Nokia 6650 - exclusive S60 clamshell for T-Mobile
Published by Rafe Blandford at 14:06 UTC, March 3rd 2008
Nokia has announced the 6650, an S60 phone which will be available exclusively to T-Mobile International Customers. The 6650 has a 2 megapixel camera (with LED flash), integrated AGPS, a microSD card slot to supplement the 30MB of internal memory, FM radio and HSDPA connectivity. Rather than using Nokia's own Ovi services it will use T-Mobile services. The 6650 will be available in the third quarter on a number of European T-Mobile networks. More details below.
Key points about the phone
- Clamshell form factor
- Integrated GPS with support for assisted GPS
- The assisted GPS hardware will be used to enable T-Mobile's NaviGate
service (a mapping and navigation service). This is in contrast to
other Nokia phones which utilise the Nokia Maps services as part of the
Ovi service suite.
- 2.0 megapixel camera with LED flash
- FM Radio
- microSD card slot with support for SDHC cards (currently available in capacities up to 12 GB)
- Uses S60 3rd Edition on Symbian OS
- Nokia is reusing the 6650 number, the original 6650 announced in September 2002 was Nokia's first 3G phone.
Here's a picture showing the open 6650:
Press release extract:
T-Mobile and Nokia announced the Nokia 6650, a stylish and easy to use device optimized for use with T-Mobile services. Available exclusively for T-Mobile International customers, the Nokia 6650 is equipped with the latest wireless features, such as an integrated GPS and multimedia player, allowing T-Mobile customers easy access to a wide range of services such as web'n'walk, MyFaves, Mobile Jukebox and NaviGate.
Read more in the press release.
Categories: Hardware
Platforms: S60 3rd Edition
News Discussion
Just wondering given all the rumours about T-Mobile dropping Nokia phones because T-Mobile felt threatened by Ovi.
"This is in contrast to other Nokia phones which utilise the Nokia Maps services as part of the Ovi service suite."
From where I guess OVI services are left out totally, however knowing the "hacking" community, it might be later made "somehow" active... :)
The phone will ship with T-Mobile services (e.g. NaviGate) instead of Nokia ones. However I would imagine you will be able to install sme of the services on to the phone (e.g. Nokia Maps). BTW the bit n the news item is our take not the press release. Not supringly the press release says nothing about Ovi. You wont get the full experience though.
Yes a independent release of this seems likely.
I am sure S60 apps will be installable. I suppose there's a chance they could be locked to Symbian Signed only apps, but i reckon that is unlikely.
Nokia have been resuing number for a while. It doesn't really matter in one sense and a lot of people dont remember the model number anyway. There are plenty of spare numbers in one sense e.g. 6543... but these are less easy to pronounce or remember.
Talking of re-using model numbers. Does anyone have a chart of images of old phones/models? I used to have an old Nokia phone (in the US), but I can't recall the model number. I think a big chart would be a cool thing to have online :) I guess it'd be of limited use though beyond nostalgia.