I Have a New Phone

It’s a Nokia 6680.

    No, it’s not a brand new phone but already used (by a former officemate).  It’s just a replacement to my Nokia 9300 Communicator, which is for repair.  The 9300 text messaging feature has already malfunctioned.  Last week, I sent text messages and received some replies that they received numerous text messages with the same content.  I opened the outbox; and the messages were still there and kept on resending.  After rebooting the phone, the text messaging worked perfectly again; but, after a while, the problem recurred.  This cycle happened several times until the text messaging failed to send.

        These phones are not mine personally but company’s.

        I’ve made a quick comparison between the two (2) phones, as far as the usability to me is concerned:

                        Model                          6680                            9300

                        Camera                        Yes                              None

                        Video recording           Yes                              None

                        Fax                                 None                            Yes

                        Calendar/To Do          Yes                               Yes, but better

                        Display width                176                              640

                        Memory                       10MB internal              80MB internal

                                                              + 64MB on MMC         +128 on MMC

        I’m a fan of communicator because of its laptop like features.  It is easier and faster to type messages.  I’m also copying e-novels into it and read them from it.  Also, it has a facsimile function, which is very useful especially when I’m not in the office.  My first communicator was a Nokia 9210i (company provided too).

        The obvious advantages of 6680 over 9300 are the camera and video recording.

        Both phones could be used as modem.  Hence, I could access the internet from my laptop anywhere in the country as long as there’s a signal.

        I’m still exploring the other features of 6680.  Later, I’d decide what phone to keep.