Nokia 6600 Slide
The stylish Nokia 6600 Slide is equipped with 3G, EDGE and Bluetooth®. It has USB-enabled connectivity and a pre-installed Internet browser, making it a good alternative to palmtops. The model works on GSM & WCDMA platforms, thus enabling global roaming. There is a 3.2-megapixel digital camera with 8x digital zoom, double LED flash and video recording capabilities.
You can get a free Nokia 6600 as part of a bundled package from Orange, on 18 and 24-month contracts.
Nokia N96
This sleek model comes with dual slides and handy keypad. The phone measures 103mm x 55mm x 18mm and has a sturdier feel than its predecessor. With 16-gigabyte built-in memory, 128-megabyte RAM, 256-megabyte system memory and MicroSD memory card slots, this model is good for storing large multimedia files. Its 2.8inch LCD colour screen can be adjusted to vertical or horizontal modes and displays 16 million colours, with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. The phone is equipped with a 5-megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss Tessar optics. Connectivity features include DVB H TV, 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi technology.
Vodafone offers free Nokia N96 phones as part of its 24-month contract.
Nokia 8800
The Nokia 8800 comes with rugged slides, made of carbon fibre, glass and titanium. The lower casing covers the keypad, but even when the slides are closed, call keys and navigation keys remain accessible. The two-inch screen has a 320 x 240 pixel resolution with 16 million colours. By gently tapping the front of the smartphone the clock appears on the screen or ring volume can be changed to silent mode. Connectivity specification includes Bluetooth, Micro USB, GPRS, EDGE and 3G.
