Review: Nokia 6682
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The home screen displays a large analog or digital clock which is easy to read as long as the theme you're using is well designed. There are many homemade themes that make telling time nearly impossible. When the phone is idling, the backlight will turn off and the phone will display a screen saver with the date and time and a status bar. The screen saver is visible under decent lighting conditions but useless in the dark. The screen will eventually turn off to save the battery even further. Pressing a button from the screen saver or the blank screen will turn on the backlight and return you to the last screen you viewed - usually the home screen, making telling time fairly easy. If the keylock is engaged, pressing a button will return you to the home screen but not activate the backlight. The power button is the only one that will activate the backlight for telling time in dark conditions with the keys locked.
Java
The 6682 scored a whopping 5129 on JBenchmark's MIDP 1.0 test. That score is only exceeded by dedicated PDAs and a few smartphones. This set our expectations high for the phone's performance on other tests, but we were disappointed. It only scored a 149 on the MIDP 2.0 test - a score beat by most smartphones and many high end feature phones. The 3D test scores of 178/279 are more respectable, however fewer phones are capable of running the test to begin with. It should be noted that most games for this phone and other Series 60 smartphones are written for the native Symbian OS and not in Java for precisely these performance reasons.
Bluetooth
As a pleasant addition to the array of Bluetooth profiles Nokia smartphones have supported in the past, the 6682 finally supports headset in addition to hands-free profiles. It also supports the usual complement of OBEX, DUN and imaging. You can send nearly every type of file using one of the many file management applications on the phone, no directories or file types seem to be locked out.
Extras
There is now a clock application which provides a shortcut to the date and time control panel where the alarm is set. The 6682 can have multiple alarms, which can wake the phone even if the power is off. The calculator is easy to use and has a large, clear display. The 6682 includes media players for both audio and video, and several more are downloadable. The default audio player plays mp3 and AAC files, however it only plays .aac AAC files, not iTunes .m4a files. The 6682 comes with software to sync to PCs, and works natively with iSync version 2.1 for syncing both calendar and contacts to the phone.
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Nokia 6682 / 6681
