Review: Nokia 6600

Nokia 6600 Review

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The Nokia 6600 phone features advanced imaging features, including a bright 65,536-colour TFT display and a camera equipped with digital zoom (640 x 480 pixel resolution; standard, portrait, and night modes; 2x digital zoom; self-timer).

These complement a built-in video recorder (picture size 176x144 or 128x96; audio on/off; 2x digital zoom) and a RealOne player for playback and streaming of 3GPP-compatible and RealMedia video clips. Multimedia functions are enhanced by templates for MMS messages and a Media Gallery for organizing digital content captured or downloaded with the phone.

Sharing the Symbian operating system of the older 3650 and 7650, the Nokia 6600 offers the functionality of a "smart" phone in a (slightly) less bulky design, with the benefit of extra memory for all those applications you'll want to install. This is without doubt a very highly specified phone, with the potential to enhance its capabilities further with downloadable applications.

Features of the Nokia 6600 include:

• Active matrix TFT display with 65,536 colours (176 x 208 pixels)
• Integrated digital camera with zoom
• Video recorder with audio support
• Streaming video and audio
• Graphical user interface with selectable themes
• 5-way joystick navigation
• Multimedia messaging
• Email
• XHTML browser
• GPRS (40.2Kbps), HSCSD (43.2Kbps)
• Symbian Operating System 7.0s
• Downloadable Java™ MIDP 2.0 applications & Symbian applications
• Wireless connectivity with Bluetooth and infrared
• 6 MB internal memory
• Memory card slot for additional user memory and applications
• Polyphonic ringtones
• Local synchronization of contacts & calendar to PC using PC Suite Remote
• Over-the-air synchronization with SyncML
• Voice features: voice dialing, voice commands, voice recorder, integrated handsfree speaker
• Tri-band
• Standby time: 150 - 240 hours
• Talktime: 2 - 4 hours
• Weight: 122 g
• Size: 109 x 58 x 24 mm

Nokia 6600 Consumer Reviews

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Reviewed by Boyne from Ireland on 18th Feb 2004
This is truly the best smartphone in the market so far. The basics are solid - good GSM tri-band antenna performance, built-in Handsfree speaker, large keymat for comfortable texting and a beautiful large 64K colour display. The camera is really easy to use for quick snaps. You can synchronize with your Outlook so you don't need to carry a PDA anymore. The user interface is easy to use with the joystick and nice graphics. You can add in extra applications to suit your needs. It comes with a 32MB MMC Memory card in the sales box.
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Reviewed by Nokia lover from Holland on 6th Feb 2004
Its just the best phone I have had so far! Only little problem I have found so far is the famous bluetooth problem but there r plenty sites where you can find the fix for that. And people stop complaining about no mp3 because mine is playing it pretty good now with "ultramp3". Its not perfect because the speaker isnt that good but its better than nothing. So buy it and have fun with it!
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Reviewed by Mohamed from Sri Lanka on 3rd Feb 2004
I've used many phones before but the Nokia 6600 just puts them back in their places. I've used this phone for 2 months and it's just excellent. The downloadable applications are just beyond belief and the phone's imaging features are just outstanding. For those of you who had problems with their MMS just like me, just enter the gateway IP address in the Proxy Server Address field and enter the Proxy Port No which you can get from your operator (mine is 8080 and yours probably too). Doing this, you should be able to enjoy the fantastic features of Nokia best phone to date!
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Reviewed by Hassan Azzee from Saudi Arabia on 30th Jan 2004
I wopuld gove this phone a 5star however the pc suite that comes with it is very problematic until now I have not been able to get it to start up. Every thing is working fine in connection with the communication between my notebook and the phone I am eve receiving and transferring images and files using infrared and bluetooth but when it comes to running pc suite it really does not work. I have heard it has got a lot of bugs as usual with nokia software.
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Reviewed by d.3.B.R.1 from philippines on 26th Jan 2004
HELP!!! i really need help. it been a week now and i still cant open my 6600. every time i turned it on, it just hanged. anybody out there know what to do? i tried pressing the green button then * then the no. 3 buttons before turning on my 6600, but it still doesnt work. any nokia people out there know what happened?
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Reviewed by Mohd Nadzim from Malaysia on 24th Jan 2004
I bought this phone two months ago. I had problem when knowing that MAXIS Malysian leading mobile operator still does not support the phone for GPRS and MMS. It its kinda frustrating when had spent expensive price for the phone and you can't fully utilized the phone feature. My phone now is any always giving slow respond on swicthing and when using the gallery option
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Reviewed by Nico Remory from Belgium on 23rd Jan 2004
Previously owned a Nokia 9210 Communicator and a SE P800. This phone is the best phone I've ever owned!
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Reviewed by d.3.B.R.1 from philippines on 22nd Jan 2004
ive bought my 6600 barely a month ago. ive noticed that it takes a long time to start-up when you switch on the phone. also, there's a one second delay every time you push a button (ex. opening the menu). AND MOST OF ALL!!! My mobile is busted!!! one time i was sending a TexT Message, the 'memory full - delete some file' popped-up. i unwittingly switched-off the phone. when i switched it ON, it hanged! only the nokia logo appeared, and after an eternity, it dissappeared, leaving only the white background. right now im holding a very expensive TORCH.
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Reviewed by OSKI from United Kingdom on 22nd Jan 2004
This is just to help the below with the problem of short vids!!: I have a 7650, and as bluetooth on that does not support audio I am looking at a 6600... A few problems i've herd tho 1. Get horizontal lines when taking pics 2. Bk light goes out quickly and there is no way to change it 3. The vids don't last very long. 1 and 2, well... bummer... but 3.... (not tested) I have a disk full of apps n games from my 7650 which I have been assured that most of which will work with the 6600... amongst these include an uprated vid corder app which basically records untill the memory caution appears on my 7650... I see no reason why this can not be loaded onto the 6600 apart from the zoom. Hope this may be of use to someone! Oski.
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Reviewed by mart from philippines on 22nd Jan 2004
this is the most fantastic phone ive ever seen..coz diz phone has a integrated digital camera with the largest resolution of 640x480 pixels, and it capture and record a video with 2x zoom.. its also have a real one player that plays realmedia and 3GPP-compatible files..and this phone has a one touch internet access,, and has a email protocols:SMTP,POP3 and IMAP4 and connectivity: bluetooth,IrDA,GPRS(3+1),HSCSD,WAP2.0,SyncML and SMIL....
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Reviewed by Ashraf from London on 19th Jan 2004
This phone is brill, but my cuz just got the 6620 from America ans thats much better...
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Reviewed by Keith from UK on 15th Jan 2004
Having had mine for a few weeks now I can honestly say its the best phone I have owned.I actually work in the industry and I have not been able to suss out how to increase the length of video recording.Like Tom, I have spoken to nokia who tell me you can't do it!! So come on Tom share the good news with us all!!
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Reviewed by kjer2002 from uk on 14th Jan 2004
i had phone about a 6 weeks now i love the phone got mp3 player and load of games from yahoo groups
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Reviewed by Chris from London on 13th Jan 2004
Although i said to send the phone back when i got it because vibration alert was broken - it is still a fantastic fone.. it does far more than i'll ever need it for.. but it's been well thought out and is very user friendly. O2 (network operator) were pretty slow setting up the Media Messaging function.. but not Nokia's fault of course.. and i'd thoroughly recommend buying this fone..
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Reviewed by Susanna from Finland on 10th Jan 2004
Nice phone...excellent pictures and colours. Pictures taken with camera are nice and they look good in computer screen too(made larger). Of course they aren´t very sharp, but quite good however. Easy to use, as Nokia phones all are and like the navigation button. Suitable size. Quite slow, but doesn´t bother.
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Reviewed by Muarrif from United Kingdom on 9th Jan 2004
The Nokia 6600 is a great phone with functionality packed to the top. A large colour screen at high resolution. Exceptionally good quality built-in camera with 2X Optical zoom. Includes most functions offered by a hand held PDA. User friendly interface (A Nokia Speciality). Customizable fields in the contacts phone book to add or remove exta details. Web browsing is enjoyable due to the large screen. Bluetooth enabled and sync with PC is no problem and there is no need for data cable. Easily recognises other devices via Bluetooth (tried with PC, Sony6110 & XDA) Speaker phone facility is ver handy. If that was not enough it also records videos and playback is very good. Videos can be stored on the provided memory card (32Mb) however that can later be upgraded to up to 1Gb. hours of fun. Some good games available such as PinBall & good old (or New) Snake. If you are use to tiny phones such as Nokia 8310 or Semines SL55 then you will find this phone a hand full i.e. in size but you get use to it after a while. Its not that much heavier weighing at 125g. Overall a great phone especially if you need to sync with PC contact and keep track of your appointments etc.
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Reviewed by Colin from Singapore on 6th Jan 2004
There are few features that are lacking on this particular model (Nokia 6600) The ringtone is too soft to be heard. E.g. while placing phone on the front shirt pocket without blocking the loudspeaker, when the phone rings, the ringtone hardly heard. The phone only display the last timing (for received,missed and called timings). E.g. if you have 10 missed call, it will just display the timing of the last missed call. No chinese software is installed. No auto-keypad lock compare to Nokia 6510. Please think twice when getting this phone. Suppose nobody would like to constantly check on his or her phone for missed called due to soft ringtone.
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Reviewed by JynX from UK on 5th Jan 2004
I have had this mbl for like 2 months now i have had no probs wid it. Although it is waisted with me - as i dont use all the features, it's nice to have the option though!!! I do find sometimes that it takes a hell of a looong time to start, and sometimes when i switch between options, it takes a while to load. The fact that the keys are placed at the lower end of the mbl makes it difficult to txt a message coz the bulky part of it is at the top and u r unable to get a solid/stable hold. It's bulky lookin thing but suave non the less. It is definately a biz-mans phone. Thumbs up to Nokia for this one (though i much rather prefer my 7250!)
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Reviewed by Mat from UK on 30th Dec 2003
Hi, this looks agr8 fone, tom, how do you get the video to record for longer though, i've never heard of that, i know u can download programmes which can play MP3's as software is only required!!! but how the extra video time???? THANKS
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Reviewed by Dr.Victor from Hungary on 29th Dec 2003
I hate mobiles. I hate tiny sounds of them, I hate gui, and designs as well. But !!! The Nokia 6600 arrives... Friends ! This is a must have Mobile for us ! I'm amazed. It's not mobile, it's an computer. With outstanding connecting features. Really nice gui, themes - never boring your telephone. Multitask. Can't beleive it. I'm talking about degrading name called "mobile phone". When watcing the TFT always amazed. I . It's SO SO SO NICE! I'm playing around 4 days, like a little children, it's so big game for computer fan. This is the only mobile I know from today. There is no borderline: Mobile can give you pain, or warmness and happy to get your hands. Congratulation.
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Reviewed by grailph from Philipiines on 27th Dec 2003
Bought it yesterday, so far so good its been a joy to use. Haven't found any problems yet. Still waiting for software freebies hehehe...
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Reviewed by The Godfather from United Kingdom on 24th Dec 2003
After having the Nokia 7650 for roundabout one year i felt it was time for a change,and boy was it worth it!! The Nokia 7650 was a great phone but this baby the Nokia 6600 destroys them all. I had ordered it without even laying my hands on one,i had just seen the pics on the web and instanly liked the new design. I must admit the size worried me but when you take this beauty from the box it is amazing how much smaller it looks compared to the 7650 and the design is fine. The features are excellent and very similiar to the 7650 so if you could work one of them there wont be a problem. The bright 65k colour is a joy in its self with taking pictures,video or even just getting yourself round the menus. What has impressed me is the Nokia 6600 pc suite software,again very similiar to the 7650 software but this time around it comes with file transfer which will allow you to grab a mp3 of your pc put it through the file transfer which will convert it so you can send to your phone when you are bluetooth enabled,and the result well its only mono but a real true tone blasts out of your handset,great for ringtones and sms alerts!!! I could write all day about this phone,Excellent.
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Reviewed by Mike Feven from India on 23rd Dec 2003
Well... I think this kind of nokia is not improved as it should be. It has many many problems. Don't ever buy it!!!
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Reviewed by Maximuscloud from Philippines on 22nd Dec 2003
This phone is great! Superb! Outstanding! with a 2x digital zoom, and 2x lens zoom, what else can you ask for! Even there is no mp3 player and fm radio, it doesn't matter! good looks and good specifications! tri band phone, anywhere around the globe, excellent!
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Reviewed by Mohamed Medhat from Egypt on 22th Dec 2003
what can i say in that phone? its really outstanding
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Reviewed by Desmond Lee from Singapore on 21st Dec 2003
I bought the Nokia 6600 after using the Nokia 6610 for about 10 months. My second Nokia after about 3 years of Motorola. the 6600 is indeed a good phone but very lacking in its features as stated in the physical phone itself. (1) Polyphonic Tones are limited (2) True Tones are also limited (3) Games are also extremely slow to be released. Apart from these 3 features, all rest seem ok. Screen size is good but the text wordings are much too small and Nokia should provide an upgrade in the software to enlarge the text/font size. If anyone has any further comments and/or recommedations as to where I could download Polyphonic/True Tones/Games, just drop me an email: leedes2002@yahoo.com.sg
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Reviewed by Anand from India on 19th Dec 2003
Hi folks, This phone is fantastic. I am very happy with the facilities provided by Nokia. I am bit worried @ battery performance after 6 months as it is "made in China". Its working gr8 as of now. Also we get insurance coverage for 2 yrs. Cool bet. Go ahead. u will get it @ Rs. 25K with Nokia priority dealer(with bill+warranty+insurance).
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Reviewed by Chris from UK on 16th Dec 2003
Not a review, im just seeking advice as to which phone i should buy. What'd u guys reckon is the winner out of the nokia 6600, samsung e700 or sharp gx20? Im looking for a robust, useable, good quality camera phone that works without all the other nonsense on it detracting from what a phone's actually meant to do! Any feedback would be much appriciated. Cheers.
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Reviewed by Tony Lynch from uk on 15th Dec 2003
Could someone please tell me how exactly you can change the length of time you can record video for this phone???
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Reviewed by Joost Tennekes from Netherlands on 15th Dec 2003
Okay, some history first. Being a long time user of palm pda's and using a handspring Treo 180G for about a year I had to switch. Why do you ask. Simple, my Treo 180G more or less died on me for the third time in a year and I saw no use to get another refurbished Treo which would probably last me for about 3 months. The Treo 600 was tempting espacially since syncing with my mac is a must (contacts and calendar) but the price is too stepp in my humble opinion so alternatives where asked for... Sony Ericsson P800, P900? Too much to pay for and then I more or less stumbled upon the Nokia 6600. I seemed to have all I needed in a replacement for my Treo: Agenda, contacts, email and wireless internet through GPRS and for a nice price... So I did it more than a week ago and I can't say I regret it. The phone is great and even the pda functionality is (after a short adjustment curve coming from a palm based device) great. The phone is simple to use, great handsfree (I use handsfree in my car), looks good (important to me being a designer) and syncs great with my mac even though not officially supported. All my email addresses work without any problems, browsing the internet is solid and reasonably fast and the phone itself works outstanding with 4 days average use/standby and holding a signal where my Treo and even my old (but very reliable) Siemens M35i loses it! Could I ask for more. No, I didn't even ask for it but got a reasonable phone camera in the deal. Nothing special compared to a real digital camera (use a Canon 300D) but compared to several other phonecams it is pretty good. So anything wrong with it. To me, no! Or it must be the first scratch on the screen, only visible when the screen backlight is off. To me this phone is highly recommended. The price is right, the phone works great and the rest too. Who could ask for more?
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Reviewed by Michael from Ireland on 12th Dec 2003
I don't own one of these phones, but I've read a lot about it, and came to the conclusion that I will wait for the 6230 instead, as I prefer that sort of phone build. Read this guys review, which is really very very good, it's for the 3650 but for the most part it applies to the 6600, e.g. mp3 player, what emulators, a patch for audio and video recording, a program that allows you to record as long as you want etc. 337 out of 344 people found this review helpful http://www.mobiledia.com/specs/review18-12819.html
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Reviewed by Akshay from India on 12th Dec 2003
Strengths : 1. 2x Zoom 2. Amazingly User-Friendly 3. Refreshing Keypad 4. AWESOME Display 5. Good Camera 6. Breaks The Tradition Of Symbian Nokia's eg. 3650 7650 Beein' A Brick In The Pocket 7. Stylish Huh ? 8. I could go on......... Only Weakness: 1. No radio or mp3 However, I think it should do well against the other cellphones in the market. YET ANOTHER NOKIA which is filled to the brim with features and still presents itself in a very organised way with a helluva user-friendly interface.And what pleases me the most is that Nokia has finally "ventured out" into the world of crisp, brilliant and sharp 65K displays, sorely missing on all it's previous camera phones, like the 7250, 7250i, 7650 and 3650 (may be wrong but i think the 3200 and 6220 come with 4096'ers too). 6600........Yet another winner from Nokia !! Peace.
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Reviewed by neofitos from greece on 12th Dec 2003
how can you change the length of the video recording for nokia 6600 and how you can recording 4x digital zoom ?
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Reviewed by Jarmo from Finland on 11th Dec 2003
GOOD: nice big display (65K), memorycard support, email client, bluetooth, Java, organiser functions, HTML support through (Opera). BAD: no radio, no mp3 player, bad camera (only 0.3 megapixel),not possible to download headers only in email, bulky and "plastic feel", no protection for the large screen. However, it is an OK phone but I prefer clamshell phones as they protect the coluor screens from scratches! I would like to even see a small inbuilt "lid" that protects the camera lense on phones. A very intresting phone that comes out in january-februry is the Sharp GX30. I only hope that they include bluetooth this time!
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Reviewed by barry from uk on 11th Dec 2003
can u tell us how to get the video longer than 9 secs? and how do you encode/compress mp3's? please help
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Reviewed by Ilija from Serbia&Montenegro on 10th Dec 2003
Dear Tom (Edmonds) and others, You said that you have found ways in which you can compress and download MP3's from your pc onto your phone, and that you contacted nokia and they told you how to change the length of video that could be recorded, and that a 4x digital zoom is available along with a radio if you tinker around a bit on settings and downloads ... I've would like that you share that info with us, because I decided to buy 6600, and I would like to get the most of it. Thank you in advance!
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Reviewed by george from uk on 10th Dec 2003
Got the phone yesterday.Really nice piece of hardware.Drawback is that like all nokia fones of that kind its a bit slow especially if u have alot of apps.All in all very nice though.I managed to fit movies in the memory card and now i can watch my films on the go!(Application for that is free by the way,thanks nokia!) radio and mp3 support not included but i'm pretty sure there will be applications comin out (if not out already) for that.Camera quality is absolutely mint!!! never seen a fone with better camera! bottom line: if you can, buy it!
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Reviewed by Marty from Australia on 9th Dec 2003
In australia phones are the thing and smart phones are even better i have just purchased a nokia 6600 on a 24 month and i will doubt you will be hearing me complaining in the next the 24 months!!, this phone is well worth the look espically if you are gizmo freak. i got nothing else much to say u luv it!
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Reviewed by Joey from England on 8th Dec 2003
Listen to this review. While you are at the phone shop drooling over the new possibilities that this phone will bring take my advice - STOP! Run away! Do not purchase this phone! I have recently bought this phone because it seemed to be the perfect phone out at the mo' apart from the P900 of course. I have now had the phone for 3 days and i have seen so many programming errors on this phone. It is not a faulty handset! The software is just not ready to be released yet, a typical act from Nokia to release a phone that has not properly been tested. An example of a few of the bugs: when i tried viewing an MMS that i had put together the video footage kept flashing and slowed down almost to a halt at the end. I recieved a text message from a friend, i opened it and a picture of my girlfriend quickly flashed on the screen as the SMS opened. The picture had nothing to do with the SMS i recieved. Sometimes i can record 10secs of video as advertised, other times i can record 12, rarely i have recorded 18 secs. Each menu function does not return to the beggining of the menu so it is still taking up memory and when you take sound or video an error pops up - Not enough memory! Take my advice - i know. WAIT 4 THE UPGRADE
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Reviewed by Tom Edmonds from UK on 3rd Dec 2003
I got this fone a few days ago, and to be honest... it absolutely blows the socks off any other fone including the seimens SX1. I have found ways in which i can compress and download MP3's from my pc onto my fone, contacted nokia and they told me how to change the length of which i could record video for and ive heard that a 4x digital zoom is available along with a radio if you tinker around a bit on settings and downloads etc. so it is definately a better buy than the seimens... or any other fone as a matter of face. Its swooper.
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Reviewed by Siddharth from India on 2nd Dec 2003
A very good phone. Comparing it with p800 makes sense. Only drawback that when the headset is put on ringer does not work. only Vibrator does. ALso no radio anf mp3. Radio is ok but i guess Nokia should have added mp3. Overall good phone to use. Very userfriendly when compared to p800. Although p800 has a lot more features its very cramped. Its a perfect NOKIA phone and a BEST buy atleast when NOKIA phones are considered. But guys.... P900 is coming !! Bet this.. its gonna rock 6600.
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Reviewed by qusai burhani from kenya on 30th Nov 2003
the phone has flooded the market with reviews...i feel those who have bought it flatter it more...however there r some drawbacks in the phone which make it not worth the high price yet...its not something which will totally disappoint a mobile freak and unless you have a genuine piece in your hand youll feel a bit disappointed. the phone has some music limitations as far as composing is concerened. if the price falls it maybe a better buy.thanks.
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Reviewed by Mr Arthur Fotheryngton-Smythe from United Kingdom on 30th Nov 2003
I would love it if the other reviewers of this phone would care to understand the joys and limitations of the wonderful English language. If they would do so, I may be able to make some kind of decision of whether this telephone is worthy of purchase. Such sentences as "I wud g this fone a muda cos iit a swt u r going to luv da sc cos it a gr8 site ov da it a foo." mean very little to me.
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Reviewed by Hossam from Egypt on 29th Nov 2003
its very very great machine i have seen and its better than sharp gx22 and 3650 also, if u want record more than 2 hours u can change the mmc and buy 256 :D
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Reviewed by mark quintana from philippines on 29th Nov 2003
well well well...small phone but powerful...*_* high memory storage....and most of all....2X zoom camera..... howevers, as what they say..no radio and mp3 players...if u can live without them..buy it..if not..find another one.. ^_^ logykk rules
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Reviewed by mark quintana from philippines on 29th Nov 2003
well well well...small phone but powerful...*_* high memory storage....and most of all....2X zoom camera..... howevers, as what they say..no radio and mp3 players...if u can live without them..buy it..if not..find another one.. ^_^ logykk rules
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Reviewed by Milhan from Sri Lanka on 28th Nov 2003
i bought the nokia 6600 about 1 week back. it has been superb! i have used so many other nokia phones such as the 7250,7250i,7650,3650, and the n-gage..... and of them all 6600 has been really good! though it takes along time to start up its worth it! you cant have everything u want.... if it has more options obvi it will take more time to switch on and caliberate all the programmes! so nokia 6600 has been one of Nokia's Best phone and here in Sri Lanka it is gettin so popular! so i recomend this phone to everyone who can buy it! so have a good time with the phone!! and if you are buying it buy it soon cause i am sure the prize of it will go up!
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Reviewed by Bex from UK on 26th Nov 2003
Hey dis aint a review im thinkin bout gettin d nokia 6600 and i was jus wonderin how much it would b on pay as u go? if ne1 no's. cud u rite it up on ere, cheers [Ed: Bex, try here: Search for best prices on Dealtime]
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Reviewed by Ilija from Serbia&Montenegro on 25th Nov 2003
I hope that mine imaginare rating is valid, because I haven't got Nokia 6600 jet. I'm in dilema which phone to buy, Nokia 6600 or Samsung SGH E700. I hope there is someone who can help me to choose, who has any expirience with those phones. I intend to buy one of those phones in next 10 days, so I would be very gratefull for any insight and advice.
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Reviewed by Dennis from Singapore on 25th Nov 2003
This phone is weak. It is an unprepared product, that hangs intermittently. Startup takes more than 20 seconds, and sometimes prompts erroneous message about a working SIM card being faulty. When you enter any sub program, you have to exit step by step, and if you don't, the program is still deemed open, and memory is held. When that happens, you try recording voice / video, it prompts memory insufficient. You can't back up downloaded ring tones, pictures etc to the memory card, which defeats the purpose of having a backup memory card. The top half metal surrounding of the digi camera lens loosens within DAYS! While talking on the phone, and an sms is received, the message alert will blast into your ears. The smart phone is not that smart after all! The "pencil" button at the left panel of the phone is relatively redundant, derived quality of photos taken is not much different from ericsson P800 (with the latter having a lower pixel-configuration), which I regretted giving up the ericsson phone. Overall, for a phone of this price and capability, it will never be a good value for money investment. Wait for the software update, and perhaps, at least, we can have a normal, and not smarter phone. Very dissappointed! PS: Infrared red port transmission to another Nokia phone (6100 to be exact), does not function. Vibration alert while in silent mode is intermittent, and sometimes, no vibration at all. Wonder if Nokia is socially responsible to look into this and rectify the fault. In sum, if the phone is not ready, DON'T LAUNCH IT!
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Reviewed by Ashwin Kamath from Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 23rd Nov 2003
I have been using the 8210. Purchased the 6600 a week back. Good phone with bluetooth, Calendar and contacts. Can SYNC with my Outloook 2003. Setting reminders for the To Do list is missing. This is something which is required. Ringtones provided are not good enough but you can use any MIDI/WAV files from your PC. It is as simple as file copy. I was expecting Nokia to provide recurring morning wakeup alarm which is not available in any of the Nokia phones as yet.
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Reviewed by Ginevra from Malta on 23rd Nov 2003
The nokia 6600 is a very good fone although there's NO mp3 player or radio and the size of the video are not enough, only some mins. Though one of its advantages is the 2x digital zoom. Overall a very good phone.
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Reviewed by Timo Riipi from Finland on 22nd Nov 2003
Bought 5th of november 2003 (yymmdd 031105) in Helsinki Finland netto 570 euro (taxes included). I have now more than 2 weeks using ecperience of Nokia 6600 and I find it quite good piece of a phone. I recommend it to everybody. Good: To have all in one package is very very nice thing...camera, recorder, videorecorder, file storage, gprs,gps option,bluetooth...you can make new software with java: even turn your phone a tv-remotecontroller!! (infrared) Easy to use: windows like operating system is easy to learn. Multiple programs can be running at the same time and it really seems to work. Photo quality much better than other phones I have seen. Also possible to take photos in very poor light, but the photos will have some strange extra spots in the shots. All the functions really work and are easy to use. Bluetooth etc. work...(the nokia pc suite doesn't!) Bad: Video shootage is very short 9sec. and the quality also is very low..can be used for "talking heads" shots maybe a good add on anyway. Has jammed twice: 1rst when I changed the language from finnish to english. Had to "boot/restart" it. Yes..it's a small computer actually. 2nd time it jammed when I used bluetooth and did something extra on the background. Buttons are too small (I have "sausage fingers") and especially the use of cancel button causes constant errors: I tend to press the screens down-right side button rather than the c button. A bit unlogical lovcation or use of the c button. Nokia PC suite is piece of crap. In short: "This is a nice new toy for big boys"
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Reviewed by hafatel from Guam on 22nd Nov 2003
Nice phone! has a couple glitches.. like sometimes resetting on it's own. And takes hella long to power up. But all the features it has it AWESOME! can add more while ure at it. Always changing my phone every 2-3 months but I think I'll stick with this one for a while..
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Reviewed by snowbear from philippines on 22nd Nov 2003
I bought it yesterday and I tell you it's one super cool phone!! Lots of features, lots of memory.. Lots of fun! It's also very easy to use and fortunately for me, I was blessed with a phone with no problems.. yet (I think..). Expensive but a great buy!
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Reviewed by daleyla from UK on 19th Nov 2003
this is not a review but how can u rate the nokia 6600 if its not out yet. If anyone knows when it will be out then write down somewhere please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed by Sas from United Arab Emirates on 18th Nov 2003
I bought the phone 2 weeks back, since I had to return a Nokia Ngage which I picked up does not work properly with the Blue tooth headset. (unfortunately it' 6600 also have the same problem ie., when you connect a headset handset does not ring only the vibrator works). Also make sure MMS and WAP over GPRS support is provided by your local service provider. May be Nokia will release an update soon, but a good phone.
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Reviewed by Rob from UK on 18th Nov 2003
I've had this phone for 2 weeks. There's no doubt it's a good phone. I've recently had sharp gx20, panasonic x70 and SE T610. There's no doubt the gx20 is the best camera phone with best display but unfortunately no bluetooth and no calender reminder function that's standard on nokias (it's the fact there's no reminder function that i sent it back). It's also worth mentioning that although the picture+display is suberb (it really does knock the socks of all other displays-make sure you have a look in any vodaphone shop) you do need a slightly steady hand or else image will blur (not a major problem though) (they've conveniently put all there gx20 in the vodaphone shop in steady holding devices) saying that after trying all of above the gx20 really has a good display to impress people. The panasonic x70 has reasonable functions but a very poor camera. The display is OK if you get sent a good quality picture or download, but to be honest there's no real point having a camera on it if you ask me. SE T710 has a slightly better camera but not much. I personally would go for it over the x70 but it's certainly not up there with the latest phones now, although it still looks pretty cool. the nokia 6600 is good. Camera is not as good as sharp but then nothing is. Saying that it's much better than SE T610 and X70 and it allow you to zoom and enlarge picture. I don't know what the siemens SX1 will be like but to honest I'm very happy and will be keeping this phone after a long and lengthy search for the perfect camera phone (which doesn't exist by the way). I haven't used motorola but nokia are better than the others i've tried.
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Reviewed by Elsewhere from Texas, USA on 18th Nov 2003
Amazing phone with plenty of bells and whistles. My only gripes are with the Video and Voice Recorders. The Video Recorder is limited so that you cannot record a file larger than 100K (about 10 seconds). The Voice Recorder is also limited to 1 minute. My opinion, this was a very dumb move on the part of Nokia. The Sony Ericsson T616 allows you to record Voice Recordings for as long as you have memory available. I was planning on using my 6600 for recording meetings and other things like that... but I guess I won't be doing that because of the 1-minute limitation. Does anyone know of a way to turn off these limitations (Maybe a hack)? Is Nokia planning on releasing a Firmware upgrade?
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Reviewed by verto from Philippines on 16th Nov 2003
The phone is great! Very nice screen at 65k. What's best is the MMC slot and the conventianal keypad. Sound is good, thinking aside that it's still mono. Camera is okay like the 3650. Battery life is better than of the 7650. It's a little fat and flat, compared to nokia's other phone lines. Software still has little bugs. MOst 3650 & 7650 apps is not yet compatible with it. Some of the 6600's released here in the Philippines has those dead/flickering pixel (on the lower left of the LCD). Dealers are recalling them back. The battery cover (rose color, I'm not sure about the silver one) gets scratch easily. Even if u rub it with ur finger the paint easily wears off. Still, this phone is great. A little software upgrade and a new battery cover, the phone will be great again.
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Reviewed by Stefan from Serbia and Montenegro on 15th Nov 2003
The best phone ever. I have brought him yesterday. It has many functions such as the best video camera on mobile phones, cool sound, great 65,536 colour screen, and great battery. He has very high price but he deserve it.
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Reviewed by ModPower from Kuwait on 15th Nov 2003
my phone was Sonyericsson p800 and I always buying erricson phones (before small problem happen which not working any more) I buy it 5 months ago (690$) now nokia producing more powerful then that phone and more cheaper (510$) and good look not only this the good in nokia is more powerful in my country, the accesary is avalable the serves center is batter. I am for sure going to buy this phone
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Reviewed by jimmy stocks from england on 15th Nov 2003
what can you say?? this phone has everything!!! top top phone!!
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Reviewed by Rob from U.K. on 15th Nov 2003
It's a marvelous phone!!!It's got 65k color screen(against 4k on n7650/n3650),It's got a new symbian 7 version software,bluetooth,supports video recording with audio support and playback,lots of memory-32mb included in the package.(say,how much memory capacity of MMC can it support??...256mb?,512mb?),You can watch a complete movie not just movie clips,provided you have a spare battery and enough memory(a 15mins of mpeg movie,about 85mb,can be compressed to 5mb on .3gp format)then play it back using real one player.you can have ringtones beyond polyphonic,an opera browser to access html sites,can play mp3/wav files though the not in stereo,lots of downloadable applications from games,screensavers,ir remote control(yes, you can install a software to enable your n6600 to act as a remote control for your t.v.,vcr,hi-fi,etc.)..to much to list.NO, it wont do your cooking and laundy. .....if you're planning to have one,check the lcd for dead pixels before buying it.also the ip address is located on advance settings,try to ask your network provider about their "proxy server address and proxy port number".
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Reviewed by Tim Chisholm from United Kingdom on 13th Nov 2003
As the phone is not out in the U.K, no-one really knows what its like to use, unless it was shipped or bought abroad. BUT, on paper i can see what type of phone this is, and it is not as good as some of its competitors. This phone caught my eye a few months ago, and i was amazed, i thought there was no phone better! Then i saw the siemens SX1, it has everything that the Nokia 6600 has, ++++ 4x digital zoom rather than 2x digital zoom. a radio and mp3 player which the nokia doesnt offer. 4x more memory then the 6600. and is 12g lighter than the Nokia. you can guesss which one im gonna go for!
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Reviewed by James from Indonesia on 13th Nov 2003
Not bad at all, actually superb phone by Nokia, but I'll wait for SX1. More competition, more the price goes down!
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Reviewed by xaris from cyprus on 12th Nov 2003
I would like to say to everyone out there that nokia is one hell of a company and i mean they make the best phones ever. I bought 6600 when it first came to Cyprus and i must admitt its way better than all the other models available in the market its coulour screen better than 7650 and pictures are way way good also they have pre install certain programms that are very usefull all i need to say to all you guys saying what ever it is you say about the particular phone is that you dont know to compare and stop comparing. Try and find something else to do.
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Reviewed by D Bizzzz from United Kingdom on 10th Nov 2003
From the phone spec this phone does everything. I'm most looking forward to using the large screen GPS type map finder utilities it has to offer (never will I get lost on the roads again) Saw a demo model in a UK Vodafone store & my only concern is with the tiny squashed-together buttons. Great large screen, excellent features, but I can foresee many a mis-typed SMS with those baby finger sized keys.
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Reviewed by Frasat from England on 8th Nov 2003
Well, this phone rises above all its rivals in both features and class. With its slim and stylish design and amazing features such as a camera, video player , bluetooth and gps and much much more the list is endless; It is hard for any phone to compete with it; Apart from maybe the nokia 7700, 7600 and Sony P900. All this in a phone of this size and style. Its a hole new world in the palm of your hands. From Frasat (12)
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Reviewed by Marvin DL from Malaysia on 4th Nov 2003
This is my 2nd attempt with Nokia after my previous 6610 and T68i. Gotta say it's got all you need except for the FM tuner but I dont listen to sell-out MTV crap on radio anyway. The display fookin' rocks and the sound is not too bad considering it's mono. I got Metallica's Creeping Death for my ringtone and it just blows everyone away. Battery is alright for normal use but you'll get only 2 days max if u fool around with the camera a lot. Picture quality is about the same as the 3650 and the bluetooth is great. My iPAQ picked it up almost instantly. All in all it's the best phone in the market from Nokia...for now.
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Reviewed by michael from Malaysia on 4th Nov 2003
This phone is available in Malaysia on OCT 30 and i bought it just 2 days after it release. i found a white pixel in screen which always show a white spot when the screen is active. this definitely a lcd defect .. this is not easy to discover as most of the time the background is in bright light color .. try the provided game Snake where the splash screen is in black background .. if you are the lucky one then you may have the white spot as well ..
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Reviewed by zeeshan from pakistan on 2nd Nov 2003
Just bought it & its a good one, minus the fact that it hasn't got a radio. So i'll keep my nokia 7650i & give this one to my cousin.
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Reviewed by EMP from on 31st Oct 2003
Simply Amazing. I got one today. Such a nice, small phone. If I want to go brief, I can say that the 2x Zoom is extremely useful. Plus, you can play MP3s on that phone, and even have them as ringing tones, unlike older model 3650 which only lets you use WAV... Too much space!! I can say that this phone is the perfect replacement for my beat-up 7650, I wanted an MMC Phone, I got the 512MB. By the way, this is 65,536 Colors ! It is, in my opinion, the best buy at this moment. Dimensions: 108 x 58 x 22 mm Weight: 122g It's triband and everything. Hope you enjoy yours... I sure did for mine =)
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Reviewed by Hesham from Egypt on 31st Oct 2003
What a Toy!!! I used to have most of the recent Sony Erecsson mobiles and I thought that they are great but after using the 6600 . I changed my mind complately. The phone got almost everything . The only thing make upset is the short period of recording vedeo clips(only 12 seconds) They should leave it up to the user not to Nokia
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Reviewed by IrOnMoNkEy87 from united kingdom on 31st Oct 2003
this aint betta than the new se Z1010 it has all this phone has including more like mp3, usb and 2 way cameras for videocall and like this it can play mini films and camcord with java and mophun enabled may b a little bit big but its worth it for the extra stuff u get.will b coming out end of december begining of january. not saying dis 6600 is sh#t actually its good and best nokia ever did but like always its missing out radio and other stuff like mp3.
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Reviewed by Ivan from Indonesia on 30th Oct 2003
It is already out in my country .. I'm going to buy it but still not enough review I can find in the net... well I think I'll just gambling .... but from what I read from all of the preview of this phone ...it is the best phone ever (but still little bit to FAT) If Nokia 7700 will be realase in Dec I'll wait for that phone but the N7700 will be release in 2nd Q 2004 HIKS.. I need a phone right now... I think for now the N6600 is the best phone (FOR NOW, wait till 7700 is out... I'll would no think twice to get that phone (Video and Audio recording, FM Tunner, and more other features which not included in N 6600)
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Reviewed by ALEX MAC from UK on 30th Oct 2003
HOW THE HELL CAN ALL OF YOU REVIEW A PHONE THAT YOU HAVE NOT OWNED OR USED. GOD HELP US. BUY IT, USE IT, REVIEW IT. THATS HOW TO DO IT!!!
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Reviewed by Tazman from UK on 27th Oct 2003
Very good features, but expensive as hell. I'm getting the updated version of the 3650 ...
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Reviewed by gt_pogi from philippines on 26th Oct 2003
does anybody know when will it be available? pls contact me... @ samfe1020@yahoo.com FORTIS!
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Reviewed by mikee from uk on 25th Oct 2003
Since breaking my 7650 which I thought was the best nokia so far, could the 6600 be better??? Still waiting for it 2 weeks to go............ Maybe then I can review it proper, to see if it is better than the 7650, I doubt it.
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Reviewed by Zebs from United Kingdom on 24th Oct 2003
This is a very good phone and Nokia finally are using a decent display (OLED would have been nicer though). A better buy however is the Siemens SX1.
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Reviewed by James from Scotland on 24th Oct 2003
ALthough chunky this phone looks quite nice, but a bit big when holding it. All the features look nice onpaper but when you try the thing there are too many glitches for me. Therfore you can wait for the rennovated version or you could sod this phone and get a siemens SX1, for a bit more money, thats what i'm doin.
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Reviewed by Ian from U.K. on 23rd Oct 2003
Not really a review as the 6600 doesnt go on sale in the U.K. until end of october. looks like a good phone, defeats the one drawback with Nokia phones imho, the 4096 colour screen! most other manufacturers have moved on to 65,000 these days. the handset will retail at 179.00 on contract, and arount 350.00 pay as you go. id like to check out the new Panasonic x70 before parting with my hard earned!!!!
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Reviewed by Waqas from Pakistan on 19th Oct 2003
Well i shud say that this phone is awsome.. yeah it seems a bit bulky but its better then all others as it has better display and nice features... wish it had an mp3 player... then it wud ve had every feature i need. still its great.. just cant wait for it to get released.
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Reviewed by Ali from UK on 16th Oct 2003
All u idiots saying its not out yet shut the hell up just cos the uk is behind the rest of the world, i bought my 6600 in malysia and think its 1 of th best buys 2 the market with all good features and not an entirely bad design although its a bit bigger than you would expect 4 an upgrade. on the whole a very good new release from nokia.
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Reviewed by Leigh from UK on 15th Oct 2003
I've got a 7650, nearly bought a 3650 for the extra memory but didn't like the look of it. This has got to be my next phone. Unless you're going 3G, there isn't anything this good anywhere else. I think Nokia are being quite clever - us mere mortals who can't afford 3G are all looking for a camera phone plus. Simply put, this is it.
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Reviewed by Abdalla from libya on 13th Oct 2003
It has a very good features and nice look but at the same time it has a lot of bugs and errors in it's software, so I tell you an advice to not to buy now just wait until they release renovated one.
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Reviewed by Hieu from VietNam on 12th Oct 2003
GREAT !
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Reviewed by ethan from us on 4th Oct 2003
it was bloody brilliant
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Reviewed by JaGo from UK on 2nd Oct 2003
This is all I can put as a 'review' as the phone is not out yet so how can anyone write a proper review?!?!? It looks nice and sounds like it has good features (apart from no mp3 player and no radio) why is this not called a PREVIEW SECTION?? *GAY*
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Reviewed by Nasir from Singapore on 2nd Oct 2003
Its a great mobile compared to symbian mobiles like nokia 3650 and 7650. 7650 has a unique design but no additional memory space, 3650 has additional memory but the design sucks as hell. To solve these problems, here comes 6600 with both the design and memory space. But if the price is not cheap, rather get a 3650.
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Reviewed by archlopez from Philippines on 30th Sep 2003
imagine a nokia 3650 and more! full features of the 3650 minus the radical keypad plus the 16bit color display, digital zoom (not the camerafx or photographer zoom), OS7 symbian platform, and more. i think this would be nokia's best phone yet...
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Reviewed by tom from u.k on 29th Sep 2003
it looks fantastic, cant wait to get one. one thing though, does anyone know how much it'll be on pay as you go or contract? or any web sites? but as far as nokia phones go, this a amazing!
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Reviewed by ACI from Philippines on 27th Sep 2003
I am really excited and looking forward to the time when this model is released into the market. Great/pretty form and the size and weight is definitely better than the previous "do all" phones (ie. N9210i, SE P800, N7650, and N3650). I sure hope the "function" part of the 6600 is equally great.
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Reviewed by Yi Shiang from Indonesia on 25th Sep 2003
Best phone ever!!
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Reviewed by Marc from Sweden on 22nd Sep 2003
Great phone, delivers everything needed in a phone. The size could of course be smaller. The only serious drawback: Not available yet!
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Reviewed by Joel Limjoco from usa on 13th Sep 2003
It has everything that I need, except the phone is so bulky ,but the shape is a lot better than the 3650.
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Reviewed by kmilunak from Czech on 13th Sep 2003
This is the best phone that I have ever seen!
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Reviewed by Ali from KSA on 7th Sep 2003
It's a great phone !!
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Reviewed by Jo from UK on 5th Sep 2003
The phone isn't out yet!! Hilarious review considering the guy hasn't even seen the phone!
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Reviewed by Hitesh from India on 28th Aug 2003
Nice phone with a new design the answer and end buttons are a joy..... nice display clarity nothing special contains same old features as 3650 cam has got zoom feature but in 3650 you can download various apps which gives the zoom feature nothing different apart from the crisp display best battery life when compared to 7650 or 3650... almost double.... expensve can ++++ ur pants if u buy from grey market and it gets smashed or bitten by ur dog...ha..ha.. in and out a great phone bit bulky but worth it...the price may come down in coming months.....7.o symbian is a bit ok..but same as 3650...buy 3650 a better price aving option..unless u want frills.
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Nokia 6600 "handy hints"

Submitted by Paul Simpson from UK on 4th Jan 2005
ANY OF YOU OUT THERE THAT HAS "PROBLEMS WITH TRANSFERRING PICTURES AND RING TONES TO YOUR PHONE (ANY THAT TAKE AN MMC OR SD CARD ie SHARP GX30/i NOKIA 6600 & 7230) TAKE NOTE!!!! Y O U D O N T N E E D THE PHONE MANUFACTURERS' PHONE "DATA MANAGEMENT SUITE". THE EEEESIEST WAY OF DOING IT IS GO TO A PC COMPONENTS SUPPLIER (PC-WORLD ETC) AND PAY, O N L Y £15 (ish) TO GET A MEMORY CARD "READER" (THERE IS ONE THAT READS SD & MMC ALL IN ONE). THEN PLUG INTO YOUR PC (USE THE MEM CARD DRIVERS IF NEEDED, BUT MILLENIUM/2000 & XP USERS DONT NEED THEM), AND HEY PRESTO! USE IT LIKE A FLOPPY DRIVE/ADDITIONAL DRIVE!! JUST COPY/CUT AND PASTE FILES BACK AND FORTH USING EXPLORE MY COMPUTER ETC.. *** NOTE-if the phone FORMATS the memory card with folders then DONT delete them as the phone WONT recognise whats gone on (if you do, you'll need to let the phone re-format it to its way of formating and then start again) *** THIS IS GREAT TO RECORD (USING WINDOWS "SOUND RECORDER") UPTO 30 SECOND SAMPLES (IN WAV FORMAT) OFF A N Y OF YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC CD TO BE USED AS A RING TONE!!! (AHEM, COPYRIGHT ERM, APPLIES);-).. NOTE - WAV format sounds are quite big in data size, so anything more than 30 seconds in length can be hazardous to your mem cards' space!! ;-) THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE PHONES THAT CAN USE MP3 TRACKS AS RINGTONES (SUCH AS NOKIA 6230) USE THIS FORMAT AS THEY SAVE A LOT OF SPACE... THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO TRANSFER FILES TO YOUR BUILT IN MP3 PLAYER TOO!! IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, OR HAS BOUGHT A MEMORY CARD READER AND FINDS SOME DIFFICULTY IN TRANSFERRING THEIR PICS/SOUNDS TO AND FROM THEIR PHONE THEN I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HELP OUT IF I CAN... MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS paulgrahamsimpson@hotmail.com HAVE FUN, ENJOY! ;-) PS 6600 a damn good phone, only downside is it SHOULD have had a built in MP3 player. I bought the "Gravity" MP3 player form the Nokia software website and it doesn't play ANY MP3's correctly, it sounds like a Sinclair ZX Spectrum trying to play Eminem!! So my next phone will be the 6630 (after i've tried the MP3 player on it), and if its no good, then i'll go to the GX30i (had the use of a GX30 for a too short a time and it to was a damn good phone..

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