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 Best affordable Nokia smart phone on the market September 24, 2005
Stephen Garcia (Santa Monica, CA United States)
30 out of 31 found this review helpful
I've had this phone for about a week now and am pretty impressed with it's features. Nokia makes a solid phone and the 6682 is definitly top of their list. It's at a great price now and will be a great phone for people as they wait for the Nokia N91 due out next year.
Pros:
1. Size, screen and keys. I had a 3650 before, and this phone is about an inch shorter and a bit thinner. That being said it's still bigger than most phones out today. The keys are solid and have a great feel to them and are slightly "tilted" so that they can be felt easily. The screen is amazing! Very bright and smart to boot. It has a light sensor that adjusts the screen and key lighting to be best viewed in your surroundings (great for extending battery life as well).
2. I have always liked the 'poor' quality pictures from my 3650. They have a nice 'polariod' feel to them. This phone has a great camera. 1.3 megapixels may be a bit much for a phone, but i'm sure folks will be wondering how they got along without it after a while. The camera also has a flash, which i find isn't very useful past a few feet (but hey, it's a nice feature for a phone). Lastly, the camera has a 6x digital zoom on it which works very well and has been something lacking in picture phones for a while now. bravo!
3. Software. The apps installed on this phone definitly set it up as a smart phone. You can view and edit (edit for a fee) most office documents and pdf files (same software as on the treo 650). There are also several other apps that might make people's lives easier, but I find that just having the solid Series 60 Symbian software does it for me. The OS is very solid and provides lots of usable features like Contact management which allows several numbers to be assigned to the same person (motorola doesn't do this).
4. PIM software is great. A new 'today' screen has been added called 'active standby' which shows your meetings, todos and any messages you have received.
5. The speakerphone and noise cancelling microphones are excellent! I can use this phone in most places and people can hear me loud and clear.
6. Removable media slot. Finally! The OS even shuts down apps that use the card so you don't loose any information. Brilliant!
Cons:
1. RC-MMC card. I'm sure this was chosen because of space limitations, but it would have been nice not to have to buy new storage cards for just this phone. Also, i've read several reports of bad conflicts with upgrading this card to a larger size. It comes with 64Mb, but you really want 512Mb for this phone.
2. Headphone jack. There isn't one. You have to use the supplied headphones from Nokia. They are good headphones, but not having the mini-jack prevents users from enjoying the MP3 capabilities on their favorite headphones.
3. This phone trumps the Motorola ROKR in all ways except that it doesn't resume the music after you hang up a call (it stops it when the phone rings though). Hopefully Nokia fixes this in a future software release.
4. Should have had a simple USB connection
Actually, about 4.4 stars June 26, 2006
Totobenki
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
Pretty good phone. Potential buyers should be warned that this phone is much larger than regular clam-shell phones. It is even larger than the razor. Here are the pros and the cons.
Pros:
- Nokia is a very considerate cell phone manufacture. (either that or I'm too used very low standards?) The phone comes packaged with a 64mb miniSD card to play around with the phone. It further comes with a stereo headset that attaches to the phone so you can listen to music. On top of that, it comes with a link cable to hook up the phone to your computer. Compared to motorola (specifically, the razr and the slvr) which does not package their phone with a link cable, the nokia does a great job of giving the consumer everything they need right out of the box. The samsung d807, by the way, does not come with anything besides the phone either (namely, it comes without headsets or datalink). The link software is also included while the motorola razr requires you to buy a link software which never made any sense to me.
- the camera is amazingly good. The quality is good and it's got the best zoom out of all the camera phones I've ever seen.
- it is very easy to download and install apps.
- the phone looks pretty cool. Especially when you are outside at night. It is hard to describe it in words but the backlight seems more tastefull than the other manufactures.
- The sound quality is GREAT. I've had razr for 6 month and I reget buying that phone everyday for its utterly attrocious sound quality. The nokia 6682 also gets much better reception than the motorola. As a side note, the nokia gets better reception than the samsung d807 as well.
- video seems pretty good.
Cons:
- this phone is pretty heavy. It is larger than most phones out now-a-days. (I'm not including organizer-phones like blackberry or equivalent keyboard-type phones here although the nokia does a pretty good job as a powerful 3g phone). If cute and small is your thing, DON'T GET THIS PHONE. Try the samsung d807 which is excellent in sound quality and performance. I would not recommend a motorola razr for the reason of poor sound quality as described above.
- the battery life is not so good. I got about 2 1/2 days of life out of this thing before recharge. (keep in mind that I did a lot of heavy calling and playing-around etc.)
- the design seems a little clunky. (I kind of like it but others may find it too boxy or something so I put this in the con section)
- the phone does lag a bit during heavy usage although I've never experienced a "lock-up" that others are refering to.
Conclusion:
All in all, pretty good phone. My personal rating is 4.4 because of its size, weight and the battery life. This phone has the best camera capability out of any phones out there in the US. (excluding the over-priced helio phones of course). I would recommend this phone to people who like taking pictures a lot and maybe some video for those "kodak-moments". Bloggers will probably get a kick out of this phone. If you want a smaller and slicker phone with good camera and video, go with the samsung d807.
 Nokia 6682 (Cingular) July 27, 2006
Gary S. Wasserman
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
I purchased this phone around the 1st of July 2006. After three weeks of use I can definitely say it is great deal. No money out for the phone and 550 minutes with Cingular at 60 bucks for 2 years sounds pretty reasonable to me.
The sound quality of the phone is great.
The sync software that comes with the phone and data cable worked flawlessly. I use outlook and sync with it on a weekly basis.
The camera is good for must have shots - even if they are a bit lacking in quality.
I have played with the recorder and probably could be useful.
The phone screen is first rate and the phone construction is all quality - with the exception of the thin plastic cover for the camera lens.
The only downside is the MMC dual voltage memory card is only 64 meg and it is hard to find a replacement card at best buy, office depot, etc...
I have read other posts about this phone having to be rebooted and I have yet to experience that - thankfully.
I highly recommend this phone.
My wife got the pink Motorola Razor phone for free and it is okay - but not near the quality of this phone.
 I'm returning mine June 2, 2006
Emma (Glenside, PA United States)
24 out of 28 found this review helpful
I bought this phone when my Nokia 6230 bit the dust. I'll be returning the phone this week. My review is biased in the sense that I am an AVID cell phone user and I use my phone primarily for text messaging, calendar, alarm clock, camera, and music. Here's the scoop:
Pros: works with third party software such as MobiTV and MobiRadio.
Large screen.
Camera has a high resolution and a protective cover.
Reception has been good.
Cons: small keys, need to click through too many menus to send a text message. The phone is just too slow! Clicking on a menu takes about 2-3 seconds to load each page - I guess I was spoiled with the Nokia 6230. Bulky handset - too heavy and big. Third party software is expensive with Cingular: I needed to pay 20 bucks a month for unlimited internet and then 10.00 per month for MobiTv, 10 more for MobiRadio. Alarm clock doesn't have the option to set the alarm for multiple days. The headset that ships with the phone has two earbuds and doesn't stay in my ears. Intermittent "out of memory errors" even after upgrading the memory card to 512 MB. Camera cover slips open often while holding the phone. If you miss a call and the person leaves a voicemail, you see a message saying "new voicemail" but only after you click ok, do you see the "missed call". I think that the order should be reversed "missed call, then new voice mail" OR a small voice mail indicator. The backspace or "clear" button is too small and awkward.
Hope this helps!
details from dev June 2, 2006
Jim Corbett (Morrisvlle ,North Carolina)
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
a good and honest review doesent just give the pro`s or the cons..but gives both, So here it is
Pro`s
1)Nice fone, clear calls, speakerphone much much better than razr, good reception.
2)Good camera, more so with the 6X zoom that can be used after taking the snap, can adjust brightness, has a flash, timer, night Mode, can also take snaps in a sequence.
3) Can Sync calender and notes, address book..etc..with outlook with provided cable or over bluetooth.
4) Converter(Currency/Pressure/weight/etc) works pretty good.
5) have a 1 gb card with over 700 mb of mp3/images/videos/apps, works fine..no lags..
6) Mp3 player is pretty good, sound through attached headset is awesome.
7) got a nice secure wallet app.
8) can write and deploy your own java app..easily..or a game( which i did)
Cons:-
1) accesing multiple apps ..can make the phone hang at times.
2) Installing apps like google maps on fone or memory card...really eats the battery..from 3-4 days to 1 or 1.5 days.
3) photographs..call the first one abc..rest by default get named abc1, abc2..so on.
4) Adding a password to protect the SIm/fone if fone is lost..adds about 2 mts to the startup time.
5) Nokia doesent give any free apps..like for word and excel free with the fone have to buy and install it ..99.99..additional.
6) Only uses " dv " rs mmc(Dual voltage(1.8/3.3) Reduced size mmc)
7) Can only schedule one alarm..multiple alarms..needs software available for 19.99(separately)
8) doesent have infrared:- for those who wonder why does he want it...if present then can install a software to turn the fone into a remote for ur tv/vcr etc..
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