Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #30530 in Cell Phone Accessories
• Color: Black
• Brand: Nokia
• Model: 2600
• Released on: 2008-01-14

Features

• Easy-to-use, affordable phone in black for voice communications and full range of messaging options, including email, IM, text, and MMS
• Built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and Internet surfing; EDGE data connectivity
• VGA camera for still photos; Bluetooth for handsfree devices; personal organizer
• Up to 3 hours of talk time, up to 384 hours (16 days) of standby time
• What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, user manual, quick start guide

Amazon.com Product Description
This easy-to-use Nokia cell phone combines excellent voice communication capabilities with multiple messaging options, including email and instant messaging. Surf the internet with AT&T's MEdia Net service and download MP3 ringtones, graphics and games. Other features include a VGA camera with video capture capabilities, Bluetooth for handsfree devices and photo sharing, an FM radio, organizer with calendar and alarm, and up to 3 hours of talk time.

AT&T Service
This phone operates on GSM 850/1900 MHz networks and can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's EDGE network (which stands for "Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution"), with availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. This third-generation, high-speed, mobile data and Internet access technology is fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.

The phone has a built-in web browser for MEdia Net downloads and mobile web browsing. AT&T's MEdia Net service enables you to receive and send emails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more (requires additional service subscription).

Phone Features
The candybar-style Nokia 2600 features a 65K-color LCD screen with a 128 x 160-pixel resolution. It sits atop a standard five-way navigator pad that's complemented by send/end keys and soft navigation keys. The alpha-numeric keypad features a lined accent in orange that surrounds the middle three buttons and rises to include the navigation pad. The phone has a 10 MB internal memory, which is not expandable. The internal phonebook can store up to 200 contact entries, with multiple numbers per entry and support for caller groups as well as ringer/picture ID.

Handsfree communication is easy thanks to the integrated speakerphone. This phone also provides Bluetooth wireless connectivity (version 2.0), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and file transfer. You can connect your laptop via Bluetooth and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server. Share your photos and video clips with friends and family using Bluetooth connectivity.

The 2600 offers a full range of email, text, and multimedia messaging options. It includes support for IMAP4, POP3, and SMTP email, as well as support for mobile email services such as AOL, Yahoo!, and Windows Live. You can also keep up with your instant messaging buddies using the built-in IM application that connects to those same services. In addition to SMS text and MMS multimedia messaging, this phone incorporates Nokia Xpress audio messaging, which allows you to personalize messages in a spontaneous and creative way. By using a specially designed menu, an audio message can be recorded and sent with only a few clicks of a button. Xpress audio messages can be sent to all MMS-enabled GSM handsets, and can also be shared with multiple recipients.

Other features include:

• Digital VGA camera with video recorder for still photos and video
• Organizer with week and month review, and localized calendar
• Calculator with 10 digits, and square root support, Converter II (metric/inches, temperature, etc.)
• Analog/digital clock which can be saved as a screensaver
• Enjoy music and news on the move with the FM radio
• T9 predictive text entry
• Bluetooth version 2.0 with the following profiles: HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures), PAN (personal area networking), PBA (transfer contacts), SPP (serial port profile)

Vital Statistics
The Nokia 2600 weighs 3.17 ounces and measures 4.21 x 1.84 x 0.79 inches. Its 820 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 384 hours (16 days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies.

Customer Reviews

Absurdly slow
My roughly 3 year old phone was finally due for a replacement because it had started 'freezing'. I wanted something basic and reliable, and this looked like it would fit the bill. The phone is basic, which I think is good. However, it is ridiculously slow. For example there is a delay of about 3 seconds between pressing the 'menu' button and the menu showing up! I honestly can't believe that basic functions on Nokia's entry-level phones seem to have become slower over the last several years.

Garbage
I got this phone from an AT&T store for $40 and a 2year contract. I got ripped off. I could have gotten it from AT&T on the net for free!! The Bluetooth is problematical, some times it works with my Jawbone and some times it doesn't. It has a camera, but the AT&T manual that came with it is useless, it is 32 pages long, with very small and blurry pictures. There are 5 bad pictures showing how to remove the back, and battery, to install the Sim card, no mention of how difficult it is to get the back off. Another picture shows where to plug in the power brick, all you can make out is a black rectangle and a blurry little plug pointed at the black rectangle, there are three holes in that black rectangle. I thought that AT&T had just printed a bad manual, but even though the Nokia manual is twice the size it is just as bad.
The manual from Nokia is 65 pages, and under "Media" it does have instructions on how to take a picture, but they are wrong. no mention on how to view the pictures that you have taken. After spending much time I discovered, with no help from either manual, how to Bluetooth the pictures to my computer. Grainy pictures is the best it can do.
You can barley hear the speaker phone, and it can't be switch on until the party you are calling picks up. All in all for a Nokia phone it's well beneath their usually high standards. And I don't recommend it.

HORRIBLE!!!
My husband had me get him a basic phone when we renewed our AT&T plan. I'd always had Nokias in the past and LOVED them. They were so reliable, I dropped my phone in water TWICE and dried it out, put the battery back in and never had an issue with my Nokia phones. So, naturally I thought this would be a great choice. I even looked up the phone on various tech websites and not one mentioned the fact that this phone SUCKS.

1. freezes ALL the time
2. when it does freeze, it takes FOREVER to turn back on/off.
3. the keys are so small and a few "share" the same pad (see the top bottons for on/off, menu etc) that we're constantly pushing the wrong button.
4. the sound is horrible, you can barely hear the person on the other line and when he calls me on it, his voice is often mumbled and sounds are blurred together (it's not a problem with my phone b/c it only happens when you make a call from his phone to mine)
5. gets bad signal. we obviously carry the same AT&T and my phone consistently gets better signal than his

Honestly, Nokia, I'm waaaay disappointed. It's like Dodge/Chrystler and the Caravan/Town and Country.

PS when we renewed, I got the LG CF360 and I love it, great phone, good battery life, easy to use, great camera.