Nokia 6500 Slide

This is a slide design 3G phone with an 3.2 megapixel camera and a large hi-res LCD display. It offers video calling, and MP3 player, an FM radio, expandable memory and Bluetooth. On the negative side it’s heavier than average and its battery life could be better. Also, be aware that quite a few of our users are finding that their phones become faulty and have to be be replaced or repaired. Available in silver or black.

Features
The Nokia 6500 Slide is a 3G phone with a simultaneous multimedia and business focus. This has been tried before and looks too much like a company is hedging its bets rather than make a highly targeted (and more useful) device.

You get a tonne of video features, including video call capability, a video-out cable, and a really quite useful camera. Firstly it features a 3.2 megapixel capture with a Carl Zeiss lens. The camera has an autofocus, and a built in flash. As an addition to video calls — and helpful while on hold during voice calls — there is a speakerphone option.

The video camera even has a white balance control, and a selectable resolution up to 640 x 480, with an added choice of three different quality modes.

Storage is courtesy of a 256MB mini-SD card, which is pretty small for a multimedia phone, but the slot will handle up to 4GB.

Good: Stylish looks, 3.2-megapixel camera
Bad: Frustrating to use, short battery life, poor, low capacity music player and frequently
Specs: Bluetooth, Slider, Numerical keypad, microSD