Jan 06, 2006 02:27 PM
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(Updated Jan 06, 2006 02:29 PM)
Triband (EGSM900/GSM1800/1900)
Weight: 92g
Talk time: 3 hours 30 mins, Standby time: 10 days
256K colour TFT screen (128x160 pixels)
Megapixel camera with landscape camera mode, flash and 6x digital zoom
Video streaming and recording for up to 60 minutes at normal quality mode of 40kbps
GPRS and MMS functionality with XHTML browser
Connectivity is via HSCSD, EDGE, GPRS, Bluetooth, and IR.
Bluetooth technology, infrared, Pop-Port™, and USB.
Polyphonic ringtones
Java™ MIDP 2.0
Media nd Music Player
Audio Messaging
Visual Radio
32MB internal memory
Well those were the technical specifications.
Coming to my opinions on the phone:
It is pretty sleek and has good looks. It will easily fit into ur palm, when it is not slide opened. Meaning it is that small. So it is pretty comfortable to carry around.
Having a 6x zoom is great, but the camera is just 1 Megapixel camera. There are other models which are having greater clarity. But this camera is enough for normal use (atleast it is better than VGA ones), unless or until u want to use the camera for some serious photography.
I tried using the landscape camera mode, but actually couldn't get a hang of it (dumb me). All I know it it takes a series of photos (actually it takes just 3 photos) as u move your camera after pressing the capture button. Good thing is u can take pictures in the dark, as there is a flash. Again don't expect the pics taken in dark to be as good as taken in the digital camera (non-mobile). The flash is not so powerful as in those.
Video recording facility is the same as in any other phones like 6600. Nothing great, except that with 6x zoom, u can soom in and take distant objects too.
The connectivity features are similar to other modern phones. Data transfer can be done using Bluetooth, IR and USB port.
Audio messaging : I couldn't use it as it can be sent only to a compatible devices and I did not find any other friend of mine with a cell capable of receiving audio messages.
Visual Radio service is available only in a few countries and has to be supported by the mobile service provider. I am not sure that it is supported in India.
Coming to memory. This is the weak link of the whole package. It has 32 MB internal memory and it does not support external MMC(atleast as of now. Dunno if they will enhance this feature). So u r stuck with 32 MB memory. Actually, this is not so bad as other models like 6600 has just 6 MB internal memory and by default has 32 MB external MMC. But there is also an option of putting in 512MB external MMC for those, which is not available for this model. As I said, if the model does not succeed in India, it will be because of just this one feature.
