| The Nokia 6600i Slide is an upgraded version of their | | | | This phone is available in silver or black brushed metal |
| older 6600 cell phone. These phones employ the slider | | | | color schemes. |
| form factor, where the screen doubles as the cover | | | | Though it comes with a host of features, including a |
| and is moved to reveal the keypad underneath. The | | | | standard set of Symbian Series 40 applications and |
| 6600i Slide is a 3G phone with 2.2 inches of screen | | | | Nokia 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 LED | | | | software is of rather limited utility. It also doesn't |
| flashes, but video recording is limited to only 15 fps in | | | | support 3.5G speeds. The 1000 mAh lithium-ion battery |
| VGA resolution or 30 fps in QVGA resolution. The | | | | allows 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 feature | | | | with UMTS. The Nokia 6600i Slide is a stylish upgrade |
| of this phone is its tap control capabilities, where the | | | | from the old 6600, with improved battery life over the |
| phone may be controlled simply by being tapped! Just | | | | previous model, which occasioned user complaints of |
| tap the phone to activate its accelerometer and wake | | | | abysmal performance in that respect. The keypad |
| it up, or disable the alarm, or mute the ringer, or reject | | | | should 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, and | | | | entry-level cell phone with smartphone-like features |
| offers USB connectivity as well. In common with most | | | | that should bridge the gap between cell phones and |
| Nokia phones these days, there is also a built-in FM | | | | smartphones, which seems to be Nokia's long-term |
| radio player. MicroSD cards are supported up to a | | | | strategic vision (as evidenced by their other releases |
| maximum of 16GB for additional storage space. The | | | | concurrent with the 6600i). It is stylish and fairly |
| standard 6600i box includes a 1GB microSD card, the | | | | powerful but priced for the middle range of the market, |
| Nokia WH-203 wired stereo headset, and a data cable | | | | at casual users who want something very small and |
| in addition to the phone and its battery and charger. | | | | handy. |