Nokia 7600 All-in-One Phone

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Posted by michael on Friday September 26, 2003 @02:32AM from the no-kitchen-sink dept.

prostoalex writes "The new Nokia 7600, reviewed by people at MobileMag is a 3G/GSM phone with radically new design and built-in functionality of an MP3 player, multimedia browser and digital camera. The phone supports WCDMA as well as GSM 900/1800. Some pictures of the product are available at Nokia's site. This is perhaps Nokia's first attempt to marry mobile phone and PDA in a lightweight and thin formfactor."

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First attempt? by miodekk · 2003-09-26 02:36 · Score: 5, Informative

> This is perhaps Nokia's first attempt to marry mobile phone and PDA in a lightweight and thin formfactor.
AFAIR Nokia was the first cellular phone maker, who introduced combined phone and PDA (Nokia Communicator). It wasn't maybe "lightweight and thin", but the times were different.
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Other links: by chrestomanci · 2003-09-26 02:45 · Score: 4, Informative

Review in The Register here.

Nokia page about the phone, with a better listing of fetures here.
Re:all in one? really? by shakey_deal · 2003-09-26 02:57 · Score: 2, Informative

Say hello to the Motorola A920.
3G UMTS
Triband GSM 900/1800MHz/1900MHz
Dimensions: 60 x 148 x 24mm
Weight: 212g
Screen Size: 39.9 x 61mm
Screen Resolution: 208 x 320, 16 bit / 64K colors
Built-In 8MB memory with expandable SD/MMC slot
Integrated camera (640 x 480 resolution)
Symbian OS
GPS
Audio playback - 128kbps (AAC, MP3) or 64kbps (WMA)
Audio streaming - 128kbps (AAC)
Video playback - 256kbps
Video streaming - 64kbps to 384kbps
Speakerphone
Java applications support
Opera browser
GPRS

Motorola a920
The Nokia is more of 2.5G phone since there is no support for video calls.
Re:New Ugly Duckling by eyegor · 2003-09-26 03:04 · Score: 2, Informative

Yeah, maybe. I have the 3650 as well. The phone rocks, but the dialpad is a bit weird.

So far I'm not too impressed with the Bluetooth headsets out there either. I bought one from Belkin and one from Jabra. Neither one would work with the 3650's Bluetooth profile. I suspect that the 7600 will have similar issues

The 7600 looks too bizzare and the keypad looks like it will be nearly useless.

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It's just the next step by dabadab · 2003-09-26 03:19 · Score: 2, Informative

Well, I haven't seen much of a review on the site, but you can get the specs here: Nokia 7600 specs

Aside from the WCDMA support it does noto seem to offer much more than the 7650 or the 7250i (oh, 7250i doesn't have Bluetooth, and there's no radio in the 7600), so I don't get the bit about "Nokia's first attempt", it's just the next phone in Nokia's high-end line - nothing to get too excited about.

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Re:I want just a phone by dabadab · 2003-09-26 03:35 · Score: 3, Informative

That's what's in the low-end of Nokia's line-up, like the Nokia 1100. It has friendly big buttons, weighs 86 g and the battery lasts a week with normal usage.

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Reviewed my ass by EnglishTim · 2003-09-26 04:11 · Score: 4, Informative

That's not a review! That is quite literally a cut-and-paste from the Nokia press release!

Here's the original

Here's the copy.

Spot the difference.

If you look, they even include the asterisk from the Press Release, without copying the footnote it links to!