.

When it's installed, follow the instructions again, setting the year back to the present by highlighting the year and pressing the Up navigation key once.

The new series of hit drama Prison Break starts on the 8th September in the UK, so get ready for the action with this specially designed theme.

To install and change the theme on your Nokia 6210 Navigator, follow these quick instructions:

1. Download the file prisonbreak-6210nav-theme.sis to your PC or Mac by clicking on the link below
2. Then use the supplied USB cable or set up a Bluetooth connection to transfer the theme file across to your Nokia 6210 Navigator handset
3. You will them be prompted that a new theme has been received. Click on Install to install the theme
4. If you want to change the theme back simply go to the main menu, click on Settings then Themes then choose the theme you want to change to

Download the Prison Break theme for the Nokia 6210 Navigator (0.90MB)

If you are faced with the error message 'Expired Ceritificate!' when attempting to install the new theme, follow the instructions here on how to fix expired certificate errors on the Nokia 6210 Navigator.

The Sat Nav equipped Nokia 6210 Navigator is a mid-range smartphone with a mid-tier 3.2-megapixel camera.

The 6210 Navigator's camera hasn't got the Carl Zeiss optics of its higher-spec 5-megapixel cameraphone stablemates, but it does have an autofocus system inside, and sports an LED flash.

It can take images that are acceptably large for regular-sized photographic prints, at up to 2048 x1536 pixels resolution with its main camera. There's a secondary low res camera, too, on the front panel above the display, for video calling and low quality QVGA self portraits.

Features
A camera key on the side of the phone can be used to launch the shooter; the 2.4inch screen immediately rotates into landscape viewfinder mode. The camera key is also a 2-step shooting button, enabling you to lock the autofocus onto a particular subject before taking an image, enabling you to compose better images. The volume rocker does zoom in/out duties with the 4x digital zoom.

Onscreen, there's a frame in the centre of the screen for  the autofocus; you half depress the camera button and wait for it to turn green to indicate focus has been locked.You can then shoot with the in-focus subject central or adjust the camera position before pressing.

There's a fairly routine selection of adjustments you can make to the default automatic metering system, plus a reasonable variety of shooting settings. You can pull up a list of options and scroll through to various sub menus to make changes, and there's a toolbar you can set to appear for quick activation of the main options - video capture, panorama shot, night mode, multi-shot, flash, and secondary camera.

Within the menus, you can set the flash to on/off or auto, engage a self-timer (10, 20 or 30 seconds), and there's a sub menu set aside for picture adjustments: brightness, contrast, white balance (auto, sunny, cloudy, incandescent and fluorescent)and colour tones (normal, sepia, black and white and negative).

Post shooting there are some basic image and video editing tools available to tweak your photos. Also available is the now standard Nokia online upload facility to add pics and video clips to blogs and websites. The Share online app makes it easy to upload images to supported sites, including Flickr Vox and Nokia's own Ovi portal.

Performance
With its mid-range type of camera, the 6210 Navigator puts in a decent mid-range imaging performance. Its autofocus set up works well and is responsive enough. The camera is capable of working well in a variety of external lighting conditions, though naturally, good bright light will get you the best results.

The auto metering system normally works well, and handles exposure and contrast levels effectively; it deals well with subtle tone changes between light and dark. Occasionally we found colours could be slightly washed out (possibly owing to white balance misreading in variable lighting), but mostly we found colour reproduction pleasant and natural.

The low-light performance in dark environments isn't great, however. The LED flash doesn't produce as much effective illumination as a xenon camera flash (such as the one used on the 6220 classic and N82), and shots taken with the flash quite close to a subject can turn out quite murky.

Fine image detail is limited by the megapixel count, so you can't expect the same level of image information as you'd get from Nokia's big-punching 5-megapixel top enders, but for its class the 3.2-megapixel camera on this phone can produce very acceptable, decent quality shots.

Changing themes on the Nokia 6210 Navigator is a quick and easy way to transform the look and feel of your handset. With just a few button presses, you can completely alter your phone's appearance - changing menus, screensavers, wallpapers, and even ringtones.

Getting and installing a new theme on a phone is as easy as changing the ringtone. A theme is a package of elements that can be installed all in one go, making it easy to customise your mobile in one hit. What you get in a theme will depend on how it's been designed and who's created it. It could include wallpapers, screensavers, backgrounds, menu icons, alert tones, start-up noises and button tones, or just some of these elements.

Nokia supplies its mobiles with a selection of ready-made themes pre-loaded, so you can swap them as you choose. But you can also download additional themes, either from Nokia's download service - there are links available in the 6210 Navigator's menus - or from numerous third party services.

By downloading and installing new themes, you can personalise your handset to look and sound exactly how you want it to. There are a huge variety of themes available for Nokia phones - from football clubs to blockbuster movies, celebrities to fast cars, babes to bands, and pretty much aything else you could want on your phone.

There are numerous websites where you can browse and download themes over the air or online to your PC (which you can copy over to your phone via USB cable or Bluetooth). And many are available free of charge...

Installing a new theme
It's quick and easy to install a new theme on the Nokia 6210 Navigator, whether it's one already loaded onto the device by Nokia or one you have downloaded yourself.

• Press the Nokia Menu key, on the left of the main navigation pad (Figure 1). This will take you into the main Menu.
• In the main menu highlight Settings and press the central select key on the navigation pad (Figure 2).
• In the Settings menu, highlight Themes and press select (Figure 3).
• In the Themes menu, choose General and press the select key (Figure 4).
• You will now see a list of the themes available on your phone, including the one you're currently using. Topping the list is Nokia's Download themes option (Figure 5).

You can preview the themes available on the phone before changing your existing theme, or if you already know which one you want to set, you can choose to set the new theme quickly without previewing it.

Setting the theme

• If you already know which theme you want to install, simply scroll down to the name of the theme and click Apply to select (Figure 6).
• When selected, the new theme will be installed in a second or two. You will be able to see straight away that the background to your menus has changed (Figure 7).

Preview first

• To preview the theme first, in the Themes menu scroll down to the name of the theme you want to preview (Figure 6). Then press the Options softkey (bottom left of the display).
• Highlight Preview (Figure 8) and press select. The theme will be displayed onscreen (Figure 9). You then have the options to press Set to set the theme or Back to return to the Themes menu.

Once the theme has been set, you can go back through the menus to see the changes. To get back to the new-look standby screen (Figure 10), simply press the call End key to the right of the navigation pad.

Also, You can quickly change the theme back to the original by following the same procedure, as all your themes will be stored on your phone for you to choose whenever the mood for a change takes you.

Read our full review of the Nokia 6210 Navigator here. Find out more about the Nokia 6210 Navigator here.

Nokia is very keen to spread the message when it comes to Sat Nav in phones, and it's once again swelled its GPS-enabled mobile ranks with the release of the nifty 6210 Navigator.

Having recently acquired leading Sat Nav mapping data company Navteq in a multi-billion dollar deal, no one can question how serious Nokia's intentions are for GPS-packing handsets, and it continues to set the pace among the top-line mobile makers with a fast-growing portfolio of location-finding phones.

Following on from last year's 6110 Navigator, the 6210 Navigator is another solid sliderphone design, powered by the Symbian S60 smartphone operating system that's also used on Nokia's high-end Nseries lineup. It has A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) technology onboard and comes equipped with Nokia Maps software, including mapping information for the UK and Ireland on an in-box 1GB MicroSD card. A six month license for its voice guided drive and walk services are included too, delivering out-of-the-box turn-by-turn instructions, like a standalone in-car Sat Nav kit.

Design and handling
The 6210 Navigator bears a close family resemblance to the recently released Nokia 6220 classic, with similar design characteristics and bodywork materials. It has plenty of similar smartphone traits too, although the 6210 Navigator sports a 3.2-megapixel camera rather than the fancy Carl Zeiss lens-equipped 5-megapixel shooter on the 6220 classic. This, though, is still an improvement on the original 6110 Navigator's 2-megapixel affair.

With high-speed HSDPA 3G data connectivity, and S60 functionality, the 6210 Navigator has much of the high-grade multimedia functionality Nokia includes with its latest Nseries models, such the N78, in a more affordable package. There's no Wi-Fi support on this model, but you do get 3G video calling (there's a secondary front-facing low-res camera), high-speed downloading, streaming and browsing, and a generous helping of S60 applications. Multi-format music and video players are naturally included, plus an FM radio, and there's a good selection of organiser tools, and support for web-based services such as Nokia Music Store and Share Online.

The Nokia 6210 Navigator's no svelte sliderphone, measuring 103(h) x 49(w) x 14.9(d)mm and weighing in at 117g, but it feels substantial enough in-hand without being a pocket-sagger. Its use of glossy black plastic on the casing and numberpad is similar to the 6220 classic. but it somehow doesn't feel as creaky.The fkeys feel responsive too for speed texters, and the control pad buttons - including the main menu 'squiggle' button and central navi-pad - are effectively arranged for no-fuss operation of the typical Nokia S60 menu system.

The large 2.4-inch display, a QVGA (320x240 pixels), 16-million colour screen is ample for checking out routing info, while giving a decent platform for viewing snaps and video content, and for browsing using the full Nokia Web Browser. This is another Nokia to have an accelerometer motion sensor onboard, too, shifting the screen view automatically between landscape and portrait for certain apps (including menus, the browser, image gallery and video player, though not the Sat Nav), depending on how the handset is held. This facilitates a couple of bonus motion features - automatic call silencing simply by turning the phone face down when a call comes in, plus a motion controlled game.

Features
As the Navigator's name suggests, the phone's direction finding functions are at the key selling point of this handset. Centred below the navi-pad is a compass-shaped button for firing up the A-GPS operated Nokia Maps function, which glows blue while the function is active (useful if you want to keep tabs on unnecessary power sappage).

The Nokia Maps application loads up quickly, and initial position finding is reassuringly rapid - we got our fix from start-up usually within 30 seconds, though it can take several minutes, according to Nokia, depending on conditions and where you're using the phone. The system fared well compared to other GPS phones; the Nokia Maps application has a user-friendly interface and provides the sort of detailed mapping information you get on standalone kits, and its performance was spot on in our tests.

As well as having A-GPS (using cellsites as well as GPS to lock on to your position), there's a very useful magnetic compass inside to help with direction finding when walking, orientating the onscreen map to suit the direction you're travelling in. The Sat Nav system has a wide selection of search options for hunting down points of interest, from restaurants, bars, and cinemas to petrol stations, ATMs and railways stations - plus much more. A search panel on the home screen is a nice touch too.

The route planning options are very intuitive to use; you can get driving or pedestrian directions to a location you've searched for or marked on the map, while the voice guidance option provides turn-by-turn instructions accurately and clearly (and suitably loudly from the speaker) - just like on an in-car Sat Nav kit. You can choose between 3D and 2D or satellite views of maps, and adjust a variety of settings to help route planning, get night mode, avoid congestion charge zones and so on.

With the combination of mapping on the memory card and online searches for locations, it's a slick and responsive system to have in your phone. We found it worked efficiently and accurately, and maintained its performance even with other functions operating in the background.

As well as the boxed package and 6 month Drive and Walk license, you can pay for additional options including city guides and traffic information. Maps for other countries can be downloaded too, using supplied Nokia Map Loader PC software.

Camera snapshot
The main 3.2-megapixel camera puts on a decent show too. Its autofocus system is capable of capturing sharp images as close ups as well as detailed mid-range shots. It deals with variable lighting conditions pretty well, and also handles subtle changes in texture and tones precisely.

Colours are generally good, though we did notice occasional shots in moderate light where the auto metering system produced slightly washed out tones. Overall, though we were pleased with the performance. Low-light shooting is aided by the LED light, but it's not as powerful or balanced illumination as the xenon equivalent on the 6220 classic. Its image sensor won't get you as much detail as Nokia's top-line 5-megapixel models, either but within its limits, you get a very acceptable camera performance.

(You can see examples of images taken with the camera, and more details about the camera functions in our related article, Nokia 6210 Navigator camera samples).

Video shooting is is reasonable, capturing footage at VGA quality at up to 15 frames per second, which is higher res than average, but it still has some typical mobile phone jerkiness to it.

Images and video clips can be tweaked using some basic in-phone editing tools, and can be speedily uploaded to sharing websites, including Flickr, Vox and Nokia's Ovi service, using Nokia's Share online application.

Web-based apps
With HSDPA offering data download rates of up to 3.6Mbps, downloading video and audio clips over the air takes a matter of seconds; and as well as network operator services, you can browse the own-brand Nokia Music Store fro downloading tunes.

The full Nokia Browser onboard does a pretty good job at rendering web pages, and slipping it into landscape mode, plus the zoom and pan options make it pretty easy to get an overview and negotiate pages. You can get RSS feeds on the phone too, which is handy for swift hassle-free updates on your favourite sites and blogs. Nokia's WidSets widgets application, and Yahoo! Go are pre-loaded on the phone too, while you can also search for and download podcasts using a Podcasting application.

As standard with with S60 Nokias, there's a decent quality music player included too. Nothing fancy in the interface, it's straightforward to use with tracks arranged in regular MP3 player categories. The supplied earphones are average mobile phone ear-fare, and don't really lift the music performance above average. Unfortunately, this phone uses a 2.5mm jack socket for earphones rather than a standard 3.5mm headphone connector, so if you want to get the best possible sound quality out of the 6210 Navigator with some decent headphones, you'll need to buy a 2.5mm-to-3.5mm adapter plug.

In-phone user memory for tracks and other content is 120MB, although MicroSD cards are supported, and Nokia includes a 1GB card in the package. Although this has mapping info pre-loaded, there's still plenty of spare room for loading up enough music to get you started. There's also a good quality FM radio built into the phone.

Complementing the entertainment, the Nokia S60 personal organiser and office tools functionality on the 6210 Navigator are typically generous. Besides the calendar, notes, active notes, calculator and convertor apps, there are Quickoffice and Adobe PDF document viewers, and a Zip file manager, for standard format files copied to the phone or received as email attachments. A dictionary application is included too, plus standard voice recorder and text reading functions.

When it comes to the basics of voice calling, the 6210 Navigator ticks all the right boxes too, with a clear, reliable performance in our test calls. Battery life will depend on how much the various multimedia functions, and particularly the Sat Nav system, are used. Although Nokia estimates standby time of 231-244 hours and talktime of 3-5 hours, regular Sat Nav usage will reduce battery life quickly; if you anticipate using it for long road journies, we'd recommend investing in an in-car charger.

Conclusion
With its 6210 Navigator, Nokia has produced another very impressive Sat Nav-equipped smartphone. The A-GPS technology and software have been smoothly integrated into this handset, performing well, and offering an intuitive and effective way of finding your way around.

There's plenty more to impress here too, with a fine spread of multimedia gadgetry and smartphone features. If you want Wi-Fi or a higher quality camera, you'll have to look further up Nokia's Nseries range, but otherwise this handset delivers a high quality set of applications in an attractive sliderphone package.

Nokia 6210 Navigator technical specifications.