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Nokia 6170

This is the second clamshell by Nokia and for this time it's a business class device comparable with Nokia 6230 in functionality. Many of their functions are similar but still there are differences.

Class: business
Position in the line: above Nokia 6220
Rival phones: Siemens S65
Expected price for the beginning of sales $475
Description based on official information, preliminary

General features
- Announced in June 2004, in the market since the 3 quarter of 2004, official announcement on the 14 of June 2004
- GSM 900/GSM1800/GSM1900
- Battery type Li-Ion 760 mAh (BL-4C)
- Battery life:
- High-contrast color graphic display shows up to 65000 colors(TFT), 5 text lines and has the resolution of 128 x 160 pixels
- Outer display with the resolution of 96x65 pixels (25.6x19 mm) shows up to 4096 colors (STN), interface of the 30 platform
- J2ME, executable Java application (MIDP 2.0)
- Built-in digital camera (VGA resolution, timer for 10 seconds, screen as a viewfinder)
- A possibility to play video clips H.263, record video with sound (3GPP, MPEG4)
- Weight: 121 g
- Dimensions: 88 x 46 x 22 mm
- Capacity 79 cc

Memory
- Phone book memory for 1000 names, a possibility to keep 3 numbers and one text field for a name. Phone book memory is shared dynamically, that means that having less than 1000 names you can store up to 5 numbers and 4 text fileds for a name. Caller groups.
- Memory for 150 SMS and 50 graphic messages(shared dynamically, number of SMS can rise if the number of graphic messages gets lower)
- Calendar memory for 100 - 250 notes, depends on their length
- Call register of 10 dialed, 10 received, and 10 missed calls
- Internal memory can be used for storing MMS (max 100 KB for a message), ringing tones (20 in a Gallery, all can be deleted), images (10 pictures are preset), Java applications (up to 64 KB for each)
- 2.3 MB of memory are shared dynamically between all the applications

Call management, ringing tones

Vibrating alert
20 polyphonic and 11 monophonic melodies
40 tones polyphony, mp3 files as call signals
Built-in loud-speaker
Speed dialing for 9 numbers
Automatic redial (max 10 attempts)
Automatic and manual network selection
Voice dial for 25 numbers, up to 9 voice commands

SMS
- Predictive text input T9
- Templates (up to 10)
- Sends and receives graphic messages (10 pictures are preset)
- SMS Chat
- MMS
- A possibility to send group message, besides this distribution lists can be created. Up to 20 numbers from internal memory in each list, up to 10 lists.
- Concatenated messages (up to 450 symbols)
Connectivity

WAP 2.0 over GPRS/EDGE, XHTML
GPRS (4+1, 3+2 - class 10)
EDGE (up to 236.8 KB/s, class 10, 4+1, 3+2)
IrDA
HSCSD
Pop port Interface (USB)
SyncML
Email (POP3/IMAP4/SMTP)
Push to Talk
Instant Messaging

Organizer and extras
- mp3/AAC player
- Wallet 2.0
- Automatic key lock
- Dictaphone
- Changeable screen savers, color scheme can be adjusted
- User's profiles(5), temporary profile
- Time, date
- Calculator, currency converter
- Stopwatch (up to 20 intermediate results), countdown timer
- Organizer supports different types of events (improved in comparison with other models)
- Notes (up to 3000 symbols in a note)
- Preset 4 Java applications
- Games, supports loading games