Nokia 6680 Review
The Nokia 6680 is an upgrade of the Nokia 6630, which was Nokia's first 3G smartphone. It's a big improvement. Firstly, the physical design of the phone has been improved. It's less distinctive than the Nokia 6630, being squarer in shape, but the keypad is easier to use and the whole thing is slightly smaller (albeit a few grams heavier.)
Secondly, the imaging capabilities of the phone have been improved in a big way. The display is the same size as the Nokia 6630, but has been uprated to 262k colours. It's the best screen on any Nokia phone to date. The camera is still rated at 1.3 megapixels, but we can hardly complain about that! It's a high quality camera with a massive 6x digital zoom and a handy built in flash. It can't match Sony Ericsson's K750i, but remember that this is a phone first and a multimedia device second. A second inward-facing camera is used for video calling, which was a function missing from the Nokia 6630. A slide protects the camera from scratches and dust.
The Nokia 6680 has an integrated RealPlayer music & media player. RealPlayer supports a range of formats including MP3 and AAC audio and MPEG4 video. Audio output is in stereo and a pair of Nokia HDS-3 stereo headphones are provided as standard.
The Nokia 6680 is a series 60 smartphone and comes with a selection of Symbian applications. Applications provided on the memory card include Adobe Reader, Kodak Mobile (for printing images taken using the camera), Nokia Wireless Keyboard application, a selection of games and a Photo Editor.
As well as being a smartphone, the Nokia 6680 is 3G compatible, making it an ideal phone for applications requiring high-speed data transfer. As well as the obvious video calling function, the phone is ideal for video downloads, web browsing and email handling. Support is provided for viewing various kinds of document attachments (view jpeg, 3gp, MP3, .ppt, .doc, excel, and .pdf files). The web browser is an advanced XHTML browser that can handle websites with frames, background images, image maps and simple JavaScript.
The internal memory of the device is 10 Mbytes, with the addition of a 64 Mbyte MMC card which can be hot-swapped. Connectivity is via Bluetooth or USB.
The Nokia 6680 also seems to have cured most of the reliability problems that dogged the Nokia 6630, and we thoroughly recommend it for anyone looking for a cutting-edge multimedia phone with the advantages of both the Symbian operating system and 3G. It's simply Nokia's best phone so far.
Features of the Nokia 6680 include:
- Two integrated digital cameras: 1.3 megapixel in back of phone (1.23 megapixel effective resolution, 1280 x 960 pixels) with 6x digital zoom and slide for camera protection) and VGA (640 x 480 pixels, 2x digital zoom) in front of phone
- Integrated camera flash (operating range up to 1.5 m)
- Video camera / video calling (using VGA camera)
- Movie Director for automated video production
- Display: active matrix, 176 x 208 pixels, 262,144 colours
- RealPlayer Media Player with stereo audio - played formats: .3gp and .mp4 file formats, MPEG-4 video, H.263 video and AMR audio, RealMedia (Real Video and Real Audio), MP3, and AAC
- Messaging: SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging, Email
- Voice Features: voice dialing, voice commands, voice recorder
- Integrated handsfree speaker
- Push to Talk
- Polyphonic ringtones
- Java & Symbian applications
- Speed dialing
- Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and email details per entry, also supports thumbnail pictures and groups
- Series 60 personal organiser including calendar and to-do list
- WAP 2.0, GPRS class 10
- Fast WCDMA and EDGE connections for broadband-speed browsing - up to 384 kbps
- XHTML/HTML multimode browser (supports image maps, background images, and frames)
- Mobile Wallet
- Memory: 10 Mbytes internal memory plus 64 Mbytes Reduced Size Dual Voltage MultiMediaCard (MMC)
- Connectivity: Bluetooth 1.2, USB 2.0
- Triband (GSM 900/1800/1900) plus 3G (WCDMA 2100 networks)
- Size: 108 x 55 x 21 mm
- Weight: 133g
- Battery standby: 6 - 11 days
- Talktime: up to 6 hours (2G) or 3 hours (3G)
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