Nokia 7600 Review

I4U reported about the Nokia 7600 last September. The Nokia 7600 is supposed to come on the US market this year. Below a review of the new Nokia "Fashion" phone from our new I4U Reviewer Art, who is the Technews editor at the Manial Bulletin Newspaper located in the Philippines.

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Technews, however, notes that the phone packs some serious capabilities. It has a bright active matrix TFT color display, graphical user interface, built-in HF for speech, music and polyphonic ringtones. Its integrated digital VGA camera comes with 640 x 480 and 128 x 96 video resolutions, a self-timer, 15 frames per second video and sound capture, and can store images using the 29MB dynamic memory that is shared with the phone’s other functions.
It also has high-speed data features, depending of course, on network status of service providers, and a host of other features it shares with other late-model Nokia handsets.
In a way, the Nokia 7600 is like a Rochard test. One may either fall in love with its unconventional design, or avoid it like the plague. Technews solicited the opinions of female staff, and most of them were not too keen about the handset.
Bottom line is, if one goes for daring concepts in aesthetics he or she would find the 7600 enchanting. People who put emphasis on functionality over form, however, may find it too different and say “pass.”

Full Specifications:

Dual Mode Operation
· WCDMA and GSM 900/1800 networks
· Automatic switching between bands and modes

Size
· Weight: 123 g (with Lithium Battery)
· Dimensions: 87 mm x 78 mm x 18.6 mm, 103 cc

Display and User Interface
· Bright active matrix TFT color display
· 65,536 colors
· 128x160 pixels
· Graphical user interface
· Built-in HF for speech, music, and polyphonic ringing tones
· Three soft keys plus scroll key

Integrated Digital VGA Camera
· Image/video resolution: 640x480/128x96
· Self-time function (10 sec)
· Video capture up to 15 frames per second
· Phone display used as a viewfinder
· 29 MB dynamic memory for contacts, video clips, images, tones, messages, music files, add -on applications, calendar, and to-do notes.
· Dedicated camera key for instant capturing of still images or videos

Digital Music Player
· Digital Music Player for MP3 and AAC files
· Music file download over-the-air or from a combatible PC via Nokia Audio Manager which is included in Nokia PC Suite
· Listen with stereo headset or through internal loudspeaker
· MP3 and AAC files as ringing tones

High-Speed Data
· Up to 57.6 kilobits per second in circuit-switched data networks
· Up to 384 kilobits per second (downlink) and 64 kilobits per second (uplink) in WCDMA packet transmission networks
· Multitasking: Take and send pictures while you talk

Connectivity
· Infrared
· Bluetooth wireless technology
· USB with Pop-Port™
· Wireless phone connection to a compatible PC
· Send/receive pictures, video clips, graphics

Messaging
· Combine video/picture, text, and voice into multimedia messages
· Embedded e-mail client
· Concatenated text messages, picture messaging

Voice Features
· Voice dialing
· Voice recorder
· Integrated handsfree speaker

Browsing
· Advanced XHTML browser
· WAP 2.0 over GPRS data in both GSM and WCDMA modes

Video Services
· Video clip download up to 1.4MB
· 3GPP Streaming*

Applications
· Pre-installed Java™ based games and applications
· Downloadable Java™ applications, maximum download size 348kB per application