Sibling rivalry

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Why Nokia has grouped the 6500. Slide and Classic together, we’re … The Nokia 6500 Slide makes up one half of a new series of Nokia handsets. And …

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tell you that the lens matters more.
Fortunately, the 6500 Slide ticks
both boxes, with a 3.2-megapixel
camera and Carl Zeiss optics. And,
while the 8x digital zoom is a red
herring (it’s optical zoom we want),
auto-focus and dual LED flash are
welcome features.
In line with its all-round ease of
use, the Slide boasts an intuitive
camera setup. Astutely, the
camera is designed to be used with
the slide shut. Holding the phone in
landscape mode, the phone’s
shutter key sits under the right
index finger, and the digital zoom
controls sit under the left index
finger. Meanwhile, the handset’s
joypad and soft keys provide access
to the other functions and can be
operated with your right thumb.
Because of the key size and the
phone’s dimensions, you don’t have
to perform any digital acrobatics to
activate the handset’s full array of
photo wizardry.
The device is also particularly
effective in portrait mode. Although
most reviews tend to place Xenon
flash above LED in the pecking
order, the dual LED flash on the
Slide proves effective in all lighting
conditions and there’s not a red
eye in sight.
The Slide features built-in
applications…