Really fun, unique, usable phone
Written: Apr 23 '03
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Pros: Screen; ring tones; Symbian O/S; bluetooth connectivity; memory expansion; still/video camera; style
Cons: No touch screen; bulky; bluetooth glitches; keypad; proprietary memory card
The Bottom Line: Highly recommended fun, usable, fashionable, feature-laden phone; great for people into gadgets. Somewhat bulky; average battery life. Decent price ($300 street; $150 at AT&T with rebate).
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| markehr's Full Review: Nokia 3650 |
I first saw the 3650 when it was advertised during the Nokia Bowl and was immediately attracted to its design and features.
When Nokia finally released the phone to the market a few weeks ago, I was one of the first to receive one (I participate in the Nokia developer program), and overall I am very impressed with it. In fact, I am so enamored with the phone that I will probably purchase one for personal use!
Overall, this is an excellent phone. The voice and signal quality is very good, its ease of use is excellent, and the ergonomics of the keypad, while it took some getting used to, are actually pretty good.
I love the voice dialing, picture caller ID, polyphonic ring tones, bluetooth support, and availability of 3rd party software (by the way, software written for the Nokia 7650 will also work on the 3650). The phone is also an excellent conversation piece, and I love carrying photos and videos of my family around on it.
The included email, Web browser, and camera software work great, and it is very easy to send pictures taken with the phone via email, MMS, bluetooth, infra-red, and the Web.
I would like to be able to use bluetooth on my PC to allow the phone to use my PC as an Internet "gateway" when I'm in range, but the phone does not support this (you can use the phone as a wireless PC modem via bluetooth, however).
Positives:
Gorgeous 1/4 VGA color screen, excellent polyphonic (MIDI) ring tones, integrated infra-red and bluetooth, memory expansion capabilities (64MB), Symbian O/S, many 3rd party software programs, integrated 640x480 still/video camera, Nokia PC Suite support for PIM syncronization (bluetooth/infra-red/cable).
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4-way navigation key is difficult to use; phone is somewhat bulky (when compared to its closest competitor, the Sony P800); no touch screen; bluetooth implementation does not support the headset profile (so many existing bluetooth headsets won't work, including the Jabra FreeSpeak--Jabra is offering no-charge FreeSpeak trade-outs in a few weeks); proprietary, expensive memory expansion cards; camera does not zoom or have a flash, no external antenna jack, average battery life.
Other problems: Nokia PC Suite only supports synchronization with PIM contacts and calendar; notes are conspicuously missing; Nokia seems to release a different version of PC Suite for each and every phone (which is a real problem if you have multiple phones).
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Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 0 (demo)
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