I recently got the chance to sample the upcoming Nokia X6 music phone. One word to describe it? Excellent. Or should I say, "Xcellent"? I was surprised in more ways than one after using it, primarily because I was rather disappointed with the last touchscreen Nokia music phone that I used, which was the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The Nokia X6 gave me no problems whatsoever during the few minutes that I tried to navigate through its menus and give its built-in features a spin. If you are currently looking forward to putting the Nokia X6 in one of your pockets, you may want to check out this hands-on preview to tide yourself over until "the big day" finally arrives.
The Nokia X6 was first announced back in September 2 during Nokia World 2009. Its official features include 32GB of on-board memory, up to 35 hours of music playback, a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and dual-LED flash, and a 3.2-inch 16:9 nHD capacitive touchscreen display. It's the first device of its kind from Nokia to use a capacitive touchscreen display like many other popular touchscreen devices today, and I have to say, it does the job right, as expected.
I mentioned in the beginning of this post that the Nokia X6 gave me no problems at all during the short time that I used it. That doesn't mean I don't realize that a few minutes usage is not enough to give a final verdict on a handset that's not even scheduled to arrive here until early next year (if ever). And also, the Nokia X6 that I handled for this preview was only a prototype, though it seemed to function without any major hiccups at all, hardware or software-wise. So now that those are out of the way, let me tell you more about the phone itself.
