briantw
Well-Known Member
Nokia 6670
I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this phone. I wasn't intending to. It was just meant to be a phone.
My Motorola E1000 3G phone put me off the idea of modern phones, with its awful operating system and half-day battery life. Thought I was just not familiar with it and that I'd grow accustomed to it. Never did. Some things were too difficult to do, and others were just plain impossible.
"I'm just a Luddite who can't adapt," I thought. "I'm too used to the Pocket PC interface on a PDA and my Nokia 6110/6210/8310/6310 interface on a phone." "A phone should be a phone," I thought. "I'll stick to my iPAQ for PDA functionality. I'm too old for this $hi'ite."
Problem with a PDA, of course, is that you need two hands to do most things, like send an email. Text entry is impossible with one hand, plus there's no tactile feedback, so you have to look at the screen constantly. Sure, there are PDAs with thumb keypads, but these are so big that you still have to use two hands to operate them.
This little baby addresses all of those concerns. Within 10 minutes of turning it on, I'd already set up two POP3 email boxes for sending and receiving without the need to read the manual. Something that was like pulling teeth on the Motorola!
All of the rest of the functions came with time, the manual being an unused last resort. Yes, I looked at it, but it was boring. The phone is easy enough to use.
The best part is that, unlike my HP iPAQ hx4700, the 6670 can be operated entirely with one hand, thanks to its diminutive size. Plus the fact that you can feel and hear the keys being pressed means you don't have to be looking at the screen all the time to see what you're entering, at least if you know your way around, which I should, after 7 years of Nokia phones.
For most pda purposes, it is far more convenient to use than the iPAQ. I attended a meeting today, captured some contacts, sent some email, checked my calendar, all without having to do the three-hand dance with my ipaq. In fact, I never touched the iPAQ. Of course, all of the info will end up on the iPAQ, thanks to the phone's seamless synchronization with Outlook.
My only gripe is that the rest of the Nokia pc suite is functionally impaired under all machines I've tried it on. It crashes, it's unstable... I don't use it. Just the sync software. Oh well, guess you can't be the best at everything.
The screen, which I never intended to take seriously, 'cos it has a much lower resolution than my VGA hx4700, has startlingly vibrant colours, even in broad daylight.
The Symbian OS is great and easy to use, and downloading and installing software was a cinch. How long I've been waiting for the ability to record every single phone call, for record purposes. Well, this was just a software installation away.
Basically, this phone rocks! And the 6680 is all this, plus 3G and video calling, among many other things. Boy, I can't wait for that baby.
Until then, I'll enjoy this one; after all, I'm writing this with one hand while driving with the other - how much more enjoyment can you get?
I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this phone. I wasn't intending to. It was just meant to be a phone.
My Motorola E1000 3G phone put me off the idea of modern phones, with its awful operating system and half-day battery life. Thought I was just not familiar with it and that I'd grow accustomed to it. Never did. Some things were too difficult to do, and others were just plain impossible.
"I'm just a Luddite who can't adapt," I thought. "I'm too used to the Pocket PC interface on a PDA and my Nokia 6110/6210/8310/6310 interface on a phone." "A phone should be a phone," I thought. "I'll stick to my iPAQ for PDA functionality. I'm too old for this $hi'ite."
Problem with a PDA, of course, is that you need two hands to do most things, like send an email. Text entry is impossible with one hand, plus there's no tactile feedback, so you have to look at the screen constantly. Sure, there are PDAs with thumb keypads, but these are so big that you still have to use two hands to operate them.
This little baby addresses all of those concerns. Within 10 minutes of turning it on, I'd already set up two POP3 email boxes for sending and receiving without the need to read the manual. Something that was like pulling teeth on the Motorola!
All of the rest of the functions came with time, the manual being an unused last resort. Yes, I looked at it, but it was boring. The phone is easy enough to use.
The best part is that, unlike my HP iPAQ hx4700, the 6670 can be operated entirely with one hand, thanks to its diminutive size. Plus the fact that you can feel and hear the keys being pressed means you don't have to be looking at the screen all the time to see what you're entering, at least if you know your way around, which I should, after 7 years of Nokia phones.
For most pda purposes, it is far more convenient to use than the iPAQ. I attended a meeting today, captured some contacts, sent some email, checked my calendar, all without having to do the three-hand dance with my ipaq. In fact, I never touched the iPAQ. Of course, all of the info will end up on the iPAQ, thanks to the phone's seamless synchronization with Outlook.
My only gripe is that the rest of the Nokia pc suite is functionally impaired under all machines I've tried it on. It crashes, it's unstable... I don't use it. Just the sync software. Oh well, guess you can't be the best at everything.
The screen, which I never intended to take seriously, 'cos it has a much lower resolution than my VGA hx4700, has startlingly vibrant colours, even in broad daylight.
The Symbian OS is great and easy to use, and downloading and installing software was a cinch. How long I've been waiting for the ability to record every single phone call, for record purposes. Well, this was just a software installation away.
Basically, this phone rocks! And the 6680 is all this, plus 3G and video calling, among many other things. Boy, I can't wait for that baby.
Until then, I'll enjoy this one; after all, I'm writing this with one hand while driving with the other - how much more enjoyment can you get?