Nokia 6682 Phone Review

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The subject of today’s review is another Nokia smartphone, the Nokia 6682. The 6682 is a consumer oriented phone. This is clearly portrayed via its fashion-friendly candy bar style pearl case and its 1.3 megapixel camera that can function as a digital camera and as a camcorder. However, its not just these features that makes this phone an attractive handset, its productivity features like email, web access and office document management contributes to this phones success.

As mentioned, the 6682 is a candy bar type handset with a traditional Nokia look. Nokia smoothed the edges of this phone and made it a lot more elegant-looking. The 6682 is very comfortable in-hand and doesn’t feel out of place in the least when holding up to your ear during a call. It also fits well into a pocket and at 4.7 ounces it’s not terribly heavy for a device of this nature.

At the front of the phone, you can see the 176 x 208 pixel display. Along with this comes the light sensor, earpiece, keypad, function buttons and 5-way d-pad. The numeric keypad for this phone is well-designed and very responsive. Above the keypad are two large action buttons, used in navigating the menus or to launch the messaging and camera applications.

At the left part of the phone, you will find the voice key. The key serves as a button to switch between the earpiece and loudspeaker. The right side holds the power button along with a door to house the MMC memory card slot. In addition to powering the phone on, the power button is used to lock keys and quickly change profiles. The bottom houses the AC input, microphone and port for sync cable or accessories.

The back portion of the 6682 is well-designed. The 1.3 megapixel camera lens is protected by a slide cover. What’s missing though is support for Bluetooth headphone jack. The 6682 does support stereo out, but only though the connector on the bottom.

Going on to the phone’s main features, we see the 176 x 208 pixel display of the 6682. At 2.2 inches, the display is a bit small for a PDA. It is capable of displaying 262,000 colors. The display is bright and clear, with even backlighting. The best feature though is the light sensor embedded in the upper left corner of the front that detects light levels and adjusts the display accordingly.

The Nokia 6682 comes in with a 10MB built-in memory. If this is not enough, you can utilize the 64MB MMC card that comes along with the phone - or get a larger capacity MMC card. The handset is powered by a 220 MHz CPU and allows for quick application loading and smooth application switching.

With connectivity, you get supports for GSM/GPRS/EDGE. While it does not have WiFi or Infrared, it does include Bluetooth v1.2. Its worth mentioning that the Bluetooth for this device is very reliable.

The 6682 runs Symbian 8.0 (Series 60) and comes with an assortment of applications. The web browser is Nokia’s WAP 2.0 that does a fine job for a Smartphone. The email application supports POP and IMAP accounts, complete with attachments. The unit also comes with Quickoffice, which handles Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. The version of the software that comes with the phone is read only though; the full version is required to edit files.

This is not really a full-blown PDA, but with its included features, its a start. A lot of users will appreciate these functions.

The 6682 comes with a 1.3 megapixel (1280 x 960 pixels) camera. Unlike other built-in cameras, which is usually just additional crap, this phone’s camera is unbelievably acceptable.

The camera also has an LED light that helps illuminate poorly lit subjects. It has a fairly short range though and the camera software doesn’t remember flash settings, so it’s a nice to have, but not a great feature. The camera also features a few shooting modes including night mode and sequence, which shoots 6 shots in succession. The camera is also suitable for recording video clips.

Bottomline, this phone is not really a full-pledged PDA, but its productivity features can attract a lot of fans. It’s small enough to be pocketable, but has enough functionality for users to put out fires when they occur.

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