Nokia 6610 review

Profiles:

Phone profiles allow you to customize your phone's behavior in different environments - for example you can set it to a "Meeting" mode and it will not ring. The following profiles are available for Nokia 6610:

• Normal
• Silent
• Meeting
• Outdoor
• Pager

In addition, every profile can be set when to expire ("timed profiles"). The customization for each profile consists of ability to change:

• How to ring (Ring, Ascending, Ring Once, Beep Once, Silent)
• Ringing tone 
• Ringing volume
• Vibration on/off
• Message alert tone (which sound to play when you receive a message)
• Keypad tones volume
• Warning tones on/off
• Alert for - allows you to select when the phone to alert you if a member of selected group is calling. Default is all, but can be changed to Family, VIP, Friend, Business etc.

Settings:

Nokia 6610 settings menu

Settings menu allows the user to control the main features of the phone. The main options are:

• Time and Date settings - change time, date; allows you to enable the Auto-update feature which changes the time automatically, but the service provider has to support it
• Call settings - includes options for making and receiving calls
• Call forwarding
• Anykey answer on/off
• Automatic redial on/off
• 1-touch dialing on/off
• Call waiting on/off
• Summary after call (shows the duration of the call after it ends)
• Caller-ID on/off
• Phone settings
• Language
• Automatic keyguard (locks the phone keys automatically after a period of inactivity)
• Cell info display (shows the current cell identity)
• Welcome note (enter text which will be displayed when the phone starts)
• System selection (set to automatic by default, but allows you to select different phone provider if you want and if you are authorized to do so)
• Help text activation
• Display settings
• Wallpaper on/off (allows you to select which image to be shows on the screen)
• Color schemes - (You can change the color of some display components in your phone, such
  as indicators and signal bars. Available schemes are: blue, violet, red, orange, gray, green, turquoise and pink available )
• Screen saver timeout - sets how long the screen saver will be on before going into power-save mode (turns off the screen)
• Display brightness
• Tone settings - allows you to modify all the options that were listed under Profiles.
• Accessory settings - sets how should the accessories behave (like headset, radio)
• Security settings - allows you to secure the phone against unauthorized use
• PIN code request (asked for PIN when the phone is switched on)
• Call restriction (requests the system to restrict calls from or to the phone)
• Fixed dialing on/off
• Closed user group
• Security level on/off (The security level determines your access to features when a “non owner” SIM card is used. A “non-owner” SIM card is one (other than the original)
  that is inserted after you power off the phone)
• Access codes (allows you to change any of the phone codes)
• Restore factory settings - restores the default factory settings without affecting the phonebook entries, language settings, counters or game scores.