Nokia 5610 Specification Rate ringtone themes

For music fans I would say the phone that may live up to n number of your expectations is finally here. As far the camera is concerned if you are not demanding even that will prove to be quite decent. Also it has many innovative features that are worth paying attention to.

The new Nokia 5610’s technology is based on S40 5th edition. The phone’s available in two colors red (with silver highlights) and blue (with grey highlights). In my opinion it’s going to be a widely appreciated phone.


Dimensions and Weight
The Nokia 5610 weighs about 111 grams and is 98.5x48.5x17 mm in dimensions making it an average sized phone.
Its construction though is worth mentioning; it’s a solid phone with high quality construction and steel highlights and the rear panel is dimple patterned for a better grip.

Display

The Nokia 5610 has a 2.2’’ TFT QVGA (240x320 pixels) display with approx. 16 million colors. The dimensions of the screen are about 33.5x44.7 mm.

The display gives you hardly any chance to complain with its deep colors and perfect contrasts and has flawless legibility even in bright sunlight.


Memory
The Nokia 5610 has an internal memory of 20 MB and has a microSD card slot with hot swap. The phone book can store up to 2000 entries.


Data Transfer
The Nokia 5610 supports a quad band GSM network (with frequencies: 850, 900, 1000 and 1900 MHz) and dual band 3G support (frequencies: 2100 and 850 MHz). The phone’s firmware can be updated directly via the GSM network.
The Nokia 5610 has an integrated email client that works with POP3, SMTP and IMAP4 protocols and can handle up to 5 mail boxes. You can opt for an automatic mail check and also choose if you want to view only the headers or entire messages. It has no limit on attachment sizes.

Disappointment may come your way due to the lack of HSDPA support since the phone relies on the rather outdated CSD besides that the phone has GPRS (class 10), EDGE and UTMS (384 Kbps) for faster downloads.

The phone comes along with a microUSB data cable the port for which is on the top side of the phone. The phone package also includes a CD with the Nokia PC suite, the starter version of adobe Photoshop album for working with your photos and the basic package of Ulead video toolbox for work with videos. When the phone is paired with a PC it can work on any of the three offered modes: synchronization, picture print over PictBridge or USB mass storage device (the memory card will appear as a removable drive on the PC). The option lacking here is that you can not charge your phone off the USB (which is available on Nokia 6500 classic).
Data transfer is also possible through Bluetooth (version 2.0).


Battery
The Nokia 5610 has a 900 mAh battery with a talk time of about 6 hours and stand by time of 320 hours. With minimal use the battery might even last for about 4 days. It takes about an hour and a half to charge completely.

The battery cover gives a little creak when you try to remove it; however this might be the only creak you will hear in the phone.


Camera
The Nokia 5610 offers a 3.2 mega pixel camera with an autofocus and a pair of LED flash. The camera lacks a macro mode but the auto focus makes up for that when handling close-ups. The camera may not be one of the best ones but it’s good considering that this phone is more of a music phone.

The camera is located on the rear side of the phone with a glass protector that is mounted on the lens itself however you still have to handle it with care in order to not get the lens scratched. The LED flash helps immensely when it comes to taking pictures in low light intensity.

The camera offers a maximum resolution of 2048x1536 pixels. Pictures can be viewed in full screen mode and can be transferred to another device quite simply via Bluetooth or can be printed using Picture Bridge. The file structure inside the gallery is fully separated in terms of pictures stored in the phone’s internal memory and memory card.
You can also shoot VGA videos that are recorded at a speed of 15 fps in 3GP format. You can enable or disable voice recording according to your wish.


Ringtones
The phone has 64 tone polyphony and supports MP3, AAC, WMA and AMR formats as well. You can assign individual ringtones to your contacts with personal pictures or videos that play during incoming calls.

It has seven ringing profiles in all that can be activated temporarily with a preset expiry time.


Music player
Nokia 5610 is definitely a state of art phone when it comes to its music functions in fact it might even convince you to leave your MP3 back home. Its Navi slide key speaks volumes about how easy and convenient it is to access music on this phone. The Navi slide also creates light effects for the player.

The Nokia 5610 features a stereo FM radio with RDS but the radio only functions when the headset is plugged in as it also acts as an antenna …so even when you set alarm on the radio you have to keep the head phones plugged in which is a 3.5 mm adapter. The radio can store up to 20 of your favorite music channels. The phone offers four different themes for the radio and the music player.

Talking about the music player it works with files in MP3, AAC, AMR and WMA formats and has 7 equalizer presets and stereo extension options. Songs are filed using ID3 tags or organized by music album, artist, or genre. The music player can run in the background. The phone supports A2DP profile so you can listen to your music via wireless Bluetooth headphones. You can also watch the videos in full screen, a link to this application can be found in the music player. A new and innovative addition made by Nokia.

The only problem that you might face with the player or the radio is that when you remove the rear cover the player stops working anticipating you to work with the memory card and when the rear cover is placed back the player starts an automatic update of the entire music library.


Other Features
This definitely is my first review when the list of additional features is way longer than any other single head.
First things first lets talk about the keypad which is very comfortable and easy to work with although the feature I m in love with is the NaviSlide located right below the display, the end positions of which are back lit in white. The NaviSlide is meant for easy access to music functions sliding to the right takes you to the radio menu and sliding to the left takes you to the music player. It can also lead you back to the main menu. The LEDs at the ends of the NaviSlide can be set to blink in order to indicate missed calls.

The phone also has a very practical voice control system which needs no pre-recording and works with numerous phone features with instantaneous response to user commands. What’s more you can now record calls with a recording limit of 60 minutes. Nokia 5610 uses the same editor for both MMS and SMS. Inserting an image, video, business card, calendar memo turns an SMS into an MMS or you can set the message type manually from the context menu. Another great option is that you can copy paste text from across applications (e.g.: copying a part of the SMS into the calendar).

Now rising and shining can also be fun with your Nokia 5610 where the alarm clock is repeatable and can be set to wake you up on chosen days of the week and will go off even when the phone is switched off. You can also set your favorite radio station to wake you up but make sure you have plugged in your headset incase you want to avail of this option.

The Java application has a pre-installed unit converter, a world time application and the Opera mini 3.0. Among other applications are the Bluetooth sensor and the yahoo search engine.

All work and no play not happening. The Nokia 5610 has games like the 3rd version of Snake, city bloxx and Music guess.


Positives
Trendy and solid body that will make you feel great holding this phone. The phone has a nice display with sharp colors and good contrasts and amazing legibility even under direct sunlight. The phone’s firmware is directly updatable via GSM while GPRS, UTMS and EDGE support faster downloads. Plus there are no limits to the size of attachments. It has built-in browser as well. The battery life is also very good that gives you a good playback time. The camera may not be top of the line but it still maintains consistency is picture quality plus the LED flash helps in taking pictures in low light intensity.

The Nokia 5610 has advanced music options and good quality sound. Digital radio and stereo Bluetooth.
Very good keypad that makes typing a simple task while the Navi Slide makes accessing music effortless. The call record time is 60 minutes and the alarm clock is repeatable.

Negatives
The front panel is susceptible to fingerprints so cleaning it is going to be full time task other than that when you need to open the battery cover it gives a creak which is kind of scary plus the camera lens cover is not all that effective and there are high chances of the lens getting scratched. The LED flash does not act as a flash light.

The only problem that you might face with the player or the radio is that when you remove the rear cover the player stops working anticipating you to work with the memory card and when the rear cover is placed back the player starts an automatic update of the entire music library

The phone has a microUSB port for data transfer that is not all that popular with smart phones these days and the phone cannot be charged through the USB connection made to your PC.

Conclusion
For music fans ……go out ASAP and grab this baby……for others who are looking at all the other features this phone has to offer its not such a bad deal in fact it’s a pretty good one …..As long as you are willing to compromise a little on the camera options.

The phone is selling at about 320 Euros making it a sensible choice keeping in mind all that it has to offer.