Nokia Surge
Specifically made for the North American market, the Nokia Surge 6790 is geared to a younger audience and offers easy access to social-networking sites and a full QWERTY keyboard for messaging.
AT&T offering
The Surge is available from AT&T for $79.99 with a two-year contract, but you will also need to sign up for a qualifying data plan.
Surge's display
On front and slightly off center is Surge's 2.4-inch QVGA display. It shows 16 million colors at a 320x240-pixel resolution, and while it's clear and bright enough, it's definitely not as sharp or vibrant as some of the recent smartphones we've seen. The built-in accelerometer, however, is quite responsive.
Pocket friendly
The Surge measures 3.8 inches tall by 2.2 inches wide by 0.6 inch thick and 4.3 ounces, so it's pretty easy to slip into a pants pocket. However, we weren't so fond of the plasticky and slick feel of the phone.
Navigation controls
Surrounding the display are a handful of navigation controls and shortcuts. To the right (when the phone is held horizontally), you have the standard soft keys, Talk and End buttons, and a four-way directional keypad with a center select button, and below, there are shortcut buttons to the browser, main menu page, and messages.
QWERTY keyboard
To expose the full QWERTY keyboard, just push the screen to the right. The sliding mechanism is smooth and securely locks into place.
Happy thumbs
The Surge's keyboard buttons are nice and large and don't feel too squishy or flat, so the typing experience is great.
Expandable memory
The Nokia Surge only has about 120MB of internal memory, but there's a microSD expansion slot located behind the battery cover that accepts up to 8GB cards.
Say cheese
On back, you'll find the Surge's 2-megapixel camera. There's no flash, but you get standard options, such as white balance settings, video recording, and a self-timer function.
Fuzzy quality
Picture quality wasn't particularly great, as images looked fuzzy and gray.
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