Drop, charge, and lose the cords
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- Reviewed on: 02/14/2005
The 1.5-inch screen is bright enough, but it supports only 4,096 colors. Though we're used to that from Nokia, it would be nice to see more displays in the 65,000-color range. On the upside, you can change the font size and the backlighting time-out length. Below the screen are the average-size navigation keys for scrolling through the standard Nokia menus. You get a four-way toggle with shortcuts to the phone book, the calendar, profiles, and messaging; two soft keys; and the traditional Talk and End buttons. While we normally prefer a five-way toggle (the left soft key functions as the OK button in this case), the uncluttered arrangement results in few misdials. Conversely, on the Nokia 3220, the five-way toggle is so small that we frequently punched the wrong key. Still another bonus is the rubberized texture that makes the controls very tactile and easy to dial by feel. The same goes for the rubberized keypad buttons. Though they aren't huge, they are plenty big, and we like that they are raised above the surface of the phone.
The feature set of the Nokia 6016i, while limited, does hold a few surprises. The 250-name phone book holds five phone numbers, three addresses, and notes for each entry. You also can assign contacts to caller groups and pair them with any of 10 monophonic or 20 polyphonic, 16-chord ring tones. You can easily send your contact information via a "business card" text message, but entering new contacts is a bit of a hassle. After entering a contact name and number, you first have to save that information as the default number, then return to the contact list to add extra details such as Web and e-mail addresses or call groups. It would be easier to enter all of this information at once.Other features included a vibrate mode, text messaging, an alarm clock, a calendar, a voice recorder, a calculator, a countdown timer, a stopwatch, and three-way calling. Sadly, you don't get true multimedia messaging other than sending the simple graphics that come on the mobile, nor is there a WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser. Also, while Nokia says the handset is instant-messaging-capable, the company didn't include it on the mobile. We were pleased, however, to see two unexpected offerings. Not only do you get a speakerphone (which can be activated after a call is placed), but voice dialing is included as well.
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