Estibaliz Pereira Rabade: Nokia 6700 Slide Colorful Smartphone

Today Nokia unveiled its new mid range 3G slider phone by the name Nokia 6700 slide. This new mobile phone is made for design curious customers and comes with six fresh colors. This cell phone has a compact size and its aluminum finish feels fantastic in hand. Because of its size and design this gadget can easily fit into your jeans pocket. This new device runs on Symbian OS v9.3, S60 rel. 3.2 and is packed with a 5 mega pixel Carl Zeiss optics camera with auto focus and LED flash allowing you to capture and share moments as they happen. Your pictures can be edited on the go and uploaded to the web directly from the camera menu. The 6700 Slide supports up to 16GB and comes with a 2GB card in the standard sales package.For connectivity in this handset with pc or other mobile phone there is Bluetooth v2.1 and USB v2.0. The Nokia 6700 slide can give its best battery time of 300 hours on standby and 4 hours of talk time and music play back of 29 hours. And as for the entertainment in this device there is a FM radio and music player, which won’t let you to get bored. The Nokia 6700 slide is available with the price around 160 Euros.

The Nokia 6700 cell phone features include a 5 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, a 2.2-inch screen display, supports HSDPA and HSUPA, Symbian S60, FM radio, bluetooth 2.1, music player, a 2GB MicroSD card in the box, aluminium frame, also boasts over 12 days standby and four hours talktime. The Nokia 6700 is compact size, modern design and aluminum finish feels great in the hand, it looks and colored a little like 4th gen iPod Nano. The Nokia 6700 will be available in Q1 2010.Nokia's dogged commitment to producing a wide range of handsets for a wide range of budgets and types of interest continues with the 6700 Slide.

The slider format is one that has slipped in popularity with the rise of large screened handsets of varying degrees of smartphone capability. But it is a format that still has lots of fans.

Sliders tend to be small, their number pads are hidden away until needed, and you can perform lots of activities without bothering to slip them out of their hiding place behind the front facia.

Quick, easy, one-click access to features via buttons rather than a touchscreen are the order of the day.

The Nokia 6700 slide doesn’t have to do much to get recognised, coming as it does in six stunning colours. It’s not short on features either and with social networking and 3G at its heart, this is one very connected device. The aluminium frame and 2.2-inch screen round off quite a tasty package.

Aluminium, pink, petrol-blue, red, lime and purple are the colour choices on offer for the Nokia 6700 slide, each more striking than the last. Pictures are well catered for with a five megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and a dedicated camera button.

HSDPA and HSUPA will keep users well connected whilst 29 hours of audio playback will be music to headphone fans’ ears (the 6700 also boasts over 12 days standby and four hours talktime). On board FM radio and music player will help to keep the beats alive. Based on S60, the 6700 slide also makes it easy to share pics and make the most of social networks whilst editing and uploading shots is a breeze.

Expected to land in the first quarter of 2010, the 6700 is estimated to retail for €160 before taxes and subsidies.

Enough from us, check out the 6700 in all its glory below.