Nokia 6086 Phone

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Nokia has been one of the major mobile companies in the world. One of their offerings is the Nokia 6086 phone, a multimode UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) handset. This allows users to stay in touch - in any environment. Designed for consumers who strive for simplicity and value for money, the quad-band GSM and UMA-enabled cameraphone hides its sophisticated circuitry within a classic design with a large keypad and intuitive user menu.

The feature that would entice users with this phone is most probably its UMA technology.Based on a number of successful UMA trials, the Nokia 6086 has proven to be a top-performer, flawlessly switching from quad-band GSM to WLAN coverage, as the environment demands. The Nokia 6086 successfully integrates the radio technologies making them completely transparent to the consumer.

Other notable features of this phone is its camcorder and video player, wire-free enhancement use and synchronization via Bluetooth, VGA camera with 4X digital zoom, and a 6MB free user memory and microSD slot to enable storage of your favorite music.

The 6080 is a bit bulky at 1.8 inches wide by 3.6 inches tall by 0.9 inch thick. But even so, you can’t help but admit that the 6080 is an attractive piece of equipment. Covered in a coat of faux brushed aluminum, the 6086 has smooth clean lines and curved edges, making it nice to hold in the hand. It weighs around 2.9 ounces and can be pocketed easily without weighing you down.

On the front of the phone is a tiny 1-inch diagonal monochrome external display that shows all the essentials like time, battery life, signal strength, and caller ID. The tiny LCD doesn’t support photo caller ID, and you won’t be able to use it as a camera viewfinder for self-portraits. The left spine is home to a volume rocker plus a dedicated camera key, while there’s a microSD card slot on the right.

Opening the phone, you will get a 1.75-inch diagonal display. It supports 262, 000 colors and is capable of 128X160 pixel resolutions. Underneath the main display is the navigation array that consists of two soft keys, a four-way toggle with a middle OK key, and the Talk and End/Power buttons. The four-way toggle also doubles as four user-defined shortcuts. A dedicated speakerphone key is unfortunately missing.

A feature that stands out of the Nokia 6080 is its keypad. It has to be one of the best keypads in any cellphone out there today. All the keys from the navigation array to the alphanumeric keypad are large, spacious, and have a bubbled texture that makes it impossible to press a key by mistake.

As a basic camera phone, the 6080 does not really impress users that much. It has a 500-contact phone book with room in each entry for five phone numbers, an e-mail address, notes, a birthday, and a Web and street address. Other features include a vibrate mode, a speakerphone, text and multimedia messaging, instant messaging (with support for Windows Live, AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo), an alarm clock, a calendar, a task list, a voice recorder, a calculator, a timer, a stopwatch, Bluetooth, and a wireless web browser via T-Mobile’s t-Zones.

As a multimedia device, the 6080, as mentioned, does not really impress all that much. It has a VGA camera with only three resolution settings (640×480, 320×240, 160×120), three quality settings, several color effects, and a self-timer. The built-in camcorder has pretty much the same settings, with two different lengths–30 seconds or so for video mail, and as much as the available memory. Photo quality was pretty disappointing, and video quality was mediocre as well, with a lot of blurry and overcast images. The phone’s music player is also pretty basic, and has the standard play, pause, and track shuttle controls. There is an equalizer with six different presets, however. You can upload songs from your PC via a microSD card.

Overall, the Nokia 6080 is a good phone. It has basic camera with good call quality. However, its most impressive feature is its ability to make calls via Wi-Fi.

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