| Nokia took the veils off several mobile phones | | | | with enriched photos, audios and videos streams. |
| capable of GPS and Maps 2.0 Beta. One of those | | | | Other features of the Nokia 6210 Navigator include |
| handsets was the Nokia 6210 Navigator. Unlike the | | | | the A-GPS support, 3.2-mega pixel camera (an |
| 6220 Classic, the 6210 Navigator arrives with an | | | | enhancement from 2 mega pixels on 6110) with an |
| embedded compass for the sake of pedestrian | | | | integrated LED flash, Bluetooth stereo A2DP, HSDPA |
| navigation. | | | | connectivity, besides being a complete 3rd Edition |
| Upside | | | | S30 device. |
| At 103x49x14.9 mm, the Nokia 6210 Navigator isn't | | | | The 2.5 mm audio jack is present at the top of the |
| either the slimmest or the smallest of the handsets, | | | | handset so that your headset will not protrude from |
| though it is still considerably a lot thinner than its | | | | the sides while the phone is in the pocket. We |
| earlier 6110 Navigator that had measured around | | | | noticed that the microSD and micro-USB expansion |
| 20mm at the thickest point. | | | | card slots contained mechanical "doors" for pulling |
| Design-wise, there aren't any surprises as the Nokia | | | | them out. These seemed to be little too stiff |
| 6210 Navigator is a very simple phone. Our only | | | | Downside |
| found-fault is with its tight headroom present above | | | | We like the navigational devices to be equipped with |
| the top of the numeric keys. Apart from that, the | | | | big screens, so we a bit disappointed to see that the |
| controls are considerably large and offer reasonably | | | | Nokia 6210 Navigator has only a QVGA 2.4-inch |
| tactile feedback even in case of the prototype unit. | | | | display. This isn't so much of the downside but it is a |
| The accelerometers in the mobile phones aren't new | | | | preference. The other misses noted are a micro-USB |
| these days. We have seen it deployed in few of the | | | | in place of the more general mini-USB and the 2.5mm |
| recent Sony Ericsson and Nokia handsets, though | | | | port for audio which means needing an adapter for |
| each and every company might have a different | | | | the third-party headset. Although these are minor |
| variation in the implementation of technology. On the | | | | points, these might pose as potential deal-breakers. |
| Nokia 6210 Navigator, besides measuring the changes | | | | Outlook |
| in orientation and direction, the accelerometer is used | | | | It's pretty easy to let go of the integrated compass |
| to snooze the alarm and silence the phone. | | | | as the novelty, but if gone one step further, |
| The Maps 2.0 software still is in the beta stage, but | | | | implementation of a feature as such is actually not |
| other than making more advancement in the | | | | the far-fetched idea. We don't see the GPS-enabled |
| pedestrian navigation (that probably makes much | | | | phones replacing the dedicated in-car units anytime |
| sense to a phone when compared with the in-car | | | | soon, so that it makes sense that the features are |
| device), the application even gives the users the | | | | tailored to the non-vehicular tracking. That is where |
| choice to purchase the multimedia city guides along | | | | the 6210 makes the decent proposition. |