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Review: Nokia Surge

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Apps

Content for the Surge is definitely available, but apps are a different story. Plenty of wallpapers and such are available from AT&T's MEdiaNet site. What's amazingly lame is that the Surge can't access Nokia's own Ovi Store, which is rife with content for S60 devices. What gives? AT&T's MEdiaNet has access to some applications and games, but Surge users might feel left out of all the fun, as the number of applications available in the Ovi store borders on the ridiculous, and what AT&T offers is rather weak.

Bluetooth

The Surge supports tons of Bluetooth profiles, including those for mono and stereo headsets. Pairing worked as well as it with any other Nokia device. I was also able to pair with PCs and pass files back and forth. Call quality was excellent through mono headsets and music playback was also excellent through stereo headsets.

Clock

The clock can be set to analog or digital. It is always displayed in the upper left-hand corner. The analog clock can be a little tough to read from an arm's length, however. If you want to check the time quickly, the Surge — like other Nokia phones — is not going to help you out. With the display asleep, hitting any of the keys doesn't bring the screen to life. You have to unlock the keyboard first, which takes two steps. Only then can you read the time. In all fairness, the S60 screen-saver can be set to display the time and other notifications, but its practically invisible.

GPS

The Surge has GPS on board and comes with several GPS-enabled applications. The AT&T Navigator app certainly works well enough. The Surge also has the Where application, which can be used to located stuff that's near the end-user, no matter where that user is. I tested it out and was easily able to find local coffee shops, restaurants and shopping centers.

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Nokia Surge 6790

2.4" display 240 x 320 pixels
1,500 mAh battery
Memory Card Slot, Hardware Text Keyboard

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