Nokia 6600 Slide

17 Nov 2008
Another 3G mobile phone from Nokia is the 6600 Slide that allows viewing of its display screen in both open and close slide positions. The Nokia 6600 Slide is housed in a casing that measures 90 x 45 x 14 millimetres and weighs approximately 110 grams. The Nokia 6600 Slide comes with a QVGA display screen measuring 55.88 millimetres that can be viewed when the handset is either closed or open, while it displays colours of roughly 16 million over a 320 x 240-pixel resolution. The navigation tool of the Nokia 6600 Slide stands out with its smooth square edges, and a blue-lighted keypad. Polyphonic, MP3, AAC and eAAC ringtones will highlight the handset's uniqueness. The mobile phone also supports video ringtones.

The Nokia 6600 Slide works on quadband technology, covering GSMs 850, 900, 1800 and 1900, and WCDMA network bands, depending highly on users' network provider.

Internet-savvy Nokia 6600 Slide owners can utilize the handset's Opera, XHTML and WAP v. 2.0 browsers to get connected to the Internet. The handset supports file transfers with any compatible device through micro USB connection or wireless Bluetooth, which works to up to a 10-metre distance. Users of the Nokia 6600 Slide will be able to make data and file transfer rates with the EDGE technology that gives the handset its higher transfer speed. Moreover, being a 3G mobile phone, the Nokia 6600 Slide supports fast connectivity and multitasking features.

For its messaging features, the Nokia 6600 Slide supports the basic services of text messaging or SMS and multimedia messaging or MMS. The handset also allows Internet-dependent communication options such as Instant Messaging via MSN, AOL, ICQ and Yahoo, as well as access to, creation, sending, deleting, editing and receiving of e-mails with attachment support. The Nokia 6600 Slide also supports Audio Messaging by Nokia Xpress.

Various applications serve as organiser tools for the business-oriented Nokia 6600 Slide user, including an alarm, a world clock, a calculator, a phone book, a calendar, a currency converter, as well as a notes option. The Nokia 6600 Slide also supports Nokia Maps that guides users to their destinations. User-friendly tap commands also characterise the Nokia 6600 Slide, which allows users to silence an alarm, and to cancel or mute calls.

Users who are fond of taking snapshots at any time and any place will find the Nokia 6600 Slide's 3.2-megapixel camera a treat. The integrated camera allows photo and video capturing, with easy-to-use camera features. With its 8x digital zoom, the integrated camera of the Nokia 6600 Slide ensures clearer video clips and photo shots. In addition, the 6600 Fold's camera has a flash with double LED that brightens up dull and dark environments.

The Nokia 6600 Slide's camera speaks of easy recording of videos in VGA and QVGA, and allows users to play videos at H263 and 3GPP formats, or stream videos in H264 and MPEG4. The handset comes with a dedicated camera capture key, and supports Flash Lite version 3.0 by Macromedia.

The Nokia 6600 Slide also has a music player that supports WMA, MP3, AAC, eAAC, WMA and MP4 music formats. The handset ensures musically inclined users to be equally entertained with the integrated FM radio feature for listening to on-air music and news reports. Java games have also been pre-installed in the Nokia 6600 Slide for entertainment purposes. Users can also download other games onto the 6600 Slide through the Web connectivity option that the handset offers.

The Nokia 6600 offers an internal storage capacity of 20 Megabytes, and an added 512 Megabytes when used with the MicroSD card. Users can utilize the Nokia 6600 Slide for three hours of talk time. It can last for about 240 hours on standby, when used with a full battery.

Users of the Nokia 6600 appreciate the sleek yet simple layout of the handset, while some complain that its speaker tends to make a pooping-like sound when it is set to vibrate and ring. Also, the backlight remains for seconds, but cannot be tweaked since the handset no settings for time adjustment. Some also observe that the keypad lights of the Nokia 6600 Slide, as well as its sensors, can become intermittent. The mobile phone is also prone to smudges, as it captures fingerprints rather clearly.

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