frankns's Full Review: Nokia Slide 6600 Cell Phone
I find the 6600 very much a mixed bag. It seems as if for each plus there is an offsetting minus:
-- the screen is good, but it dims VERY quickly. (The 6600 has two power-saver 'steps,' first it dims the screen requiring bright light to see where you are, and then it goes to a full-fledged screen saver with an entirely different image. For both power saving modes, the keyboard remains active ... and you have no easy way to turn the screen on again to see where you are. I have been dialing a number, paused to write a note, look down the road, or whatever, and had the screen go dark many times. There appears to be no setting that controls this first power/screen saver.)
-- the 6600 has a wide variety of tools and sub-menus. It is really a FINE computer. But if you want/need simple phone functions quickly, say in the car ... you may find yourself having to go deep into nested menus to do something as simple as find a person and text message them. (My Motorola v60 wins hands down here.) You will also find that once you select a task or outcome from a menu -- say change ring tone to silent -- you still must dismiss the menu before you get back to the phone. Again, more keystrokes. Quibbling? Maybe, but think computer and not phone/PDA.
-- And the 6600 is slow. Maybe that's why the keystrokes become annoying. This is NOT a responsive PDA. Not at all.
-- Here's a pure plus ... the tri-mode phone has good reception. Definitely.
-- And the shape accommodates the screen well. It gives lots of room for a big screen. Though you may find the buttons small and/or hard to read in the daylight. They are perhaps a little awkwardly balanced at the bottom of the phone.
-- Address book and calendar sync well with my iBook. (Follow the install suggesting in one of the discussions here. You need to create a new calendar and address book on the phone first.) There are a few bugs in syncing work/home phone numbers and with certain kinds of appointments. Sorry that I can't remember them now, but I stopped using the phone a few weeks back. Just be careful until you track these all down.
-- The predictive text is pretty darn good and the use of '1' and '*' keys intelligent. Again ... escaping predictive text to type something like 'iSync' differs from application to application and feels like it requires too many key strokes. In general, I have the sense that interface commands are not consistent. Check my memory here too. And again, thnk of this as a computer requiring focused attention. If that works for you, great!
-- A pure con: texting commands can be really dumb. For example: Scroll to or receive a message ... select reply to message ... the 6600 asks if you want to "reply to the sender." And ... NO ONE other than the sender is listed! Who else are you going to reply to? At this point -- I belive -- you are some 5 clicks into the menu. Too much work, if this isn't the focus of your attention. Again, fine as a computer ... but less useful while you are traveling down the road.
I'm hoping that this helps. Though some people will really like it, I probably would NOT recommend the 6600. If you check some of the discussion boards, the phone has lovers and haters. :-) I've gone back to my Motorola v60. To be honest, those folks thought about the menuing system and made the things I do most often easy to do/activate.
I'm thinking about putting the 66500 on e-bay, simply because I need something for car use. I was only able to feel comfortable with it for about a month.
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