Ben
15th April 2005, 02:34 AM
Using Standard Features:
Everything takes a tiny bit of getting used to on the Nokia 6680, due to the Symbian operating system, if youre coming from a standard phone. I myself have never owned a Symbian handset, so I hope my comments here will be helpful. First off, you need to start thinking about everything on the handset as an application just like on your computer. You can have more than one application open at once, you can switch between open applications, and you can have too much open and run out of memory.
To see what applications you have open, push and hold the menu key (bottom left). Youll want to leave the Telephone application running of course, but any other programs you forget to exit can be found here and closed by selecting them and pressing the C key. Dont worry youll get used to it, and youll soon love the extra power and control over what your phone is doing just as I now do.
To access your contacts, just push the central navigation key in. Adding and managing your contacts is as simple as can be the Symbian OS doesnt get in the way one bit. Next icon along on the home screen, which you get to by pushing the navigation key to the right once and then clicking, is one youll use a lot. Messaging! On the standard layout you can also get to Messaging using the left softkey, but Ive opted to change mine to Web instead for easy browsing. If youre a textaholic then the text messaging parts are going to be extremely straightforward for you. I always did like the way Nokias text even if Sony Ericssons are a little better on the actual input side. MMS and Email are more complicated, but again you have a lot of power and control.
Messages can be set to be stored on the memory card. While I am using this feature, it detracts noticeably from performance and accessing your texts will be slower as a result. Store your messages in the handset memory by all means, but just note that if you build up a lot of them then youll be able to run less applications at the same time.
Everything takes a tiny bit of getting used to on the Nokia 6680, due to the Symbian operating system, if youre coming from a standard phone. I myself have never owned a Symbian handset, so I hope my comments here will be helpful. First off, you need to start thinking about everything on the handset as an application just like on your computer. You can have more than one application open at once, you can switch between open applications, and you can have too much open and run out of memory.
To see what applications you have open, push and hold the menu key (bottom left). Youll want to leave the Telephone application running of course, but any other programs you forget to exit can be found here and closed by selecting them and pressing the C key. Dont worry youll get used to it, and youll soon love the extra power and control over what your phone is doing just as I now do.
To access your contacts, just push the central navigation key in. Adding and managing your contacts is as simple as can be the Symbian OS doesnt get in the way one bit. Next icon along on the home screen, which you get to by pushing the navigation key to the right once and then clicking, is one youll use a lot. Messaging! On the standard layout you can also get to Messaging using the left softkey, but Ive opted to change mine to Web instead for easy browsing. If youre a textaholic then the text messaging parts are going to be extremely straightforward for you. I always did like the way Nokias text even if Sony Ericssons are a little better on the actual input side. MMS and Email are more complicated, but again you have a lot of power and control.
Messages can be set to be stored on the memory card. While I am using this feature, it detracts noticeably from performance and accessing your texts will be slower as a result. Store your messages in the handset memory by all means, but just note that if you build up a lot of them then youll be able to run less applications at the same time.