Nokia E66

If we can put aside the disappointing camera, which many of you are probably appalled by now, then the gloom starts to fade and everything looks like clear skies. And let us not forget that there is probably just a bad batch that came out with this Inverted Camera, none the less that is simply inexcusable and if you have an E66 that is suffering from this, you might well return it ASAP for a replacement.

As already mentioned the physical appearance is that of elegant business phone. And it mean really hot and elegant.

The outer key as seen on the picture below which are the Shortcut Keys are completely blank when on standby, what symbols you see is just the Green Call Button which is as usual on the left, and on the right is the Hang up or End Red Button.

The rest is hidden (the symbols of the keys), until the backlight reveals what is in there.

This gives a very nice minimalist effect that adds to the elegance of the E66. Quite ingenious if I may, and kudos to the one who designed this. The actual keypad that is hidden if the slider is close is somewhat similar to the keys of the E51 as you can see from the photo below. They are flat, but not ridiculous Razr flat.

They are responsive, but not the same as those old rubbery, super responsive keypads that we used to have when many cell phones were still sporting those stubby antenna. Another nice touch is the battery back cover release latch or tabs shown below. These are small tab on both sides that looks like stereo speakers, I mean I wished they were stereo speakers, but are not and they simply serves as latches that opens up the stainless steel battery back cover upon pressing on it.

It’s like popping up the hood of your car or bonnet to some other English speaking chaps. And here is the stainless battery back cover with my palm as extra. Once the device is in standby, This nice huge digital clock will show once press the d-pad, again a very neat one. Other things to mention is that you need to remove the battery back cover to access the memory card, and beside it is the SIM Card Holder. You need to slide in the SIM card to affix it. The SIM card is a bit difficult to remove though, but that could just be my clumsy fingers.

Specification

• Quad band EGSM support same good RF from Nokia
• 2. 3G with HSDPA 3.6Mbps do note that there are 3 variants of the E66
• The Shortcut keys for Mail, Home or Menu, Calendar, Contacts
• Symbian 9.2 OS, S60 UI with FP1 with some FP2 like goodies
• 369 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB of SDRAM
• Wi-Fi , BT 2.0+EDR with A2DP, IR
• Built in GPS receiver, A-GPS
• 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash
• Accelerometer sensor for screen auto rotation
• 110 MB of user memory, microSD expansion, comes with a 2GB card
• Standard 2.5 mm audio jack
• Stainless steel casing and mirror like finish
• microUSB v2.0
• FM radio
• Good battery life (E71 is better though)
• Fantastic retail package
• Nokia Maps with 3 months free turn by turn navigation license