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This is my belated review of the Siemens S66. I have had it now for about a few months, and I have to say, I really like it.

The field

From the various posts on my new cell phone search, it’s clear that I’m always looking for the right cell phone. I was convinced that it was going to be the Nokia 6230, or in my wildest dreams, the Nokia 7610, if I was willing to shell out a million bucks or so. Then there was the plethora of Nokia smart phones and the new Windows Mobile devices, but I digress.

User Experience

There really isn’t anything more important than this in the cell phone world. And the S66, is, great, actually. It is not running on Linux, or OSX, or Windows, but you know what, you don’t need that for a cell phone.

What you need is something that works. It should be able to dial, send text messages easily, and send multimedia messages. Gotta keep the blog fed and watered.

Locking and unlocking

This is the phone’s strong suit - it really is the little things. You can do single key locking, with just the # key. That feature is so priceless. There is nothing more annoying than having to hit 45 keys to unlock your phone. When a call comes in, you can still take it without having to do a lot of acrobatics (at least I don’t think this is a hassle - I’ve gotten used to it)

Dialing

In terms of dialing, this is a breeze. My needs are simple - I don’t need to sync it with Outlook or my Mac address book, or the US phone book. I don’t call that many people. Does anyone?

I was able to easily send my old address book from my past phone to this phone and then do the appropriate pruning as needed (always gotta prune when you get a new cell phone)

Texting

T9 is a requirement, and the T9 on this phone is just fine. No issues. Easy to add something to the dictionary. The only slight bummer is the arrangement of they keys - they are slightly (slightly!) on the small side, and at a bit of an angle. Form does not follow function here. I’ve gotten used to it though.

The number of templates on this phone is not impressive. I like to have my favorite quips stored in the phone that I use. I don’t think this one allows you to do that. There are some basic ones, but I want more. More!

Picture messaging

No problems here. There’s a 1.3 megapixel camera, but word to the wise 1.3 cell phone megapixels is like half of a camera megapixel. Or something like that. The pictures aren’t as snazzy from even a first generation powershot. But they are way better than my last phone, and actually quite decent. They are blogworthy for sure.

The process of taking and sending a picture is straightforward.

Memory cards and stuff

This phone takes whatever size memory card you want to buy. No issues there.

Overall

The phone just works. It is not complicated. I don’t use it to surf the Internet or buy movie tickets or make travel arrangements. There are so many diminishing returns when you get into the uber expensive phones, why be disappointed?

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