Finnish mobile communications giant Nokia has just recently released its latest touchscreen smartphone, the Nokia C6. This second installment in Nokia’s C Series looks much like a pared-down version of the N97. Its side-sliding QWERTY keyboard makes text input and messaging a less cumbersome task. With high-end features such as a generous touchscreen, a 5 MP camera, Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery, 3G, Wi-Fi, A-GPS and social networking support, the C6 is a well-rounded smartphone that is affordably priced.
The C6 smartphone almost looks like the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia N97 mini in design, all built with the same high quality material. Most of the phone’s primo real estate lies on its touchscreen display at the front panel. The device measures 113 x 53 x 16.8 mm, 80 cc and weighs in at a somewhat hefty 150 g. Available in black and white colours, the phone is solidly-built and fits snugly on your hand.
Prime piece of mobile real estate
The C6 smartphone boasts a 3.2-inch TFT resistive touchscreen running 16 million colours at 360 x 640 pixels resolution. The display comes with a proximity sensor which automatically decreases the ringing volume as the user approaches the phone. It also has an accelerometer which automatically rotates the display’s user interface as the phone changes its orientation, from landscape to portrait mode, for instance.
Unlike typical resistive displays, the C6’s touchscreen has a quicker response time. The ambient light sensor automatically adjusts the screen’s brightness and contrast to adapt to the existing light condition. The screen provides clear and vivid images even under bright sunlight.
Users who do a lot of text messaging will appreciate the phone’s fully backlit side-sliding QWERTY keyboard. The characters are easy to see and the keys are touch-sensitive. Apart from the slide-out physical keyboard, an alphanumeric keyboard version is available on the phone’s screen both in portrait and landscape modes.
The Nokia C6 smartphone runs on the Symbian Operating System v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 and has a fast and efficient ARM 11 434 MHz mobile processor beating at its core. In an industry slowly being dominated by Android OS, the Symbian is still pretty much in use in a lot of Nokia mobile phones for its reliability.
The C6 smartphone is by a standard Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-4J) battery. It has a battery life of up to 384 hours on standby and 7 hours of talk time. It can play all your favourite music for 30 hours non-stop on a single charge.
Data transfers on the C6 smartphone is enabled by both Bluetooth with A2DP, USB v2.0 as well as both Class 32 EDGE and GPRS. Wireless Bluetooth headset support is available to stream audio. Internet access is made possible through 2G GSM , 3G HSDPA , A-GPS and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g connectivity.
Get work done on the go
The Nokia C6 has a dedicated application which supports social networking websites like MySpace, Facebook and Hi5. It also comes integrated with Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Instant Messaging. Users can easily create, access and manage their email in Yahoo Mail, Gmail and other email accounts.
The C6 smartphone comes with a pre-loaded Ovi Map application which is offered by Nokia to their customers as a free subscription for life. A Nokia Maps loader application is provided on the device as well. It will enable users to pinpoint their precise location on the Map in just a matter of minutes through the phone’s integrated GPS and A-GPS receivers.
Getting some work done and killing boredom are both possible on the C6 smartphone whilst you’re on the go. It provides a slew of applications which will help you stay in constant touch with your business contacts as well as accomplish several tasks even when outside the office.
The phone’s essential features to get work done easily include a to-do list, unit & currency converter, notepad, calculator, calendar, world clock, timer, voice recorder, hands-free speakerphone,as well as text and multimedia messaging. A document viewer is also available for various office applications like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The viewer also comes with a PDF document reader.
Diehard video gamers won’t miss their favourite PC games when on the road. A lot of mobile video games are available for download at the Ovi Store, in addition to the games which were already pre-installed on the phone.
Cool multimedia features
The Nokia C6 is shipped with a 5 megapixel digital camera with an image resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. The camera has autofocus feature, 4X digital zoom, basic editing and a built-in LED flash for low light conditions. Exposure control, colour tone, white balance and video light are included to ensure optimum-quality pictures. Face and smile detection will allow you to capture perfect smiles every time whilst the camera’s self-timer guarantees you’ll never be out of the picture.
The camera is also capable of recording VGA-quality videos in 16:9 aspect ratio at 30 fps. The C6 also comes with a front-facing secondary QVGA camera for users who like video calling.
The C6 smartphone ships with a pre-installed versatile media player. It supports popular multimedia formats which include MP3, WMA, WAV, RealAudio and eAAC+ for audio as well as MP4, H.264, 3GP, RealVideo and WMV for video. Songs downloaded from the Ovi Music Store will sound amazingly real in headphones or on the built-in speakerphones. You can also hears the latest news or your favourite DJ programme on the phone’s stereo FM radio with RDS.
The C6 smartphone comes with 240 MB of internal memory and a 2 GB card for storing data and multimedia files. If you need more storage space for your huge collection of audio or video files, then a built-in microSD can accommodate memory expansion cards of up to 16 GB. For all its great features and functionality, the C6 smartphone is priced at only around £180 or can be picked up for less when you opt for one of the Nokia C6 deals being offered. Leave your own comments on this handset on the Nokia C6 reviews page.
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