Release dates for Nokia 6600's anyone?

nuttlys · 10-12-2008 1:57am #1

anyone know when they are going to be available in Ireland? Seen the slide available on 3uk, interested in the fact it has opera mini.

Walkman · 10-12-2008 9:30am

nuttlys wrote: »

anyone know when they are going to be available in Ireland? Seen the slide available on 3uk, interested in the fact it has opera mini.

the slide and flip will be available first week in Jan on 3.

drunkmonkey · 10-12-2008 10:06am

You can put opera Mini on most 3 phones anyway, dosen't need to be a 6600

gpjordanf1 · 10-12-2008 1:21pm

Walkman wrote: »

the slide and flip will be available first week in Jan on 3.

I was told in a 3 Store that they would be out next week? As I'm getting one for my wife as a pressie?
Are you sure about this?

Sam Vimes · 10-12-2008 1:27pm

nuttlys wrote: »

interested in the fact it has opera mini.

go to http://mini.opera.com and your current phone will have opera mini in seconds. it's free and will work on most phones.

Walkman · 10-12-2008 1:45pm

gpjordanf1 wrote: »

I was told in a 3 Store that they would be out next week? As I'm getting one for my wife as a pressie?
Are you sure about this?

yes, it has failed network testing and has been sent back to nokia to get the glitches fixed before launch.

gpjordanf1 · 10-12-2008 1:48pm

Walkman wrote: »

yes, it has failed network testing and has been sent back to nokia to get the glitches fixed before launch.

Cheers Walkman, that will save my bacon for sure! Will have to think of another pressie! She doesn't like anyother 3 phones!

Gumbo · 10-12-2008 1:58pm

these were in CPW in Rathmines yesterday for €229 on PAYG three network.
my mam bought one up in Banbridges last week for £111.

nice little phone.

drunkmonkey · 10-12-2008 2:04pm

Which one failed testing the fold or the slide? What makes carphones version so special it passed testing?

gpjordanf1 · 10-12-2008 2:32pm

kceire wrote: »

these were in CPW in Rathmines yesterday for €229 on PAYG three network.
my mam bought one up in Banbridges last week for £111.

nice little phone.

Interesting must take a spin to CPW so! Thanks!

Walkman · 10-12-2008 2:46pm

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Which one failed testing the fold or the slide? What makes carphones version so special it passed testing?

they are the same, Carphone have the prices up but the phones not been launched yet. Believe me its gone back to nokia due to failed testing and wont be out till January. I see if I can get anymore information and post later.

gpjordanf1 · 13-12-2008 12:41pm

Walkman wrote: »

they are the same, Carphone have the prices up but the phones not been launched yet. Believe me its gone back to nokia due to failed testing and wont be out till January. I see if I can get anymore information and post later.

Hey Walkman

Did ya get that information on the phone? Cheers

mcguyver · 13-12-2008 12:54pm

Walkman wrote: »

they are the same, Carphone have the prices up but the phones not been launched yet. Believe me its gone back to nokia due to failed testing and wont be out till January. I see if I can get anymore information and post later.

Will skype work on these? The 3 catalog says it will but when I looked it up its only a nokia s40 so no multi tasking. Any sign of the 6650 coming to 3? Looks a good spec for a fold phone.

scart · 13-12-2008 3:00pm

I bought the sim free 6600 slide 3 weeks ago from Expansys.ie.
Nice phone but the music player gave problems from the very start, it constantly skipped tracks and on occasions totally crashing and would only reboot after 2 minutes. It was totally random and could happen any track at any time.
I checked the software and it was on the latest version. Sent it back to vendor requesting a new replacement and awaiting their response.
BTW anybody know if I can claim the shipping costs back from expansys?

Walkman · 13-12-2008 3:00pm

gpjordanf1 wrote: »

Hey Walkman

Did ya get that information on the phone? Cheers

Yes, phones will definately not be launched until Jan. As I said they are gone back to Nokia to get some bugs ironed out before they launch, as for Skype I dont know. Ill ask and post back as soon as I find out.

Walkman · 13-12-2008 3:01pm

mcguyver wrote: »

Will skype work on these? The 3 catalog says it will but when I looked it up its only a nokia s40 so no multi tasking. Any sign of the 6650 coming to 3? Looks a good spec for a fold phone.

6650 not coming to 3 sorry.

gpjordanf1 · 13-12-2008 3:50pm

Walkman wrote: »

Yes, phones will definately not be launched until Jan. As I said they are gone back to Nokia to get some bugs ironed out before they launch, as for Skype I dont know. Ill ask and post back as soon as I find out.

Thanks for the info, will probably wait for it now at this stage!

gpjordanf1 · 07-01-2009 6:42pm

Walkman wrote: »

Yes, phones will definately not be launched until Jan. As I said they are gone back to Nokia to get some bugs ironed out before they launch, as for Skype I dont know. Ill ask and post back as soon as I find out.

Hey Walkman, have you any follow up info on this phone, still no sign of it on 3?

Walkman · 07-01-2009 7:19pm

gpjordanf1 wrote: »

Hey Walkman, have you any follow up info on this phone, still no sign of it on 3?

Last i heard it will be end of jan early feb. 3 are waiting on nokia to fix the bugs they found when doing network testing for the phone. If i can get a more definate date ill post back.

Walkman · 07-01-2009 7:26pm

gpjordanf1 wrote: »

Hey Walkman, have you any follow up info on this phone, still no sign of it on 3?

Wont be out until end jan early feb. 3 are still waiting on nokia to fix the bugs they found when testing. Sorry but i forgot to ask about the skype, ill ask my mate tomorrow and post back then.

towel401 · 07-01-2009 7:49pm

Whats the deal with recycling names for old phone models?

I know the 6650 might have been a 'forgotten' phone, although Nokia's first 3G phone. but the 6600 is fairly popular. they havn't released 10,000 different models yet so why do they need to re-use?

Rsaeire · 07-01-2009 7:58pm

towel401 wrote: »

Whats the deal with recycling names for old phone models?

I know the 6650 might have been a 'forgotten' phone, although Nokia's first 3G phone. but the 6600 is fairly popular. they havn't released 10,000 different models yet so why do they need to re-use?

I'm sure you meant 3650, but I agree. How many model numbers do they intend to recycle this year?

towel401 · 07-01-2009 8:01pm

Rsaeire wrote: »

I'm sure you meant 3650, but I agree. How many model numbers do they intend to recycle this year?

no the 3650 was 2G. and looked like a pokemon

Rsaeire · 07-01-2009 9:10pm

towel401 wrote: »

no the 3650 was 2G. and looked like a pokemon

Oops, my mistake! I swear I read somewhere that it was Nokia's first 3G... ah there it is, it was Nokia's first video capture handset.

I never liked the 3650 as it looked very odd and the buttons were crazy difficult to get used to.

kreontas · 12-01-2009 12:35am

o2 has it for 220 yoyos pay as you go

drunkmonkey · 12-01-2009 12:47am

kreontas wrote: »

o2 has it for 220 yoyos pay as you go

linky?

NiSmO · 12-01-2009 1:01am

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drunkmonkey · 12-01-2009 1:14am

complete and utter lack of imagination i'd say ....

I wonder will they ever dare use the name 6310i on a new phone, now that would be a brave move...:)

kreontas · 14-01-2009 12:12am

o2 have these phones i saw them in 02 in blanch

drunkmonkey · 14-01-2009 2:31am

kreontas wrote: »

o2 have these phones i saw them in 02 in blanch

Dummys have been in shops since November, did you see a working one?

Walkman · 15-01-2009 8:07pm

mcguyver wrote: »

Will skype work on these? The 3 catalog says it will but when I looked it up its only a nokia s40 so no multi tasking.

Latest I have heard is skype will be on the slide but no info on the fold yet. Second week in feb is date for launch on 3.

Release dates for Nokia 6600's anyone?

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