.:: Some Queries Regarding Nokia 6600 ::.

[tuXian]

I am planning to purchase Nokia 6600. I am doubtful that the dealer is not providing me with all the accessories that are shipped along with the phone.

Hence I want to know what are the accesorries provided by the company along a boxed handset.?

Moreover I would like to know about Nokia 6600 from the ppl who are using it. What are its pros and cons and anything they think fit mentioning.

Waiting for a responce at the earliest.

[vishal_bhatia87]

Acceories comes with NOKIA 6600 are:
Mobile Handset
Charger
Battery
Handsfree
CD
32MB Memory Card
Pros and cons about NOKIA 6600:
Pros:
Brilliant Color Screen
Cons:
Only 9 Sec Video Clip
No Mp3 Playback
Slow Processor
In my opinion go for 3230 (Rs. 15,600), Its features are:
1.2 MegaPixel Camera
60 Min. Video Rec
Mp3 Playback
Bluetooth & Infrared
Edge & GPRS
Etc.

[mamba]

have 1

the speaker volume is low + slow proccy

everything else is fine

[khandu]

Nokia 3230 is definetly much better

price is less.. less than 15K now..

[Delpiero]

Mp3 can be played and it there is unlimited video recording by using some 3'rd party softwares. 8)

Pros
Good screen
Lots of apps and games supported

Cons
A little heavy
Slow processor
Sound quality isn't very good

It's a good phone but 3230 is better than 6600. 6600 is very commonly used. Go for 3230 it's a better deal.

[tuXian]

Thanks a lot guys for your valuable suggestions!!

Mamba which phone r u referring to 6600 or 3230?

If 3230 then Is the sound quality acceptable or very really that bad?

what about the sound quality when a call comes i.e is the bell ring of very low volume or bad quality?

[khandu]

3230 Sound quality is not that bad.. can play MP3 with ok quality.. u wont mind it.. use headphones.. much better

i would definetly recommed 3230.. got much more features than 6600.. it is the best smartphone for middle class ppl rated by many sites.. and cheap according to its features...

[tuXian]

thanks khandu and all

i think it doesnt support WAP and only xHTML is supported? Can somone clarify

BTW what do u say grudge?

[khandu]

y do u need WAP if u have GPRS and EDGE!!!

and if u dont like the browser then u can get opera and firefox will launch soon..

[drgrudge]

y do u need WAP if u have GPRS and EDGE!!!

and if u dont like the browser then u can get opera and firefox will launch soon..
Hmm.. u need WAP naa inorder to get all those info (or rather signals or some stuff with which u can browse). Man all the phones which got GPRS will have WAP. Even SE T100 got WAP, u know that?


I think opera got a mobile browser. :?

@TuxiaN,
It supports WAP dont worry.
What is WAP, it's just a protocol. It's there, dont worry. :D

[tuXian]

Thanks a lot grudge for clearing my doubt for once and all.

@vishal I had been to the 3230's official Indian page and didnt find infrared mentioned.

Can anyone clarify on that please

BTW some my friends are insisting on 6230i as its cost just 1k extra but the screen size is small and it doesnt have a symbian OS.

No symbian means no cabir but with no OS I have a question:

Will it have any limitations without an OS. What about the apps and all. Can someone throw light on this???

[rollcage]

3230 --- http://www.nokia.co.in/nokia/0,,66146,00.html
Bluetooth: Yes

Infrared: Yes

Data Synchronisation: Yes

Internet Browser: Yes, XHTML and HTML

WAP: Yes

GPRS (network dependent): Yes

EDGE (network dependent): Yes

Pop-Port™: Yes



Without symbian os you cant install the appl which are symbian based, but you can use java appl.


.

[drgrudge]

No symbian means no cabir but with no OS I have a question:

Will it have any limitations without an OS. What about the apps and all. Can someone throw light on this???
Hmm.. no symbian means u cant install apps of any series 60 things. But it can be compared to 6610 where we can install some java apps/games for series 40 and not anything else.

[tuXian]

@grudge by meaning mobile forum I meant the Mobile Monster forum of thinkdigit and no other mobile forum.

now plz tell me do we have as many apps available in java like symbian? or there are less apps and many games??

What are the ups and downs of java based apps only mobile phone???

[khandu]

Dude..

Symbian 60 has 1000's of apps and games.. and java based phones work only on games..

I really recommend to got for a Symbian 60 phone.. it has the max capability for apps etc..

its like java is DOS mode.. less apps.. and S60 is Windows.. many apps :P

yeah wap is just a protocol...

and yes opera has a very cool mobile browser.. i liked it..

Dont worry about virus.. not much spread in india.. and anyways u have antivirus for them too in S60 phones..

And 3230 has WAP and Infrared..

[drgrudge]

@grudge by meaning mobile forum I meant the Mobile Monster forum of thinkdigit and no other mobile forum.

now plz tell me do we have as many apps available in java like symbian? or there are less apps and many games??

What are the ups and downs of java based apps only mobile phone???
Hmm.. we get Java appa also in addition to games, but that is very less to wht we get with series 60 phones.


its like java is DOS mode.. less apps.. and S60 is Windows.. many apps
yeah, it's almost true, and it works liek that. We got apps in java too, but that is way too less compared to what we have for Symbian OS.

[tuXian]

so guys after giving up 6600 I was for 3230 but now I am in complete dilema.

On one side I have those extra features of 6230i without symbian and a small screen size and less apps

and on another

theres 3230 with symbian and a bigger screen size but with some lesser features and lots of apps

What should I do? Please guide me in reaching a conclusion

[khandu]

Dude

Lemme tell u 1 thing.. as i have been an extensive user of cellphones.. i will give u my advice

If u simply dont care about apps and games etc... dosent matter if u go for 3310 too...

but if u care for future proof and games and 1000's of great apps.. there is NO WAY u should choose 6230i

My opinion.. 3230 is way better and safer than 6230i

and what extra features are u talking about???

6230i just has exchangable covers .. and 3230 has real one player ( according to its website )

Then again u got to choose.. u want 16 bit MSDOS mode or u want 32bit Windows :P

[vishal_bhatia87]

Nokia 6230i has the hanging problem in it. Now company picking up all the phones from the market. So wait for the new updated version to come. In now days dont go for it otherwise you will loose your money. Iam using 3230 and it is the excellent phone so go for it. Take a look at price comparison, 3230 comes at less than 15000 rs and 6230i is for above 17000 approx So why you are wasting your money when you can save it. Their is not much difference in the features of these phones. Now choice is yours.

[drgrudge]

Hmm.. symbian OS also does not mean everything. We got this symbian virus and this apps will piss you off in case you have many apps installed in your phone.

The selection of phone should be purely based on it's merit and features which you look forward in that particular phone. In case i like widescreen then i should go for 7710 instead of 6680, even incase i am able to afford it.


6230i got small screen size but it got a better resolution than other series 40 phones (208 x 208 pixels against 128 x 128 pixels). Features wise also both the phones got almost no difference.


See the advantage of 6230i over 3230:
- compact and sleek (when compared to 3230)
- fast processor (3230 got a slow processor)
- has support for pop-port support (so data-cable can be used)
- Better battery than 3230 or atleast not less than 3230's battery. It got a "BL-5C" type battery which is present in phones like 1108/3315 etc.. so it's better than 3230's "BL-5B" :P
- Got USB "plug and play" port so u can connect to ur USB port of computer. This feature is absent in 3230.
- Better screen resolution compared to 6230i even though it's small.
- Supports more audio formats :D


Now see the advantages of 3230:
- Symbian
- bigger screen
- more games and apps
- Games playing via BT
- Video recording

So it's upto you to decide which one to go for.


As for me, i like symbian OS phones but when it comes to 3230 versus 6230i I would prefer 6230i

[khandu]

u r wrong about somethings

even 3230 has POP port and thus supports datacable DKU2

comes dead cheap in local market.. and original also for around 700 bucks..

but then again ur choice..

even PC get infected with virus.. there is no cure for that..

:P

[tuXian]

so the only major difference between 3230 and 6230i is the absense of symbian that leads to minimum availablity of apps.

Guys plz tell me how many of you actually use symbian apps?
Are symbian apps really that addictive??
Are they really that productive and utlizable?
Can we do without it??

waiting....

[gimme_red]

Guys, personally, I will wait for a year and buy the Nokia N91 :)
http://www.helios.ugtech.net/hf/index.php/topic,14.0.html
http://212.213.255.72/keepthls/bigpic/nokia-n91.gif

[mamba]

Thanks a lot guys for your valuable suggestions!!

Mamba which phone r u referring to 6600 or 3230?

If 3230 then Is the sound quality acceptable or very really that bad?

what about the sound quality when a call comes i.e is the bell ring of very low volume or bad quality?

was talking bout 6600 , the 1 the threadz bout :D

btw i bought it a yr n half back . cost me 24000 :cry: man tech world advances . 4 3k less i can get a k750i 2day which the 6600 aint even comparable 2 :evil:

[khandu]

@TuxiaN

Dude i think goto a friend who uses symbian OS and see for urself.. it totally depends on u

and personally y do u want to spend more on a non os phone.. if u dont like 3230 looks then go for 6230i

@gimme_red

I know excellent phone .. hard drive 4 gb etc.. will be expensive also..

[tuXian]

ok guys I've got lots of things cleared now, thanks.

But one of my friend says the 3230 is not ergonomical as its keypad is not user friendly and the handset is not so gripful and call fall down easily.... what do u all say??

[drgrudge]

Abt keypad of 3230:

It's in here that this phone fails to impresses. The keys are placed close to each other and too rigid.
Also it got no volume controls like what phones has. This keypad also reminds us of the SE phones keypads. The visibility of the keys also an issue. It's small that we might not see them. The upper row of menu softkeys is too small and rigid for comfortable usage. IT actually has two different type of keys, the control keys (at the top) and the digit/numericals keys.

However the keys are soft and gentle and well illuminated in the dark by the backlit light.

Yes, the keypad is not good in way or the other of 3230.

[khandu]

true true.. but the joystick did do half my job.. and i did get used to keypad..

in games also on 3230 also joystick helped a lot..

[vishal_bhatia87]

Well I dont care about anything. I just like it is a good phone featured at good price. After all what you expect from the brand like NOKIA for only 14-15k?

[allajunaki]

Well.. Symbian Apps Tends to be addictive... Especially if u are the type who likes tinkering with ur phone... (Which i guess u are.. since u are linux fan..tinkering is inhernt in Linux ;) ).
Well.. Installing symbian app is easy.. (easiest is to send it to ur phone.. apps come with .sis extention, applications will install on its own when u open the .sis file from the phone.. just specify where u want it to be.. ).
Whats cool about symbian apps?? Well for one java based apps run in a 'sandbox' where as symbian apps run inside the OS.. hence works like PC apps, Virtualy the entire phones functionality can be accessed by the apps. (for example My P910i has a app called SMAN, which can show me the details of My phones hardware and reason for the last Restart and uptime of my os).

[aadipa]

Well i am a mobile game/app developer so i know few things about this.

1. Symbian is OS, and you can run native applications written in C++ / Python on it. these applications canm directly access OS functions, giving ultimate speed.

2. Symbian supports running multiple applications at a time, which is not supported by many other phone OS.

3. Since symbian applications can access OS directly, there also have virus for phones.

4. Java applications don't access OS directly, instead they have, Java Runtimes as middle level.

5. Java applications are ALWAYS slower than native applications.

But this all doesn't mean Java are not as much fun as native. In fact only Nokia Series 60 are major player in symbian. While almost every phone supports Java. So there are lot more games for Java than Symbian.