Good looking phone with a very nice tactile feel to the buttons. When the phone is opened, it is nicely balanced so that one handed operations are easy. The navigation feature, when combined with the guides, are great to use. Being a Singaporean, I downloaded the Makansutra guide and wherever I was, I could look for good food. I was surprised to discover so much more thanks to the Singapore guides and the GPS features. I found new routes to my usual places and good eateries that I had previously overlooked. It would be a great tool to have when travelling as it shows nearby restaurants, malls, ATM’s, etc. Downside to the phone is the difficulty in taking out the battery cover and also the micro SD data card.
From: Clinton Wee
I’m truly impressed with the build quality and overall feel of the Nokia 6210 Navigator. The last Nokia handset that I owned was the N80 and the improvement was obvious the moment I held it. Powering up and being greeted by the bright and shapely screen is truly refreshing. Kudos to Nokia for constantly improving their products. The accelerometer is well implemented in the Nokia 6210 Navigator. The menu screen and Real Player automatically rotate to the correct position; a nifty feature when viewing video clips. But one area Nokia misses out incorporating the accelerometer is the Image Gallery. The image does not rotate automatically and thus, is unable to be viewed in its correct orientation. A firmware update should solve this, though.
From: Chi Siang
The Nokia 6210 Navigator has a functional, but otherwise uninteresting facade typical of Nokia slider phones. However, the uninteresting but sturdy and compact appearance can be easily excused for all the features it packs. After all, looks aren’t everything, right? At least the set I got was in lipstick red (not boring black). The keypad is that of the typical Nokia phone, with keys of the appropriate size and recoil. The exception is the center button which, after pressing, leaves the user in doubt if the action was registered by the phone. It also seems to be omni-directional and I did encounter a few mis-keys at times. This is compounded with the time lag when loading a route in Nokia Maps. This two second uncertainty is an arresting fault, especially when on the road en-route. One full charge lasts 2 days of text messaging, a handful of short calls and twice a day navigation usage. Use of the navigation function appears to be efficient, battery-wise, and is unlikely to leave the user with a drained phone. For the heavier user, it is certainly good to get a car charger. Overall, the Nokia 6210 Navigator, with its quad-band GSM and dual-band HSDPA network functionality, is an accessory indispensable to the business traveler and the tourist who wishes to navigate on foot or by automobile in an unfamiliar location with ease, with a decent image capturing camera.