Nokia 6555 Review

Nokia is one company that marches to its own beat. When the thin Motorola Razr was released, Nokia waited and then released the Nokia N76. Now Nokia is revisiting the slim handset with the new Nokia 6555 for AT&T. Though it’s thicker than most of the slim phones out there, its tall shape gives it a soundly elegant look.Features of the Nokia 6555: It has Bluetooth, a music/video player, and support for the Push-to-Talk (PTT) feature. Call quality was quite nice, but the talk time battery life was much too low. The 6555 sells for $49 with service.Other features include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a to-do list, a notepad, a calculator, a timer, and a stopwatch. There are also some features on the Nokia 6555 found on high end phones such as a voice memo recorder; a unit converter; a world clock; voice commands and dialing; a speakerphone; PC sync featureg; POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail; AOL, Yahoo, and ICQ instant messaging; Bluetooth 2.0.,USB storage; and support for AT&T’s PTT network. The Nokia 6555’s internal display is also one of its highlights. The screen measures 2 inches with a resolution of 320×240 pixel and supporting 16 million colors, it’s very easy to look at with rich detail. On the 6555’s front face is the sizeable (1.25 inches, 128×160 pixels) external display. It supports a full 262K colors, which put it far ahead of the external screens on most other cell phones. Colors were bright, and it works nicely as a viewfinder to take self-portraits. You can change the wallpaper as well. The camera lens is located just above the screen, while an external speaker is located below it.The Nokia 6555 has a rated battery life of 6 hours talk time and 9.5 days standby time. According to FCC radiation tests, the 6555 has a digital SAR rating rating of 1.25 watts per kilogram.Other essentials include a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a to-do list, a notepad, a calculator, a timer, and a stopwatch. You’ll also find a selection of higher end type offerings, that includes a voice memo recorder; a unit converter; a world clock; voice commands and dialing; a speakerphone; PC syncing feature; POP3 and IMAP4 e-mail support; AOL, Yahoo, and ICQ instant messaging; Bluetooth 2.0. USB mass storage; and support for AT&T’s PTT network (the first such phone since the AT&T name change).References:CNET