Nokia 6680

After more than a year of using the Series 40 classic 6230, I've now moved on to the Series 60 smartphone 6680. I wasn't that happy at first because I've grown quite accustomed to the small 6230, which fits into just about anywhere. And that stereo FM feature is nice for long train rides. It's just so much hassle to transfer all those contacts, saved SMS messages, notes, to-do lists, profile settings, bookmarks, and WAP/MMS settings. But the 6680 comes with some much more:

• It's a 3G phone, which means browsing the Internet is way faster than 2.5G GPRS or EDGE.
• It has a 1.3 megapixel camera that comes with flash, 6x digital zoom, self-timer, night mode, and sequence mode.
• There's a VGA camera in front as well for video calls. (Suggestion: Don't take video calls if you're some place inappropriate.)
• The display is crystal-clear and supports 256k colors.
• It supports Push-to-Talk, like a walkie-talkie.
• The phone comes preinstalled with a couple of games, QuickOffice (for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint documents), RealPlayer (for movie clips, audio files, and streaming video), a WAPxHTML browser, a photo editor, a video editor, etc.
• To extend the feature set further, I installed DorisBrowser (for real Internet browsing), OggPlay (to play my OGG files), AgileMessenger (to do Yahoo!Chat), eBook (to read Palm DOC ebooks on the train), Torch (for use in the dark), etc.

The only downside I see for this phone is the lack of an FM tuner. Also, IR is gone - replaced by Bluetooth. Good enough for file transfers, but you still need IR to make your phone function as a remote controller. It also lacks a dedicated volume control button, but that's ok.

Technical specs are here if anyone's interested.