Nokia 6600 Slide

If youre overwhelmed with all the large touch screen phones coming out at the moment and yearn for something a little smaller, Nokia might just have what youre looking for. The Nokia 6600 slide is an attractive compact slider, but is it a fashion phone with nothing to offer or is it a tiny titan ready to take on all your needs?

Design

The seductive Nokia 6600 slide looks like a polished pebble and feels reassuringly heavy. Although its a small phone it has a relatively large screen that displays text messages and pictures well. A few blue details, such as the blue navigation key, add a little flare to the already stylish phone. Slide open the smooth mechanism and out pops a small but welldesigned keypad. Its not the best we have ever used but its good enough to write text messages on comfortably. Slide the phone shut and it will fit very easily in a handbag or stuffed in a pocket something you cant say for many phones.

Features

If you are looking for a phone that can do everything, stay away but if you want something that does the basics well, this could be it. Calling and tasting are straightforward and Nokia S40 interface is easy to understand, especially if you have used a Nokia phone before. Builtin 3G means you can browse the Web at high speeds. The 6600 slide comes with Opera Mini preinstalled, which lets you look at full Web pages in a similar way to the i Phones browser. You can also use 3G to make video calls, but who are we kidding has anyone made a video call since the service came out? A 3.2megapixel camera on the back will satisfy your basic MMS and Face book photography needs, and we were surprised to see how well it performed in low light. While the dual LED photo lights are not as illuminating as a Xenon flash, they did pump out more light than we expected, making night shots turn out fairly well. A useful and unexpected feature is Nokia Maps, which comes preinstalled and allows you search for directions. The 6600 does not come with GPS so you cant pinpoint your location without using an external Bluetooth GPS receiver, but we still found Nokia Maps to be useful without it.

Specification

General

• 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network UMTS 850 / 2100

Display

• Type TFT, 16M colors
• Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.2 inches

Ringtones

• Type Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
• Vibration Yes

Memory

• Phonebook Yes, Photo call
• Call records Yes
• Card slot microSD (Trans Flash), up to 4GB
• 18 MB internal 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 micro USB

Features

• Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
• Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera mini 4)
• Camera 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, auto focus, video (VGA 15fps), flash; secondary video call camera
• Java MIDP 2.0
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA player
• Accelerometer
• Nokia Maps
• T9
• Builtin hands free
• Voice memo/commands

Battery

• Standard battery, Li Ion 1000 mAh (BL4U)
• Stand by Up to 340 h
• Talk time Up to 4 h

Physical Description

• Size Dimensions 90 x 45 x 14 mm 52 cc
• Weight 110 g

Warranty : 1 Year from either Mobile Zone, United Mobile or Advanced Telecom