It weighs 189g thereby measuring 142.5cc, 128 x 69.5 x 19mm. It operates with Tri-Band GSM 900/1800/1900 with automatic switching between the bands, like Nokia 3230. The handset is made with five-way scroll key(up, down, left, right and select). The physical keys apart from the scroll keys enable functions like Call, End, Zoom, Desk, Menu, Voice and Power. All these prove that the keypad is well situated and is spacious unlike the keypads in other handsets of Nokia. With reference to display and user interface, it includes a high-resolution LCD display, a large touch screen, as mentioned before, with a pen input, partial mode display with 640 x 65 pixels for power saving, 640 x 320 pixel display with 65,536 colors, brightness and contrast which is adjustable, on-screen keyboard and virtual dial pad. The display seems to be lovely from outside but the words written within seemed to be very blured.

 It is connectable to the internet with EGPRS or HSCSD. The internet browser supports HTML/ XHTML as well as Macromedia Flash 6 and SMS tags. The Nokia 7710 is supportive of email (SMTP, POP3, IMAP4). The user is allowed to download plugins for mobile browsing. There is an OMA DRM- forward lock for content protection. However, these services can do only with network support.

 With respect to audio/visual department, the camera consists of 1.3 Megapixel with a resolution of 1152 x 864 and 2x digital zoom. The images are very clear and perhaps satisfactory for the user. It has QCIF in 17FPS format (full screen playback in 15FPS format). Also playback and stream MPEGA4, H.263, and Real Video 8. The Nokia 7710 supports music with MP3, AAC, Real audio7 and 8,WAV, MIDI and amr file types. It enables the images to support JPEG, GIF, WBMP, BMP, MBM, PNG, TIFF/F and animated GIF formats. There is provision to edit and draw images, add images to contacts or send them via MMS, email or bluetooth. The handset has visual radio which allows the user to listen to music and interact with favourite radio stations, to find out what song is playing, who is the singer and so on...

  The Nokia 7710 contains memory of 90 MB RAM available for contacts, messages, ring tones, video clips, images, PIM and applications. Also 128 MB MMC which comes bundled up with the sales package. The device supports up to 1 GB MMC card. Downloading of application or games is provided with Java applications(based on MIDP 2.0 and CLDC).

 Moreover, there are varieties of new and high quality ringing tones available with Nokia 7710. The handset allows wireless connectivity with Pop-Port interface. The phone can be connected without wire to a compatible phone or a compatible PC. The bluetooth technology is included for data and audio connections. The user may enjoy remote OTA synchronization with SyncML. Also available, is local synchronization with PC using Nokia PC suite.

 The phone features available are contacts, extensive calendar, calculator and timed profiles. There is an inclusion of Word processor, Sheet and MS Powerpoint viewer plus calculator.In the To-do list there is storage upto 30 entries. The handset has an automatic key guard, alarm clock, extensive converter. With flight mode context all radio related activities are turned off though.

 With respect to messaging, the user can send multimedia messages as well as receive messages containing text, images, audio and video. It supports the 3GPP SMIL profile that enables the user to send short presentations through MMS. With regard to games for games-crazy youngsters, full hand casino is provided along with the MMC card. Apart from this Slurp and Lemonade are those which need application.

 For transfer of data GPRS and EDGE(multislot class 10 (4+2,max 5) for wider up or download bandwidth, HSCSD i.e high speed circuit-switched data with TCP/IP.

 The keypad is made in such a way that there is easy dialling with the touch screen interface. The database provides advanced contacts simultaneously supporting multiple phone and email details each entry. It contains call register like any other caller identification activated Nokia handset, has automatic redial, voice dialing. Similar to other simple handsets introduced by Nokia previously it has call waiting, call hold and call divert. There is automatic and manual selection. The user can enjoy using the images with caller identification. Also includes conference facility.

 Like any other new hansets discovered by Nokia, 7710 also faces problems of synchronization. It also faces inability to copy or paste the text. The email does not support the IMAP supscription. There are limited MP3 playbacks. The email support is very limited which leads to disappointment.

 It takes quite a long time for applications to open. The battery life is too short. It was observed that a mere 2 and half hours of intensive calling, browsing and performing other tasks led the battery charge to Nil, where as Nokia claims the battery life to be up to 12 hours. Moreover, it was also observed from sources that reducing the brightness of the display from 100% to 50% increases the battery life by as much as up to 15-20%. Also, we thought had, The 7710 needs to be taken care of like a Baby,due to its delicate touch screen Interface.

 The 7710 doesnt seem to very expensive although it has almost all important facilities. So, Nokia's 7710 is a compact handset with wide screen experience. Also having revolutionary design smart people would like to go with 7710. It suits best for corporate professionals.

Price: INR Rs. 20000 aprox. (as on 18th November 2005)

Sales Package Contents
Nokia 7710 Handset
Nokia Battery
Nokia Standard Charger ACP-7 (Nokia Travel Charger ACP-12 in selected countries)
Nokia Stereo Headset HDS-3
Nokia 128 MB MultiMediaCard (MMC)
User Guide
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