Yesterday, when I saw HSDPA access with cellular phone technology in word wide web, my eye focused with Nokia E66 , hmm I have one question for it, “Nokia E66 is powerfull ? Announced in June 2008, Nokia E66 was effectively launched on the market one month later, in July 2008, together with its E71 brother. The E66 slider can be acquired for around USD 400$ unlocked and with a 2GB microSD card included in the sales package. Potential buyers can opt for any of the two colors available: White Steel and Grey Steel.
Nokia E66 features a slider form, but looks rather strange as the upper part of the phone is much shorter than the bottom part. This is the only trait that differentiates E66 from other sliders, in terms of design. Even if the innovation may catch the eye of some users, others might not like it at all. E66 measures 107.5 x 49.5 x 13.6 mm and weighs 121g (including battery), which places it in the medium-sized sliders category. Above the display, one can notice that the slider features a secondary camera for video-calls, as well as a light ambient sensor. Bellow, the D-pad is surrounded by the Symbian specific keys, which can only be seen when the backlighting is ON: Menu key, Contact key, Organizer key and Email key. The last row of keys includes a Delete key and the two Accept and Reject calls keys.
Nokia E66 is a quad band GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) handset, HSDPA 900 / 2100 (3.6 Mbps) compatible, which features GPRS class 32 (100 kbps), EDGE 32 class (296 kbps), High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (57.6 kbps) and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g.
When you slide the E66 open, the numeric keypad is revealed. These keys feature the traditional printed labels, and the * key is now a shortcut to toggle Bluetooth on and off, while the # key is still a shortcut to the Silent profile. The power button is located on top of the handset, and is crafted from bright red plastic, making it much easier to find over those on previous Nokia handsets.
The right side of the E66 is full of buttons. At the top is the volume up and down keys, with the Voice Recorder button located directly between them. Annoyingly, this button cannot be reprogrammed. Below this is the two-stage camera shutter key. However, similar to the Nokia E90, this dedicated camera button does not actually launch the camera application, so you are forced to waste a shortcut on the camera, or fumble through the phone’s menus to get to it.
Unfortunately, the main attractions of E66 are hidden under the hood. Design cannot be added here; even if E66 is no ugly phone, it doesn’t impress either. Some of the best features of the handset include: HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity, built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS function, document editor, VoIP support, powerful CPU, accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate. Also, instead of a large QWERTY keyboard, I should mention the very responsive standard keypad, which makes texting a real pleasure.
I wouldn’t mention the design here even if it needs some improvements. Instead, I’m so frustrated by the low talk time offered by the 1000 mAh battery. Camera could also be better or not at all. I would’ve also preferred a larger display for emails and a better Web browsing experience.
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