Nokia 6600I: Bridging The Gap Between Cell Phones And Smartphones

The Nokia 6600i Slide is an upgraded version of theirThis phone is available in silver or black brushed metal
older 6600 cell phone. These phones employ the slidercolor schemes.
form factor, where the screen doubles as the coverThough it comes with a host of features, including a
and is moved to reveal the keypad underneath. Thestandard set of Symbian Series 40 applications and
6600i Slide is a 3G phone with 2.2 inches of screenNokia Maps pre-installed, the 6600i is not a
real estate, at 240x320 TFT pixels and 16 million colors.smartphone, so the option to download additional
The 5 megapixel autofocus camera has dual LEDsoftware is of rather limited utility. It also doesn't
flashes, but video recording is limited to only 15 fps insupport 3.5G speeds. The 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery
VGA resolution or 30 fps in QVGA resolution. Theallows for fourteen days of standby time; talk time is
6600i Slide can connect over quad-band GSM, UMTS,officially rated as up to four hours via GSM and three
EDGE, or 3G networks for video calls. A novel featurewith UMTS. The Nokia 6600i Slide is a stylish upgrade
of this phone is its tap control capabilities, where thefrom the old 6600, with improved battery life over the
phone may be controlled simply by being tapped! Justprevious model, which occasioned user complaints of
tap the phone to activate its accelerometer and wakeabysmal performance in that respect. The keypad
it up, or disable the alarm, or mute the ringer, or rejectshould also prove more scratch-resistant, another
incoming calls.common observation of the older model. This is an
The 6600i Slide is compatible with Bluetooth 2.0, andentry-level cell phone with smartphone-like features
offers USB connectivity as well. In common with mostthat should bridge the gap between cell phones and
Nokia phones these days, there is also a built-in FMsmartphones, which seems to be Nokia's long-term
radio player. MicroSD cards are supported up to astrategic vision (as evidenced by their other releases
maximum of 16GB for additional storage space. Theconcurrent with the 6600i). It is stylish and fairly
standard 6600i box includes a 1GB microSD card, thepowerful but priced for the middle range of the market,
Nokia WH-203 wired stereo headset, and a data cableat casual users who want something very small and
in addition to the phone and its battery and charger.handy.