Nokia 3650 Smartphone: GSM Phone

Available from AT&T Wireless, Cingular and T-Mobile, the Nokia 3650 makes its debut in the US with loads of built-in features that make this unit much more than just a cell phone. The 3650 is that latest “Series 60” smartphone from Nokia and offers PDA-like features in a phone-centric design. It’s a tri-mode GSM world phone that also does GPRS for fast data transfers (~50 to 60k/s).

The 3650 has built-in Bluetooth and IR for wireless communications, a WAP 2.0/XHTML browser for accessing the Internet, PIM applications such as Contacts, Calendar, To-Do list, as well as multimedia applications such as RealOne player and more. The built-in digital VGA camera can take still images at 640x480 resolution, and capture video clips in .3GP file format with sound support.

The voice features include voice dialing, speakerphone, conference calling, voicemail, text messaging and alarm. The 3650 comes with 30 polyphonic ring tones and there are more available for download. Running on Symbian OS 6.1 and powered by an ARM processor, the 3650 will support Symbian OS applications and Java applications. Each carrier provides its own set of applications and games for download.

The 3650 comes with Nokia PC Suite software synchronization software with support for IR and Bluetooth (no cable syncing), a modem driver for notebooks, and the Nokia Multimedia Player.

What does it look like?

It looks like a TV remote control with a large display screen. I really like the design of this phone because I lose smaller phones like those tiny clamshell units. The Nokia 3650 is a candy bar style phone with a large 176 x 208 pixel color display capable of displaying 4,096 colors. The 3650 measures 5.1” x 2.24” x 1” and weighs 4.59 ounces. The circular number pad will either attract or turn off users who may be fond of the retro rotary phones or too accustomed to standard number pads. There is a directional pad/action button inside the number pad area for navigation. The camera lens is on the backside of the phone, on the opposite side of the display. The antenna is internal and is housed in the top of the phone. The power, cable and headset connectors are located in the bottom of the phone.