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Pretty good so far
Doesn't anyone use a phone JUST for a phone?
Great while it works
Can't hear and the menus are very difficult
Good only to an extent

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Nokia 6101 TMO to Go Prepaid Phone (T-Mobile)

Manufacturer: Nokia
Product Group: Wireless
Binding: Wireless Phone
ASIN: B000BNGUKU

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Nokia joins the clamshell fray with a powerful contender that features a VGA camera, a stereo FM radio, a speakerphone, EDGE high-speed data, and a whole lot more. On top of all that, you get dual color displays and support for mobile e-mail, making the 6101 a great companion for T-Mo to Go service.

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The 6101's inner LCD display sports 128 x 160 resolution and support for 65,000 colors. The outside cover of the handset features a supplementary, 96 x 65, 4,000-color display that can display picture IDs, time, call information, battery and signal strength, and more. The phone's VGA (640 x 480) camera unit is placed just above this display. Up and down buttons for volume control are placed on the left side. Most of the phone's features and onscreen menus are controlled by a five-way center button on the handset's control pad. There's also a standard jack to accept universal hands-free headsets, as well as USB and infrared ports for transferring data to and from the handset.

Calling Features
The 6101 supports polyphonic ringtones, as well as MP3-, MIDI-, AMR- and True Tones-based music ringers so you can program your favorite songs to alert you of incoming calls. A number of ringtones come preloaded on the phone, and more ringtones can be downloaded from T-Mobile's t-zones service. Plus, with the phone's picture ID function, you can assign pictures to your most common callers. If you want to be discreet, there's also a vibrate ringer mode. Meanwhile, voice-activated dialing makes calling your friends, family, and associates as easy as saying their names. The 6101's phone book will keep track of all your contacts, and address book capacity is only limited by the phone's 3.5 MB of built-in memory. Lastly, there's an integrated speakerphone for talking hands-free.

Messaging, Internet, and Tools
The 6101 is built for powerful mobile messaging and Internet capabilities. With support for the MMS (multimedia messaging service), the phone can send picture, video, and text messages (T-Mobile messaging charges apply). When coupled with the 6101's camera, MMS opens up great opportunities for robust messaging. Instant messaging is also supported, and the phone ships with a built-in email client that supports POP3 and IMAP protocols.

Getting on the Internet is easy with the 6101, as well. It supports the GPRS data protocol, as well as the new, high-speed EDGE wireless data service. A built-in Web browser makes it easy to purchase t-zones downloads and to surf the wireless Web. T-Mobile's t-zones service lets you receive and send e-mails, read news headlines, get weather updates, download games and ringtones, and more. T9 text entry, a technology that makes it easier to enter words and text on handsets, is built in to the unit--a plus for mobile e-mail and text messaging users.

The 6101 also supports PC synchronization standards via USB, which means you can manage and synchronize contacts, calendars, and other data with your PC. Nokia's PC Suite application makes this process a breeze.

Imaging and Entertainment
The 6101 is designed for flexible mobile fun. The built-in VGA camera, which features a night mode for better low-light shots, captures stills and video clips (video clips are captured at 128 x 96 resolution). Meanwhile, an integrated FM radio makes it easy to tune in your favorite stations. Picture effects and custom screen savers, as well as backgrounds and themes, can be set to fit your personality. And don't forget that the 6620 is a powerful gaming companion with support for Java-based games. Many games are downloadable via the t-zones service.

Vital Statistics
The Nokia 6101 weighs 3.42 ounces and measures 3.35 x 1.77 x 0.94 inches. Its lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4 hours of digital talk time and up to 350 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1800/1900 frequencies. The phone comes with a one-year limited warranty.

What's in the Box
Nokia 6101 handset, lithium-ion battery, travel charger, application software, hands-free headset, SIM card, user's manual.

Customer Reviews:

Pretty good so far.......2007-03-10

My prepaid Tmobile 6010 was still working well, but I thought I'd get something a little bit fancier. Tmobile was offering the 6101 as a web-only special for $49.99 (marked down from $149.99), so I got one.
The 6101 is capable of using Nokia's CA-42 data cable, which I already had bought for my Nokia 2126i Tracfone. That enabled me to copy my contacts from the 2126i to my computer, and then into the 6101. I called Tmobile Customer Care, and found out that simply moving the SIM card from my 6010 would transfer my account and phone number. It also transfers my security PIN, so it would be hard for someone to hijack an account by doing this.
So far the phone mostly works well, with very good sound. The package includes a stereo headset, with Nokia's proprietary digital plug. Some may groan at the thought of yet another connection standard, but this gives better sound than old fashioned analog plugs. The stereo set gives best sound, but it can be a mousetrap to untangle. It might be worth buying a single earphone set for travel.
Nokia also provides a charger, and why they had to invent a new plug for it I don't know.
This phone has a 640 X 480 camera, and it is less than spectacular. Photos look like watercolor paintings, but there may be situations in which it's better than nothing. Someone who paid $150 would probably not be satisfied, but for $50 it's acceptable. (The Samsung t209 costs $70 and has no camera.) In Media/Camera/Options/Settings/Image Quality it is possible to change quality setting from Normal to High. This makes the images a little bit better, but not a lot. Because High Quality uses less compression, .jpg file sizes are bigger.
This phone can do voice recording. The files created can be played in the computer with Nokia's software. It can use .mp3 and .mid files as ringtones. My 6010 and 2126i can play some MIDI files, although the instrument set of those is more limited. Some files (e.g. robocop.mid) can play in the 6101 but not the older phones.
As for ability to catch a weak signal, in side-by-side comparison, it seems like my old 6010 can sometimes show a weak connection on the indicator when the 6101 shows none, although I'm not sure that translates into a big difference in calling ability.
The 6101 adds 1800 MHz to its abilities, but that is only potentially useful for some countries other than U.S.A. International roaming other than Canada and Mexico require a service contract--it can't be added to prepay.
Tmobile-to-Go is the economy champ in pre-pay. Tracfone has been the champ in coverage. Tmobile does seem to be expanding network coverage and roaming, including parts of Canada. At least that's what their map shows. My own tests have shown some of that to be fiction so far (e.g. Horseshoe Bend, Idaho), but some improvements in coverage (e.g. Bogus Basin) are real. I used Tracfone on my Alaska trips, and I regret not taking my Tmobile-to-GO 6010 along on the Jan 2007 trip to experiment.
The colorful default desktop can make the signal and battery indicators hard to read in some light, but wallpaper could be turned off. Actually I created a black and white .gif file with just my name, downloaded it to the 6101, and I use that as wallpaper. The new interface with icons you may or may not like. There is an option to change to a list.
I don't use IM, so I have no experiments with that.
I think I like candybar phones like the old 6010 better than a clamshell, but currently the only new candybar for Tmobile-to-Go is the 6030, and it feels flimsy. The 6101 looks and feels well built. Time will tell.

With Tmobile-to-Go your minimum cost for the first year would be to buy a 1000 minute card for $100. If you are a light user the next years can be a lot cheaper. As long as you maintain the account minutes roll over (true of most pre-pay). After spending the first $100, new cards, even the $10 30 minute card which by itself would expire in 30 days, become good for a year after date of activation. A light user with a big balance could extend the account for almost a year for as little as $10. For a heavier user three $100 cards would get you 3000 minutes. If you expect to use 4000 minutes or more a year it probably becomes more economical to go to a contract.

Doesn't anyone use a phone JUST for a phone?.......2006-09-19

I bought this phone and a prepaid plan to replace years of monthly service with Cingular. I've not had any problems with this phone/plan as I had with Cingular, i.e.hearing, connecting, dropped calls. Maybe it was the phone, as Cingular claims. I don't use, need or want texting, IM, e:mail and whatever else this phone may feature because I just want to make or receive a normal phone call. My daughter loves the camera and downloading ringtones but they are not requirements for me. I have not had any problems with memory loss or not enough memory with this phone and have no idea why a phone needs so much memory. I don't know or care to have 500 names in a phone book. I don't live on the phone, it's not permanently attached to my head and I don't live for my phone. In my opinion prepaids are by far less expensive than monthly plans. For $100 a year, I'm just wondering how I am going to use 1000 minutes!

Great while it works.......2006-09-02

I have a love/hate relationship with this phone:

I love the price, I love the extensive features, I love the size, and I love the speakerphone capability.

But, I do not like that I had to replace the phone when the earpiece stopped working, or that I can see the backlight out the side edges of the phone, or that the keyboard is wearing some serious scratches into my main screen, or that the memory amount is way too small and getting smaller by the day.

My phone seems to have a memory leak as my total available user memory (both used and unused together) has dropped by about 30 percent in the past three months (from about 1200kb to under 800kb). I flat out can not find any reason for this, and deleting large amounts of graphics, sounds, and games has not given me back any of my lost memory. I'm going to take the phone in and see if it can be fixed. If not, I don't think I want to try this phone a third time.

Can't hear and the menus are very difficult.......2006-07-12

I used to like nokias. I can't hear calls with this phone. I have to borrow someone else's phone fifty percent of the time to hear the other caller.

Lesson learned, I should stick to motorola. This is the WORST cell phone I have ever had.

Good only to an extent.......2006-07-09

I've had this phone for 7 months, at first I thought it was awesome, but now I think it's terrible and want a new cellphone.

What's good about the phone:
*Text messaging/ Picture messaging
*Instant Messaging
*the Camera is terrific
-you can change the quality
-change the size
-record a video with camera
-edit the picture by adding graphics or frames

What's not good about the phone:
*Very little memory on the phone
*there's a recorder so you can record what people are saying, but even when you have it at maximum volume, it still sounds like a whisper.
*Ringtones are terrible
*wallpapers are terrible

That's all I can think of at the moment. But trust me this phone is not worth your time.

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