Hello Andy, Like you, I had the Nokia 6600 and know very well what you mean about the small buttons either side of the screen. I now have the Nokia N91 which I think you would find easier to use. It has a slide cover which is used for accessing the music player and is slid down to expose the keypad. The keys are raised bars with a cut-out on the 5 and two small keys, the edit key (used for Talks) is on the left between the 1 and 4, the clear key is on the right between the 3 and 6. Just below the screen are four small bar-shaped buttons, two either side of the five-way joystick. On the left are soft key 1 and call/send, on the right are soft key 2 and end/cancel. There are two round buttons on the top-left edge above the speaker grill, these are up/down volume. the round button on the top-right edge takes you to the phone's main menu. There is a standard headphone socket on the top-right and the charger socket is bottom left. Also, on the left edge near the bottom is a USB port so it is a breeze to copy folders and files to and from your PC. The phone is perfect for music and podcasts but I would recommend connecting it to your wireless network for downloading. You have plenty of storage space as the phone has a 4GB hard drive. It is a brilliant phone and I'm glad I upgraded. Hope the above helps. Best wishes, Clive Pallett ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq