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March 01, 2005

Nokia 6260

The Good :
Infrared, bluetooth, USB port, MMC slot for memory extension, VGA camera, supports push-to-talk, FM radio, MP3 player

The Bad :
A bit clumsy design

Well, well, well, another "Revolutionary wanna be" phone from Nokia has arrived. Ar first sight, this phone is of course impressive. Inside, this Nokia 6260 brings a lot of features. However, a clumsy design makes the phone a little less attractive.

Full connectivity is ready for you, with infrared, bluetooth and USB all possess good compatibility. MMC slot is also installed, which has been a standard feature in recent smart phones. If your service operator provides PTT, the Nokia 6260 also offers PTT feature to save your money for the phone bill.



FM radio, MP3 player, wow lots of functions embedded into this Nokia 6260. With its twisting, dancing (jumping?) design, surely this phone is cool. It's cool, except for one thing, the big physical buttons installed just below the display. You might disagree, but actually those buttons should've been eliminated and Nokia could use the extra space for bigger display.

The phone with very exactly same product form from Samsung, with its twisting and dancing phone, is the Samsung P730. It's a bit more expensive (around $50 more) than Nokia 6260, but does bring brilliant 262,000 colors display and more memory (64 MB). Yet the big center "ankle" in Samsung is not a really nice feature. Samsung should've hidden the swivel mechanism inside the phone's body, just like SonyEricsson does with its S700.



If you want to shop around, with roughly the same dollars for a Nokia 6260, you can choose between Samsung P730, Nokia 6670, Motorola A760, Nokia 7610, Motorola E680, Xplore G88, Siemens SK65, SonyEricsson P900, or SonyEricsson S700. These other alternatives don't offer fancy twisting features, but some of them do have more features, and significantly more. Consider the strong SonyEricsson P900 with its touch screen, or SonyEricsson S700 with megapixel and hi-quality camera. Or how about the feature-laden Motorola E680 with its 50 MB internal memory and also a touch screen? And the cheaper Motorola A760 also brings touch screen.

Conclusion:
For combining fancy twisting design and smartphone features, Nokia 6260 deserves a good credit. But for more features with similar price, you may want to shop around. If you really an innovative person, Nokia 6260 is for you. 'Cause people will always take a look with drooling face if you play around, twisting the Nokia 6260. So it's a nice phone if you're looking for style.

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