The Nokia 6600 is a mobile phone launched in the second quarter of 2003, costing approximately €600, was Nokia's high-end model of the 6xxx Classic Business Series of mobile phones. At the time of release, it was the most advanced product ever launched by Nokia.It is a smartphone running on the Symbian OS-based Nokia Series 60 platform. It should not be confused with the newer Nokia 6600 fold, Nokia 6600 slide and Nokia 6600i phones which have little resemblance to the original 6600.
A variant of the Nokia 6600 was launched in the U.S. market as the Nokia 6620.
Features
Integrated (VGA 640x480) camera
Video recorder with audio support (records up to 95 KB - from 9 to 27 seconds - with built-in recorder application)
Streaming video and audio
Wireless connectivity with Bluetooth and IrDA
6 MB internal memory
Memory card slot for additional user memory and applications
Java MIDP 2.0 and Symbian(series 60) applications
Data synchronization with PC via PC Suite and iSync
Tri-band operation in GSM E900/1800/1900 networks
Additional features:
ARM compatible (ARM4T architecture)
Symbian Operating System 7.0s
CPU running at 104 MHz
6MB of built in memory
MMC card slot
176x208 (65,536 colours) TFT display
5-way joystick navigation
HSCSD and GPRS, for internet/WAP access
Although the initial batches of the Nokia 6600 were not stable, later system software upgrades corrected the situation.
The phone has the capacity to support the installation of a wide range of third-party software such as mp3 and multimedia players, games, web browsers, GPS navigation, office suites, and GUI themes, via Java and ePoc (*.sis) installers. GUI themes can be created using the free Nokia Symbian Theme Studio.
The model was released to the general public in two color schemes: black and white and full black. Additional color schemes (blue and white, pink) were produced for promotional purposes.
In the year 2007, Nokia stopped production of the 6600 handsets. In India, this mobile phone dominated the smartphone market for a long time.
Popular usage
The Nokia 6600 features in the following films:
Cellular (2004), used by Chris Evans' character
Silver Hawk (2004)
Transporter 2 (2005)
Aamir (2008), used by the main character
Kidnap (2008), used by Imran Khan's character
Manmathan (2004), used by Silambarasan's character
Flight of the Conchords-A Texan Odyssey (2006)(Doco), on table in hotel room
[[Twenty-20(Malayalam),used by MohanLal
Specification
Screen 176x208 (65,536 colours) 2.16" TFT display
Camera VGA 640x480, 2x digital zoom
Operating system S60 2nd Edition on Symbian OS v7.0s
CPU 104 MHz
Memory 6 MB internal user storage
Memory card MMC
Networks GSM, GPRS, HSCSD
Connectivity Bluetooth & IrDA
Battery BL-5C, 3.7 V, 970 mAh, Li-ion
Physical size 109 x 58 x 24 mm
Weight 125 g
Form factor Bar
Media H.263, MPEG-4, RealVideo
Successor Nokia 6630
Nokia 6681
Related Nokia 6620
