Nokia E71 impression: QWERTY

I really am liking everything about this device so far, but one aspect that has caught me by surprise is its qwerty keypad. The overall sizing of this qwerty is by far on the same level of the Treo if not better. The E71's individual buttons are more lengthy and a bit wider than the Treo's rounded nubs, providing more surface area for my fingertips. Tactile feedback has been outstanding and I might even dare say absolutely perfect! The E71 buttons offer a resounding "click" feeling with just the right amount of softness so that there is a balance between the spongy keys of the E61i and the harder keys of the E90. The clicking sound of the buttons themselves hasn't been noticeable at all which makes good for quiet surroundings.

Typing quickly and efficiently has not been a problem at all in the midst of my smartphone usage, especially with the new feature of the word prediction activated on my text entries! The word prediction feature is truly remarkable and I sincerely hope that Nokia provides an update to the E90 to enable it if it already hasn't done so. While typing the first letters of a word, I can either wait for the E71 to guess the remaining letters of a word in faded view and press the space bar to continue or press up or down on the d-pad to show a listing of possible words!! This feature can also be activated for any underlined word in onscreen text as you are typing. This is basically word completion AND word prediction working together at their best potential and I am definitely finding them to be EXTREMELY useful.

For the longest time I didn't really like typing on Nokia devices due to lack of word prediction and preferred Windows Mobile devices instead, but I am here to say that this E71 has proved me wrong without a shadow of a doubt! Writing on this small qwerty has become a great and worthwhile user experience for me, has measured up to being an efficient everyday benefit for businesses and consumers alike and has truly changed my impression of Nokia's qwerty devices from now on.

TRENT
Sent from my Nokia E71