CDMA PDA : AUDIOVOX PPC 6600 / HARRIER 6600

This powerful PDA phone sports a sliding form factor that reveals a QWERTY keyboard. Key features include a large touchscreen, internal antenna, Bluetooth, SD card slot supporting SDIO, and the full suite of Windows Mobile software. Can support EV-DO high-speed data (carrier-dependent). Available with and without VGA camera.

Specifications

Modes : CDMA 850 / CDMA 1900

Weight : 7.35 oz (208 g)

Dimensions : 4.90″ x 2.75″ x 0.74″ (124 x 70 x 19 mm)

Form Factor Slide

Internal Antenna

Battery Life Talk: 3.60 hours (216 minutes)

Standby : 144 hours (6 days)

Battery Type LiIon

removable / 1490 mAh

Display

Type : LCD (Color TFT/TFD)

Colors : 65,536 (16-bit)

Size : 240 x 320 pixels

TFT / supports landscape mode

Platform / OS Windows Mobile for Pocket PCs 2003 Second Edition version / 400 MHz Intel xScale PXA-263 processor

Memory 128 MB (built-in, flash shared memory)

Phone Book Capacity shared memory

Features

GPS / Location : Yes

Digital TTY/TDD : Yes

Multiple Languages Languages Supported

Alerts

Polyphonic Ringtones : Yes

Vibrate : Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth Supported Profiles : HSP, DUN, OPP version 1.1

Infrared (IR) : Yes

PC Sync : Microsoft ActiveSync

SDIO : Yes

USB : Yes

Contacts

Multiple Numbers per Name : Yes

Picture ID Some versions only

Customization

Custom Graphics : Yes

Custom Ringtones : WAV, CMX, MIDI, WMA formats

Data & Network

Packet Data Some versions only

Technology: 1xEV-DO r0

WAP / Web Browser Browser Software: Pocket Internet Explorer

Input

Predictive Text Entry Some versions only

Technology: T9

Side Keys : Yes

Text Keyboard Layout : QWERTY

Touch Screen : Yes

Memory

Expansion Card Card Type : SD / MMC

supports SDIO

Messaging

Email Client Protocols Supported : IMAP4, POP3

Pocket Outlook

Text Messaging 2-Way : Yes

Music

Music Player Yes

Photo & Video

Camera Some versions only

Resolution : VGA (640 x 480) with flash

PPC-6600 only / with LED flash

Streaming Video Protocol: Windows Media Player

Video Capture : Yes

Productivity

Alarm : Yes

Calculator : Yes

Calendar : Yes

Integrated PDA : Yes

To-Do List : Yes

Voice Memo : Yes

Software

Games : Yes

Voice

Headset Jack (2.5 mm) : Yes

Speaker Phone : Yes

Evolution of Design Phone : Nokia 6600

The Nokia 6600 is a mobile phone launched in the second quarter of 2003, costing approximately €600, was Nokia’s high-end model of the 6xxx Classic Business Series of mobile phones. At the time of release, it was the most advanced product ever launched by Nokia.[1] It is a smartphone running on the Symbian OS-based Nokia Series 60 platform.

A variant of the Nokia 6600 was launched in the U.S. market as the Nokia 6620.

Features

Integrated (VGA 640×480) camera

Video recorder with audio support (records up to 95 KB – from 9 to 27 seconds – with built-in recorder application)

Streaming video and audio

Wireless connectivity with Bluetooth and IrDA

6 MB internal memory

Memory card slot for additional user memory and applications

Java MIDP 2.0 and Symbian(series 60) applications

Data synchronization with PC via PC Suite and iSync

Tri-band operation in GSM E900/1800/1900 networks

Additional features:

ARM compatible (ARM4T architecture)

Symbian Operating System 7.0s

CPU running at 104 MHz

6MB of built in memory

MMC card slot

176×208 (65,536 colours) TFT display

5-way joystick navigation

HSCSD and GPRS, for internet/WAP access

Although the initial batches of the Nokia 6600 were not stable, later system software upgrades corrected the situation.

The phone has the capacity to support the installation of a wide range of third-party software such as mp3 and multimedia players, games, web browsers, GPS navigation, office suites, and GUI themes, via Java and ePoc (*.sis) installers. GUI themes can be created using the free Nokia Symbian Theme Studio.

The model was released to the general public in two color schemes: black and white and full black. Additional color schemes (blue and white, pink) were produced for promotional purposes.

In the year 2007, Nokia stopped production of the 6600 handsets. In India, this mobile phone dominated the mobile market for a lot of time.