Nokia 6600 Review and Specification

Nokia 6600 Review

 Introduction

Nokia 6600 was announced on 17 June 2003 and is going to be available in Q4 2003. It is a huge step forward in the Series 60 range, including several important hardware and software changes. The 6600 is the first Series 60.

Operating system

Nokia 6600 is based on the latest Symbian OS v7.0s operating system and has a new version of Series 60 software - Series 60 v2.0. The screen is now 16-bit deep, making it possible to display 65,536 colors and the camera supports 2x digital zoom. It has an internal support for Java MIDP 2.0 enables more capable Java applications than previously (e.g. games which exploit Bluetooth and messaging capabilities) and deploys Sun’s new Java virtual machine which gives significant improvements in Java application performance.

Being based on the 7.0s operating system from Symbian, the 6600 has a new lightweight, multi-threaded multimedia framework (MMF) which enables high-performance of audio, video and imaging capabilities for Symbian OS applications. The MMF is designed to meet the needs of high performance media-centric applications such as video players, midi engines and particularly games. Multiple PDP contexts allow users to access more than one network service at the same time, for example users can access email whilst simultaneously surfing the web or downloading an application. Quality of Service (QoS) framework allows managing network connections intelligently, ensuring the best possible user experience in any situation: the phone may provide a high and long guaranteed network connection for browsing and at a low priority “best effort” connection for downloading emails, browsing, surfing etc.

Themes

The 6600 offers a fully nice user interface using "themes". You can quickly change the look of most of the user interface elements (like menu, title bars, backgrounds, screen saver, icons, color palette and more) by selecting a theme in preferences. Themes can be edited and new themes can be downloaded and installed from the Internet.

Weight

Nokia 6600 is both smaller and lighter than its previous one. It weighs is 122 g and its dimensions are 108.6 x 58.2 x 23.7mm, 113cc. With its "external" keypad, it is still smaller than the 7650 with the keypad closed. And it is thinner. The screen not only displays 65 thousand colors, but is also much crisper and brighter.

Battery

The battery (BL-5C, Li-Ion, 850 mAh) provides up to 240 hours of standby and 2-4 hours of talk time.

Memory Status

N6600 supports storage memory expansion using Multimedia Cards (MMC) - up to 128 MB. It also offers larger internal memory - 6 megabytes compared to less than 4 MB in Nokia 7650 and 3650. Nokia 6600 is a tri-band (900/1800/1900 MHz) phone and, like its previous one,

Support

It supports GPRS, HSCSD, and Bluetooth, Infrared, multimedia messaging (MMS), video recording (with digital zoom) and more. The 6600 is a fully open platform making it possible to install C++, Java MIDP 1.0 and 2.0, OPL and MobileVB applications.

Due to serious changes in the underlying OS and in the Series 60 layer, some applications written for previous Series 60 models may refuse to work on the new device, but this loops or defects will be improved in further updates coming shortly after a gap of 3 or 6 months., Nokia 6600 is the most advanced and the strongest Series 60 device available in terms of performance and functionality.

ADVANTAGES (OVER Nokia 3650):

The latest Symbian OS v7.0s new Series 60 terminal software v2.0  Java MIDP 2.0 16-bit screen (65,536 colors, crisp and bright) support for Multithreaded Multimedia Framework (MMF) support for Quality Of Service (QoS) Multiple PDP contexts light, small and good looking advanced XHTML/WAP browser full personalization of the user interface using themes improved camera with 2x digital zoom typical keypad (not the round one) joystick instead of five-way key SSL and VPN (Virtual Private Networks) supported Nokia Wallet stereo sound and AAC/MP3 playback (6620 only) EDGE support up to 118 kbps (6620 only) Pop Port connector - USB connectivity (6620 only)

 DISADVANTAGES:

1) Memory card hidden under the battery - no hot swap

2) No USB connectivity (6600 only)

3) Mono sound (6600 only)

Nokia 6600 is the most powerful Series 60 terminal currently available. It is suitable for both business and young users by providing full PIM functionality combined with rich multimedia and gaming capabilities.

Series 60 2 uses the Symbian 7.0s OS. Symbian 7.0s and Series 60 2 allows for multiple PDP connections (GPRS browsing and sending MMS at same time), and has better support for international languages.

MIDP 2.0 is also supported by this phone allowing for more advanced Java programs and games to be run on the phone. This is also the first Nokia S60 phone with a digital zoom functions and 65,536-color TFT screen. 

Key Features:

Symbian OS v7.0s

Series 60 Platform (176 x 208 pixels)

Bright active matrix TFT color display - 65,536 colors

Digital camera with zoom

Streaming video and audio using Real One player

Optimized for messaging: picture taking and sending, multimedia messaging service (MMS), SMS and email

Ring tones: True Tones and polyphonic tones

Email clients: SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4 protocols

Bluetooth connectivity, infrared and SyncML

Tri-band GSM E900/1800/1900 networks

Open (Java™ MIDP 2.0)

Nokia 6600 Specifications

General
Manufacturer:	Nokia
Date Announced:	June 4th 2003
Status:	Available
Platform:	S60 2.0 (S60 2nd Edition) / Symbian OS 7.0s
Network Info:	GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz
Physical
Size:	59 x 109 x 24 mm
Weight:	125 g
Form factor:	Mono cot
Screen
Screen Type:	Active matrix
Screen Colours:	65000
Screen size:	176 x 208 pixels
Memory
Internal Memory:	6
RAM:	16
Memory Card Slot:	Yes - MMC

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