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Nokia 6600

For the first time Nokia includes a phone, based on platform 60 (in fact smartphone) in the classical 6000-series. The closest brothers of this phone are Nokia 7650, 3650. At first sight all changes are very pleasant: larger memory pool (6Mb instead of 4Mb), larger MMC card (32 Mb). Nokia 7650 doesn’t have MMC card slot at all. Nokia 3650 was aimed to youth market. The new phone will not only be a successor of Nokia 7650, but aimed to the same target group.

Class: smartphone
Position in line up: above Nokia 7650
Rival models: SonyEricsson P800, Siemens SX1
Specifications, based on official information

General features
- Manufactured in Finland
- Announced in: June 2003, availalbity on the market - 4Q 2003
- eGSM900/1800/1900
- Battery type: Li-Ion 850 mAh
- Battery life:
  - Standby time: up to 150-200 hours
  - Talk time: up to 2.5 - 4 hours
  - Charging time: ACP-8/ 1 hour 50 minutes
- High-contrast graphic colour display (TFT), 65000 colours, resolution 176х208 pixels, size - 35х41 mm, not a touchscreen
- 5-directional navigation key
- the phone is powered by Symbian OS, version 7.0s (Platform 60 interface)
- 28 menu languages, English and two other can be used simultaneously
- Available colors: Light Grey and Pink
- Weight: 122 g.
- Dimensions: 108.6 x 58.2 x 23.7mm

Memory
- Total memory is 6 Mb, it is dynamically shared between phonebook, calendar, messages, pictures and applications
- MMC-card expanded slot (32 Mb in the standard delivery kit)
- A possibility to assign a photo to names in the phonebook
- Up to 8 fields can be added to one entry: Name, Surname, Company, Post, Phone, Mobile, Fax, E-mail address
- Unlimited number of caller groups, a possibility to add one name to several groups
- Records on SIM-card are stored in the other place, it is impossible to view information recorded in SIM-card and phone memories simultaneously
- Call lists, unlimited by numbers; one can view date, call duration and type of call; it is possible to set period during which these calls will be stored in the list (one month by default)

Ringing tones, call management
- Vibrating alert
- Polyphonic ringing tones, True Tones
- Voice dialling (up to 25 voice tags)
- Integrated speakerphone
- Time is displayed while talking
- Musical composer, a possibility to assign melodies to phonebook entries

SMS
- Predictive text input T9
- Templates (up to 10 pre-default one, it is also possiblt to change them and add own ones)
- A possibility to send and receive graphical messages
- Concatenated messages
- MMS

Connectivity
- WAP 2.0
- IrDA
- Bluetooth
- HSCSD
- GPRS (3+1)
- E-mail protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP4
- Synchronization with PC using Bluetooth or IrDA
- SyncML
- SMIL

Organizer and extras
- User's profiles (up to 5), a possibility to link the profile to a time, two own profiles
- Time, date
- Calculator, currency converter
- Organiser with different types of events (better than in other models)
- To-do list
- Voice memo
- Integrated digital camera with the largest resolution of 640x480 pixels, different quality of JPG files, 2x zoom.
- A possibility to record video accompanied by sound - QCIF (176x144) or subQCIF (128x96)
- RealOne Player: playing of RealMedia and 3GPP-compatible files
- Photo album
- MIDP JavaTM (2.0)
- Dowloadable java applications
- Games