Amazon.com Product Description
Get music, video, and more with the smoothly stylish clamshell Nokia 6555 cell phone in red--exclusively from AT&T. Staying in contact with friends and family through voice calls, text and photo messages is easy with included push-to-talk functionality, integrated instant message software, and a built-in 1.3 megapixel camera and video recorder to capture and share special moments. And with its high-speed 3G network capability, you'll be able to access AT&T's Mobile Music and Cellular Video services. Other features include a multi-format music player (compatible with protected WMA files), stereo Bluetooth streaming, email support, and an exterior LCD screen with a unique analog clock standby mode.
AT&T Service Options
When in standby mode, an analog clock appears on the external screen. |
The slim, smoothly stylish Nokia 6555 offers high-speed 3G network connectivity for streaming video and music. |
The Nokia 6555 can handle high-speed data connectivity via AT&T's 3G mobile broadband data network, which is available in most major metropolitan areas. The AT&T 3G network uses the WCDMA 850/1900 network, making it possible to enjoy a variety of feature-rich wireless services with speeds up to 3.6 Mbps. It also gives AT&T the advantage of offering simultaneous voice and data services. In areas where the 3G network is not available, you'll continue to receive service on the AT&T EDGE network, which offers availability in more than 13,000 US cities and along some 40,000 miles of major highways. Providing average data speeds between 75-135Kbps, it's fast enough to support a wide range of advanced data services, including video and music clips, full picture and video messaging, high-speed color Internet access, and email on the go.
With 3G connectivity, you'll be able to access AT&T's Cellular Video (CV) service and the Internet while on the go. Cellular Video features content from CNN, The Weather Channel, iFilm, Comedy Central and exclusive premium content from HBO and much more. It also features AT&T Mobile Music, which provides access to Napster and eMusic subscription services as well as Music ID song-recognition software, music videos and The Buzz music news portal. The handset is XM Radio Mobile-capable, so you can enjoy streaming live digital radio as well. (An AT&T MEdia Max subscription bundle is recommended for accessing AT&T's Internet, video, and music services.)
The dedicated AT&T MEdia Net key provides an immediate connection to the best Internet content, ranging from financial news and sports scores to movie times and reviews or the latest ringtones and mobile games. With its quad-band connectivity, this phone communicates over GSM/GPRS networks and AT&T offers voice roaming in more than 190 countries and data roaming in more than 130 countries.
Phone Features
The smoothly designed Nokia 6555 flips open to reveal a 2-inch LCD that supports 16.7 million colors for vibrant depth and has a 240 x 320-pixel resolution. The external display measures 1.25 inches and has a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels and support for 262K colors. The 1.3-megapixel camera lens is right above, and you can use the external display as a viewfinder for still portraits and video. When your phone is in standby mode, an elegant analog timepiece is displayed to assure punctuality.
The phone has a 30 MB internal memory, and it's expandable via MicroSD memory cards up to 4 GB in size. It holds up to 1000 contact entries with space for up to five phone numbers and an email address for each contact, in addition to nickname, birthday, street address, and notes. You can assign a photo or video to a contact that will play on the external display when you receive a call, as well as pair a contact with a polyphonic ringtone. You can also play MP3, AAC, eAAc+, and AMR ringtones.
The 1.3-megapixel camera offers five resolution choices (from 1280 x 1024 down to 160 x 120), and it features multiple quality settings and color effects, night mode, multishot capability, digital zoom, brightness and white-balance settings, and a self-timer. The video camcorder can capture video in up to QCIF format (176 x 144 pixels) at 15 frames per second (fps) and clips can either be limited to 20 seconds for sending via MMS or run as long as you have memory available on your MicroSD memory card.
The digital music player is compatible with MP3, AAC, eAAC+, WMA, and protected WMA files purchased from online music stores (or downloaded from subscription services). It can display album artwork graphics, provides selectable skins for changing the look and feel of the music player, and supports grouping in playlist, artist, album, and genre. The integrated video player can handle 3GPP, H.263 video, MPEG-4, and AMR video formats. A flight mode that lets you keep listening to tunes and watching video with the phone's network connectivity turned off.
This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones. You can connect your laptop (either via Bluetooth or wired USB) and enjoy dial-up networking--surf the Internet, send email, and access files from a server.
The phone also ships with a built-in email client with support for SMTP, POP3, and IMAP4 protocols, as well as the ability to view a wide range of attachments (JPEG, 3GPP, MP3, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, PDF). You can also easily keep up with your chat buddies with built-in support for AOL, Yahoo!, and Windows Live instant messaging. In addition to SMS text and MMS multimedia messaging, this phone incorporates Nokia Xpress audio messaging, which allows you to personalize messages in a spontaneous and creative way. By using a specially designed menu, an audio message can be recorded and sent with only a few clicks of a button. Xpress audio messages can be sent to all MMS-enabled GSM handsets, and can also be shared with multiple recipients.
Other features include:
- Organizer (alarm clock, stopwatch, countdown timer, to-do list and notes) with up to 1500 entries in calendar
- Synchronize with MS-Outlook contacts, calendar and notes
- 2.5mm audio jack and USB 2.0 connectivity
- Voice commands for control of your mobile phone and voice dialing
- Voice recorder for short memos
- Speakerphone
- Five-way scroll key, two soft keys, send and end keys
- Dedicated camera side key for camera and video activation and zoom
- Push to Talk function for Walkie Talk-style communication
- Preloaded games include World Poker, Tetris and Midnight Pool
Vital Statistics
The Nokia 6555 weighs 3.42 ounces and measures 3.92 x 1.74 x 0.77 inches. Its 1020 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 3 hours of talk time, and up to 264 hours of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as UMTS 850/1900 MHz 3G frequencies.
No Family Plan Extensions: If you have an existing family plan with AT&T, Amazon.com cannot provide a contract extension. Contract extensions are only available with single-line plans.
