The 6500 Slide from Nokia has now been made available on Vodafone in the UK, not to be confused with the Nokia 6500 Classic, the sliding version offers a better camera and features including video calling.
The Nokia 6500 Slide was first released on O2, Orange, and T-Mobile before making its way onto Pay As You go and more recently as a SIM free phone, now that the 6500 Slide has been launched on Vodafone the choice of tariffs for consumers has expanded even further.

The Nokia 6500 slide lets you capture and share your images instantly and easily, in beautiful clarity. The 6500 slide has a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens optics, autofocus and 8x digital zoom. Once you’ve taken a picture or video, share it with family and friends. Send it to them via email, transfer via Bluetooth, see them on a TV screen via TV-Out, or upload them directly to your Flickr photo album for all to see. The Nokia 6500 slide has a micro USB connector to connect to a PC; you can also charge the handset via this connection. With support for Bluetooth 2.0 you can also listen to your favourite tunes wirelessly with a compatible Bluetooth headset.
A need for speed!
Do you have a need for speed? Well with the Nokia 6500 slide on O2 you will be able to enjoy speeds of up to 384kbs with this new 3G technology. You can download music, games, video clips and make & receive video calls at a touch of a button.
16 Million colours
The O2 Nokia 6500 slide supports an astonishing 16M colour screen. This display has amazing quality and clarity to make browsing images and video files a much more enjoyable experience.
Bluetooth v2.0
Thanks to Bluetooth wireless technology, data transmission is quick and easy. Meanwhile, And what’s more, with Bluetooth wireless printing, sending images or documents to a compatible printer is childs play wherever you are, allowing you to produce quality printouts effortlessly.
Mobile email
The O2 Nokia 6500 slide allows you to send and receive emails from your handset, so you don’t have to go to the trouble of finding a pc and landline. Mobile email has never been easier. Read, write and send business or personal email from virtually anywhere, just as you would from your desktop computer. Or send and receive SMS text messages between two phones, or to any email address.
Groovy sounds
The O2 Nokia 6500 slide combines “polyphonic” ringtones with MP3 technology. This can produce a high quality ring tone that allows for truly hi-fi quality speech or music as your tone. There is 50 MB internal phone memory for storage of pictures and ringtones.
3.2 Megapixel
Capture your favourite moments as they happen with the 3.2 mega-pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, digital zoom, and integrated flash. Switch modes and catch the action in sharp digital video. What you see is always what you get with its huge TFT high-definition display. Want to add some flare to your already brilliant images? Connect your handset to a PC via the handsets USB port and enhance your photos on your computer.
Java technology
Thanks to Java technology, you can further enhance your O2 Nokia 6500 slide mobile phone with interactive, vibrant games, which can be downloaded and stored in the handset. They are easy to delete, so you don’t have to worry about cluttering up your memory.
Almost everyone has downloaded wallpapers and ring tones to their mobile phone at some time, and now with this added Java technology, this should provide hours of fun and entertainment for everyone.
Mobile Internet
Incorporating the latest technology for WAP 2.0 mobile internet, you can use WAP to access a range of information from the Internet, via your 6500 slide’s, high-resolution display, including news, travel and information.
MMS
The O2 Nokia 6500 slide supports MMS (Multimedia Message Service) for Multimedia text messaging. This new technology allows you to send sounds, pictures, animations and formatted text in your message. These messages can then be exchanged between friends and family with MMS enabled mobile phones.
Quad band
The O2 Nokia 6500 slide Operates on 4 different GSM frequencies (GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800 and GSM1900) means unrivalled coverage world-wide with roaming capability in over 120 countries. The addition of GSM850 means more widespread coverage in North America.
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