Aug 25, 2008 07:47 PM
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Nokia's E71 - is a simply gorgeous phone. With a solid metal rear, chrome-trimmed front and flat, almost mirror-finish screen, it's one beautiful piece of design. Not only does it look fantastic, but it's also very slim and pocketable.
The screen's size and resolution is not great - it's just 2.36in across at a standard 320 x 240 and it isn't a touch screen - but the quality is outstanding. It's bright, clear, and transflective, too, so when you take it outside in bright sunshine it's almost as readable as it is indoors.
Nokia E71 has full HSDPA support, GPRS, EDGE and standard 3G. It's a quad-band phone, for use all around the globe. It has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM radio tuner and has a 3.2-megapixel camera complete with LED flash on the rear coupled with a VGA video call camera on the front.
But perhaps the E71's biggest benefit is to make life simple. Armed just with a corporate email address, password and the POP3 server details, you have the Nokia E71 receiving and sending emails in under two minutes.
It's even easier to set up personal email accounts. Nokia's software supports all the major ISPs and webmail services, and was working with my Gmail account in seconds. All I needed to enter was my email address and password.
Possibly you can get four days of light use out of a single charge from the phone's 1, 530mAh lithium polymer battery - a truly impressive feat. Opening attachments shouldn't be too much of a problem either, with viewing and editing support for office documents via a copy of QuickOffice(no support for Office 2007, though), PDF files and a ZIP utility as well.
Nokia E71 is not an entertainment device, You can expand storage by 8GB via the microSD slot, the music player is very basic and many people simply won't find it loud enough. The 3.2-megapixel camera is also a little disappointing, with average image quality. It can take video too, but these are again not very best.
Nokia E71 Specifications -369MHz ARM processor, up to 110MB internal memory, microSD slot, 2.36in 320 x 240 colour TFT, Bluetooth 2.0, quad-band GSM, GPRS, HSDPA(3.5G), GPS receiver, 3.2mp camera, lithium-polymer battery, Symbian S60 platform, 57 x 10 x 114mm(WDH), 126g.
Key features:
Quad-band GSM support 3G with HSDPA 3.6Mbps support Landscape 2.36" 16M color display of QVGA resolution Comfortable full QWERTY keypad Convenient business-minded shortcut keys Symbian 9.2 OS, S60 UI with FP1(topped with some FP2 goodies) 369 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB of SDRAM Wi-Fi Built-in GPS receiver, A-GPS 3.15 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash 110 MB of internal memory, microSD expansion, ships with a 2GB card Slimmest smartphone to-date, slimmest Wi-Fi and/or GPS handset to-date Stainless steel casing Standard 2.5mm audio jack Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support microUSB v2.0 FM radio Remote Wipe Provider-independent VoIP support Infrared port Great battery life Office document editor Rich retail package
Main disadvantages:
Below average camera performance Video recording maxes out at QVGA@15fps No dedicated camera key Smaller display than its predecessor Cheap-looking power key No RDS for the FM radio
Its ability to handle email, make calls and handle day-to-day office chores is amazing. There are some disappointments: there's no longer support for BlackBerry Connect. The Nokia E71's has minor niggles but it also has many positive attributes. It's a beautifully engineered phone, with great looks, slim build and fantastic ergonomics. A stunning phone perfectly moulded to the needs of business and personal users whose lives revolve around email. It has wonderful battery life, a superb screen, effective GPS and fast mobile data. Better than all that, it's reasonably priced. Go ahead and buy one. You will not regret your decision!
