Nokia 6600
General:
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network UMTS 850 / 2100
Size:
Dimensions 90 x 45 x 14 mm, 52 cc
Weight 110 g
Display:
Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook Yes, Photocall
Call records Yes
Internal 18 MB
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 4GB, buy memory
Data:
GPRS Class 32, 88 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32, 296 kbits
3G Yes, 384 kbps
WLAN No
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Video Yes, VGA@15fps
Secondary Videocall camera
Features
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser:
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera mini 4)
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS No
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player
- Accelerometer
- Nokia Maps
- T9
- Voice memo/commands
Battery:
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh (BL-4U)
Stand-by Up to 340 h
Talk time Up to 4 h
REVIEWS:-
Super-sleek design
Shiny, black and with a flash of metallic blue around the D-pad, the 6600 Slide is one of those handsets you just love to roll around in your hand.
Whether it's reassuringly heavy or unnecessarily brick-like depends on your point of view: lets just say it'll do nothing for the lines of your trousers but will survive a few knocks. The slide action is also incredibly smooth, complementing the build quality.
Push the handset open and you reveal a generous keypad, although the top row is a little too close to the screen for comfortable texting or dialling numbers that happen to incorporate 1, 2 or 3. There's the usual Nokia D-pad for navigation on the front, just beneath the screen, flanked by two rockers with hot keys and call/end buttons. These are practically flat, but a hit-and-hope technique works surprisingly well.
The interface itself is a familiar Series 40 affair, with Active Standby on hand to offer quick access to features. A carousel of user-configurable icons appears at the top, with options for other features and summaries below – all providing glowing examples of Nokia's famed ease of use.
Tapping up
Behind the mirror-like 2.2in screen lays an accelerometer that enables a quirky tap function: tap twice and the phone vibrates and shows a large digital clock; tap while receiving a call and you'll mute the ring.
Well, we say 'tap' but in practice it was more of an agitated jab. Of course, muting the ring is handy if you want to silence your mobile without your caller thinking you've binned them off, but by the time you've successfully activated the accelerometer they've probably rung off anyway.
Sluggish 3G
As a Series 40 handset, the 6600 Slide doesn't come with the smartphone power – or feature-set – of its Symbian S60 stable-mates. There's still a good smattering of key features though, most of which are handled in Nokia's usual reliable fashion.
When it comes to web browsing, the handset is not exactly optimised for viewing web pages due to the screen's proportions. That said, it's not just going to roll over and proves as much by coming with the Opera Mini web browser pre-installed.
With 3G, web surfing should be fairly speedy but we found it to be a relatively laboured process. Things improved using the more streamlined Opera Mini, but in general the 6600 Slide isn't the quickest off the mark.
Underwhelming multimedia features
The Fins have made a name for themselves by packing quality optics into leading handsets, and while the 6600 Slide won't trouble those higher up the tree its 3.2-megapixel camera is proficient nonetheless.
A powerful dual LED means low-light scenarios aren't off limits, and the autofocus helps keep things clear. The handset also makes a decent stab at video (for a mobile), recording either VGA at 15fps or QVGA at 30fps.
We should also mention at this juncture that there is a second camera for video calls, but as the technology is about as popular as Guy Ritchie in Madonna's household we'll leave it at that.
Shiny, black and with a flash of metallic blue around the D-pad, the 6600 Slide is one of those handsets you just love to roll around in your hand.
Whether it's reassuringly heavy or unnecessarily brick-like depends on your point of view: lets just say it'll do nothing for the lines of your trousers but will survive a few knocks. The slide action is also incredibly smooth, complementing the build quality.
Push the handset open and you reveal a generous keypad, although the top row is a little too close to the screen for comfortable texting or dialling numbers that happen to incorporate 1, 2 or 3. There's the usual Nokia D-pad for navigation on the front, just beneath the screen, flanked by two rockers with hot keys and call/end buttons. These are practically flat, but a hit-and-hope technique works surprisingly well.
The interface itself is a familiar Series 40 affair, with Active Standby on hand to offer quick access to features. A carousel of user-configurable icons appears at the top, with options for other features and summaries below – all providing glowing examples of Nokia's famed ease of use.
Tapping up
Behind the mirror-like 2.2in screen lays an accelerometer that enables a quirky tap function: tap twice and the phone vibrates and shows a large digital clock; tap while receiving a call and you'll mute the ring.
Well, we say 'tap' but in practice it was more of an agitated jab. Of course, muting the ring is handy if you want to silence your mobile without your caller thinking you've binned them off, but by the time you've successfully activated the accelerometer they've probably rung off anyway.
Sluggish 3G
As a Series 40 handset, the 6600 Slide doesn't come with the smartphone power – or feature-set – of its Symbian S60 stable-mates. There's still a good smattering of key features though, most of which are handled in Nokia's usual reliable fashion.
When it comes to web browsing, the handset is not exactly optimised for viewing web pages due to the screen's proportions. That said, it's not just going to roll over and proves as much by coming with the Opera Mini web browser pre-installed.
With 3G, web surfing should be fairly speedy but we found it to be a relatively laboured process. Things improved using the more streamlined Opera Mini, but in general the 6600 Slide isn't the quickest off the mark.
Underwhelming multimedia features
The Fins have made a name for themselves by packing quality optics into leading handsets, and while the 6600 Slide won't trouble those higher up the tree its 3.2-megapixel camera is proficient nonetheless.
A powerful dual LED means low-light scenarios aren't off limits, and the autofocus helps keep things clear. The handset also makes a decent stab at video (for a mobile), recording either VGA at 15fps or QVGA at 30fps.
We should also mention at this juncture that there is a second camera for video calls, but as the technology is about as popular as Guy Ritchie in Madonna's household we'll leave it at that.
This tri-band GSM phone is the first to use the second edition of Nokia’s Series 60 smartphone software. Software improvements include MIDP 2.0 Java and a customizable interface. Sports a large 65,000-color TFT display, Bluetooth, infrared, video camera, RealOne multimedia player, SyncML, speakerphone, and voice dialing.
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