Don't Nok it!!! (Nokia 7610)

Member Name: boozey182

Product:	Nokia 7610
Date:	14/06/05 (105 review reads)
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Advantages: Good camera, Light, Full of features

Disadvantages: Keys too close together

After some hard negotiating with the good people at Orange, I got this phone as a free upgrade as part of my contract. (Incidentally, all you have to do is threaten to leave the network and their putty in your hands!!)

I have to say I'm very impressed with it. I have had it for a couple of months now and have still not taken advantage of all the features! Being a bit of a novice when it comes to phones, all I wanted to be able to was text and phone people, and maybe take a few snaps when I forgot my digital camera. I did not imagine that one phone could turn me into a phonaholic, but I must confess, this is what I have become.

Last month I went on a 'study' tour to Turkey. I was so impressed with the camera on the phone that I did not even bother to take my camera. I took over 150 good quality photos annd when I got home just transferred them to my computer. I wont pretend that the quality is as good as a the camera (only 1 mega pixel), but it certainly made me feel more at ease that I wasnt carrying so many valubles abroad.

I also love using my loud speaker, as if nothing else, it always winds up the person on the other end, tremendous fun!!!

The wap service, while very slow at times, can be very useful and I have downloaded two songs for free to put on it. Now when I forget my ipod I have some backup! Again, the quality of the speaker isnt perfect, but it certainly does the trick in emergencies.

I should point out that the keys are very difficult to type with at first. As a serial texter, I found this very difficult at first and I am still making a few mistakes, especially with the 'd,e,f) button. However, within a few weeks you will get used it and be texting away with no proplems.

Having said this, the phone is clearly the biggest step towards having a phone, camera and portable music player all in one. You could wait a year to see what develops, or you could strut anout with one of these babies until then!!

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