 After
revealing the Nokia clamshell handsets like Nokia
6170 and 7270 and many others, the manufacturers
have now unveiled the brand new Nokia 6101. The edges
of the handset are however round and have plastic cover plates.
There is no extraordinary look that the phone has, though like
every Nokia production, the Nokia 6101 also stands
apart. It is invented with two color displays, MP3 ringing tones
and a radio. It is small enough to easily slip into the user's
pocket. Unfortunately, there is an antenna attached to
the phone on the top, obviously, which is now out of fashion.
People prefer handsets without antennas nowadays. Just besides
the antenna, there is a plate grid of the loud speaker. The
Nokia 6101 consists of a push-to-talk button which
enables the user to converse with another individual or a group
just by pressing the button. On releasing the button, he can
hear what others are talking.
The handset looks elegant and decent, has an extremely
comfy keypad, built-in radio and two color displays as mentioned
before. The outer color display shows 4K colors in a resolution
of 96 x 65 pixels (i.e 4,096 colors) whereas the inner
color display shows 65K in a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels
(i.e 65,536 colors), with the support of TFT technology.
A bad news following is that the phone is not provided with
the Bluetooth technology. The front cover of the Nokia
6101 is mostly black. This can easily make it visible
if there happens to be a scratch. Now moving on to the keypad,
the buttons are so well situated that the user need
not strain his finger to press the butons. He can comfortably
place his finger on each of the button. To top it, the
keypad does not emit irritating noise also whilst
pressing the buttons.
The Nokia 6101 operates with Triband GSM
coverage on upto five continents(GSM 850/1800/1900 and
900/1800/1900) with automatic switching between the bands.
The handset weighs 97g, measuring 85 x 45 x 24mm. This
Nokia handset is also bundled with an Integrated
VGA camera with a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels.
Out of the two displays the larger one can be used for clicking
normal pictures and the smaller one can be used to take
self potraits. Also enables the user to choose between
image quality options- high, normal and basic, Integrated
video recording and video player available with 3GPP spec(H.263
video & AMR audio packed along) and 3GPP spec(H.263
video, MPEG-4 and AMR audio respectively both packed in 3gp
format. The camera provides pretty clear images
too.
 The
user enjoys the normal features like alarm clock, calendar,
to-do list, notes, stopwatch and so on. The phonebook can
store upto 500 names. With regard to messaging, there
is SMS facility, interface for audio messaging, email
supports POP3, SMTP and IMAP4 protocol. The phone memory
takes upto 150 messages. Over all, there is an internal
memory of 3.7MB. There is a provision of an FM stereo
radio and MP3 tracks for ringing tones as well
as MIDI or polyphonic ringing tones.
The Nokia 6101 shares application with Java
MIDP 2.0 with an inclusion of Over- the- air download
of Java based applications. It connects with Infrared,
USB with Pop-Port, Local synchronization using PC suite
and Remote Over-the-air synchronization with SyncML.
In order to browse the Internet, the Nokia 6101
contains an Integrated xHTML browser connecting over
TCP/IP and full OMA digital rights management for content
protection. For transfer of data, there is an availability
of EDGE, GPRS, HSCSD and TCP/IP.
Apart from these innumerable features, the user enjoys
call management catagories like speed dialing, automatic
answering, call waiting, conference,etc. For entertainment,
games can be downloaded from the internet. Otherwise
Java games already available are golf, card game and
some constucting tubular systems.
So, here is the Nokia 6101 whish is simple yet
has eye-catching features. The Bluetooth facility is
not available. SAD!!!! But other features are pretty satisfactory.
The old-fashioned antenna has to be overlooked. We say......GO
FOR IT!!
Price: Rs 10000 approx. (as on 19th November 2005)
Sales Package Contents
Nokia 6101 phone
Nokia Battery BL-4C
Nokia Compact Charger
User guide
Nokia Stereo Headset HS-23
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