Great Phone
Written: Sep 04 '03
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Pros: Battery life, reception, good USEFUL features
Cons: Size, changing the volume
The Bottom Line: Highly recommended. Especially if you are looking for business features and not "flashy" junk...
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| sdallnct's Full Review: Nokia 6360 |
My older Nokia 8260 was starting to die, so wanted a new phone. Since I travel across the country and could work in any part of the country for weeks at a time, I felt it important to stick w/TDMA w/ATT (at least for now).
After deciding to stick with TDMA, I wanted a phone that would hold a lot of phone numbers, contact information AND be able to add text under each contact (so that for example under Holiday Inn, I could not only put the reservation number, but also my frequent stay number. Also use this for b-days or anniversaries, etc). Finally I wanted the phone to be able to easily sync with my laptop as I didn't want to have to enter all this information on the tiny keypad of the phone. Plus I wanted a backup.
Well if you look, there are not many phones that meet all these criteria. The 6360 was the only one I could find that would do all this. So I got it.
It does all of this well:
-While it does not have blue tooth, I was able to quickly, easily and on the first try download from my lapy to the phone using infra red. Took about 30 seconds to download my 1st batch of about 40 contacts.
-The software that is available free at Nokia could use better instructions but is fairly easy. You can sync directly from Outlook or other PIM's if you want.
-While you can put multiple phone numbers under each contact, you can state a "main" number. So if you search the names find the name you want, the hit call and it will call the main number.
I was pleased that:
-The battery life was so long when I 1st got the phone, I actually thought there was something wrong as the battery meter did not move for several days.
-Reception is terrific. Before retiring my old phone, I compared them side by side for a couple of days. The 6360 consistantly showed a stronger signal. In addition, in an area near my kids school, I would alway lose calls. But not with this 6360.
-Voice dialing works very well. Even if I have the radio on in the car, I can use it.
-I also like the voice "commands". For example, instead of scrolling thru to find and activate infra-red, I can press one button then say "download" (you can program anything you want) and it will active infra-red. You can do this with 5 different commands I believe. This also works well.
-The screen is larger then most phones I have seen.
I love this phone. My gripes are pretty minor:
-The phone is a litter bigger then my old one. It is thinner, but longer. It does fit comfortably in hand, but I feel a little uncomfortable with it loose in my pocket. I find myself leaving it on my desk, or sitting in the passenger seat of my car when driving.
-The volume is hard to adjust. I have to physically look every time.
-Blue tooth would have been nice for headphones. But the infr-red is quick for downloading stuff.
Highly recommended.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 70.00
Recommended for: World Travelers - Works Anywhere and Everywhere!
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