As well as trying to be everything to everyone, the newest mobile phones are also fashion accessories these days. The Nokia 7610 Supernova doesn’t try to be a smartphone, but with its interchangeable covers (called Xpress On by Nokia), it makes a bid to be a fashion icon, with more covers available for a price.
In reality, it’s a low-end contract mobile phone that likes to play dress up, and can even be customised further. Users can identify a colour using the built-in camera and have it made into the colour for both wallpaper and navigation keys by the ‘theme colouriser.’
It’s a slider phone that does the basics well, although as the market for this handset is likely to be female and young, one that might well want more than a decent camera, music player and FM radio.
That said, the camera is adequate for quick snaps, although there’s nothing exceptional about the quality, and the inclusion of a microSD slot allows for more memory, which can be useful for storing more music.
For anyone not expecting or demanding too much, but wanting a mobile phone that can be made to look a little different, the Nokia 7610 Supernova certainly fits the bill, although obviously there are limits. It’s most definitely a phone, not designed for much web browsing (there’s no 3G or Wi-Fi, for instance), or extensive picture taking.
However, as a mobile phone, it performs very well indeed; the keypad is good for texting, the slider is smooth, and, typically for Nokia, the menu is simple to navigate.
