Although conjuring images of Flight of the Navigator, surely one of the greatest films ever made, the Nokia 6710 is actually a rather chunky looking phone. Nokia claim on the likes of The official Nokia page that they’ve created something that’s built to fit easily in the hand for when you’re running around the city using the mapping functions, like the weird guy in the video below. Whether the mapping function is a big enough pay off though we’re not quite sure. You’ll find GPS and a much more premium finish on the 6700, and although the Nokia 6710 Navigator is features a larger screen, we’re not sure that’s enough. Fair enough, if you’re the kind of person who’s going to be using the navigation functions a lot, then this might be worth a look. Especially when you consider that Nokia chuck in a free car-holder for the phone, so you can hook this thing up to face you while you’re driving (it comes with both pedestrian and driving modes for the maps), but then the 2.6” actually starts to seem a little small when you think about how big some standalone GPS devices are.
But if you know you’re going to be using maps a lot, then this phone is pretty much a dream. Nokia Maps is a cracking piece of software, featuring in v3.0 here, and it comes with more add-ons, features, gadgets and gizmos that you can shake a compass at. In fact, the pedestrian mode even features an integrated compass so you won’t even have anything to shake.
There’s also a more than decent camera onboard, an impressive battery and Nokia’s cracking little web browser, so even when you’re not scratching your head and turning the thing upside down to try and work out where you are on street corners, then you’ll still find plenty to be happy with. Have a read of this Nokia 6710 review for a full update on everything you can expect to find onboard.
