Nokia 6210 Navigator

GPS is slowly becoming a very common feature in most of the higher end handsets. Nokia’s 6110 Navigator performed quite well and now its upgrade, the 6120 Navigator, is on 'trial'. Let's see how it fares compared to its predecessor.

Form Factor
Fans of the Navigator will be happy to see the 6210 has the same slider form factor as the 6110. But it's a whole lot sleeker. The 6210 has a 2.4 inch TFT display with a 240 x 320 pixel display, a five way nav-pad, and a dedicated key to access Nokia Maps. The secondary camera is located above the display, next to the light sensor. On one side are the volume/zoom keys and a dedicated camera key. The other side has the microUSB slot on the top and the microSD card slot below it. I liked the flaps that conceal these slots.

The 2.5mm earphone socket and charging port are located on the top of the device. One of the biggest peeves I had with the handset is removing the rear panel. Not that you’ll have to do this often, but it’s still very hard. You’ll need to grow a strong set of nails. The 6210 has a 3.2MP camera at the rear, with dual LED flashes.

The phone feels a bit heavy but the slider is extremely smooth. The keypad unfortunately has the same problem that plagued the 6110: the top three keys are hard to access. On the plus side, the keypad is extremely large and the rest of the keys are well-spaced.

Features and Performance
Interface
Running on Symbian OS 9.3 Series 60, the 6210 is a relatively fast handset, sometimes annoyingly so. Let me elaborate. It has an accelerometer that's quite sensitive and there doesn’t seem to be any control for that. Not that it’s too much of a hindrance; in fact it’s handy when you want to switch to landscape mode. Just like in the N78, the main screen with Standby mode on can be customized to display the icons vertically or horizontally.