Return to Nokia

I hereby announce that I have returned to the Nokia E61i and am quite happy about it although nothing would make me happier than to receive that Nokia E90 when it gets released. That Palm Treo was almost a perfect example of efficient functionality, but it ultimately fell short due to its sparse feature set:
• Low grade camera
• Low grade music player
• Non-existent video player
• HORRID battery life
• No included voice commands
Under the influence of Nokia products for the past while from the N to the E series, I concluded that there was no excuse for this in any smartphone model. Although these features are not requirements or necessities they are still great to have, especially considering the money being paid to obtain these toys. The Treo's faults could have been overlooked by way of its touchscreen and ease of use, but I would have been cheating myself by settling for a device even if it did work for me. I will miss the speed at which I blew through a few blog entries every now and then to pass the time away but oh well, the E90 is coming and I type just as fast on the E61i QWERTY!

I never realized how much I had missed certain traits of the E61i until they were absent from the Treo 680. The first thing I started to do on the E61i was play music from the library stored on the microSD card. Lets not kid ourselves and proclaim that the speaker on this thing rivals a Bose, but it is nonetheless concise to the listening ear. It was also great to play movies again and see pictures on a wide screen. To be honest the quality of the 2 megapixel appears to be only a hair above the Treo, but that's until you view a picture on a screen bigger than that of the phone. Voice dialing was another feature I had taken for granted on Nokia devices when I became accustomed to it being there all the time in any phone I've had. Third party applications are another joy to having this toy back once again...can anyone say Salling Clicker?
What was made apparent in my recent experience is that I have become totally reliant with the Symbian operating system. Palm's OS, though familiar in the past, seemed to be adequate enough for only a PDA and not a smartphone. Initially I was pleased to hit the ground running with the Treo 680, for it was as if I had never left Palm. But a part of me couldn't help but miss the upscale appearance and functionality of the E61i and immediately I was homesick. Nokia once again remains the definite choice for quality devices and I am happy to be a customer and fanboy.