After a couple of days with this device I have learned one major lesson: I have been absolutely SPOILED by having 3G on the AT&T network. Through regular use of my old TyTN 2, iMate 9502, Treo 750, HP 910 and now the Nokia E71-2, there is no doubt that getting fast data was one of my many simple pleasures in this life of smartphone indulgence. Going on without 3G and relying on EDGE has always been a price to pay for jumping the gun and using a device not made with appropriate support for US 3G, but I was willing to pay this price nonetheless. The unfortunate part about that is there are complications that can result in trying to upload too much information over EDGE to where the device gets befuddled and sluggish. There are moments when the planets seem to be in alignment and all on earth is in order when I can get full bars of reception and surf the browser at a good pace, but most times I would end up avoiding Internet until I can find a wifi hotspot...and that's if the device even has wifi. Hence my reason for writing this post on this HTC Touch Pro.
Simply put, the lack of US 3G has brought out the patience in me from the saintly side of my family tree (except for a moment when I did go back to my Nokia E71-2). Surfing the Opera Mobile browser has been anything but fast on EDGE, but even on wifi there is sluggish performance. I even tried my luck in this search for a suitable speed with Internet Explorer to no avail. I do happen to have a couple of dead zones in my condo, so testing this Pro at home certainly caused some irritating instances. I shall continue to use this in different locations throughout my local area in the 3G network to see if may only be the weak signal strength in my house.
TRENT
Sent from my HTC Touch Pro.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
HTC Touch Pro arrival
It is now day 2 with this HTC Touch Pro and I have hardly scratched the surface of its capabilities due to night class. But now that I have some free time I am taking full advantage of it by writing with this AMAZING qwerty layout that has impressed me the most out of EVERY slider model. Being able to fit FIVE rows of buttons onto this compact area is not something I would have expected from HTC or any manufacturer for that matter. I always was of the mindset that a device had to be the size of a Nokia Communicator model to take a front seat in the department of intricate qwerty keypads, but this phone has proven me wrong thus far. I have already exhaled a sigh of relief at the ease of using a number row, a dedicated CAPS key (with an indicator light), a symbol key, a Control key and some messaging shortcut keys. I was even struck with glee in being able to use the Control key with the "C" and "V" keys to copy and paste!! The keys are flat to the touch but the feedback is a bit more crisper than my Nokia E71-2 and is also very quiet. If I had to be picky about something with this qwerty it would be the small sizing of the space bar, otherwise everything else is basically perfect and marginally better than the HP 910.
The dimensions of this device are very promising when compared to my previous HTC TyTN 2 (it feels so great to not have to press the "FN" key for numbers), for it is not as tall nor as wide. The depth of the device does give it the appearance of a potential brick, but online reviews I have read certainly did not lie when they said holding it does away with this notion immediately. The slimming effect that the Touch Pro has gone through has really made it much more comfortable to hold in either closed mode or landscape in open slider mode. Even now as I type on the qwerty I don't have that overbearing bulk to deal with like on the Nokia E90 Communicator and it isn't too narrow to where it would provide an awkward placement in both hands like the E71-2. Included with this is a black leather sleeve holder that is lined with a soft, suede-like material on the inside. Whether you slide your device snugly into one side or the other, there is a strap inside that catches and holds it securely. I am pleased to find that the bulk of the Touch Pro and the sleeve combined is compact enough to be held in my pocket without any belt clip holsters...a far cry from the previous TyTN 2.
Holding this unit in closed mode reveals a front face that closely resembles the previously released Touch Diamond model, and it is at this point that the old TyTN 2 becomes obsolete in the saddest way. When I am faced with the sleek blackness of the polished navigation panel framing the bottom of a flush 2.8 screen rated at VGA resolution, all thoughts of the predecessor have vanished. In a brief comparison the refined look of the new slider phone on the block immediately surpasses EVERYTHING about the old model, except for the fact that it doesn't support North American 3G right now. I was told by a rep from ExpanysUSA that a downloadable upgrade would be provided by HTC by the end of the year to change all of that, but we shall wait and see. The build quality of this device is sufficient for soft-touch premium plastic on the bottom half with what appears to be black metal framing the slider screen portion. There is minimal creaking on a small area of the plastic when lightly pressed, but this doesn't conjure any feeling of questionable craftsmanship. On the soft-touch plastic of the backing there is a faceted pattern harkening back to the Touch Diamond model, but it is flat enough for the device to exhibit minimal roll when resting on a flat surface. The navigational keypad is strikingly attractive with a concave circular select key in the center of a smooth rectangular panel. When the button is pressed this panel comes to life when four icons are suddenly illuminated in white backlighting. These icons appear to symbolize call, end, home and back commands for OS navigation and are tactile keys, but this isn't all to the this panel. Around the perimeter of the select key there is actually a tactile four way directional keypad as well as a touch sensitive ring that functions like the click-wheel on an iPod. So far I have been able to control only the zoom controls in Opera Mobile and the HTC Picture Album app and the messaging app for reading incoming texts and emails. I shall keep an eye out for other uses that this touch ring can be good for. Just when I think that I have seen everything offered from the navigational panel there is of course something else that comes out of the woodwork. Much like the illuminated perimeter on the Nokia E71's select key, there is also one included on this HTC Touch Pro! What makes the HTC more interesting than the Nokia involves simple aesthetics. Being that the panel is so sleek around the select key, there is more of a haunting, ghost-like quality when it is brought to life by backlighting that seems mysterious and even magical. Also like the E71 this light for the selector button provides signals for certain activities occurring on the phone at any given moment.
The VGA resolution of the 2.8 screen is absolutely AMAZING and reminds me very much of the iMate Ultimate 9502 model I had owned for a short period of time. The great benefit of this Touch Pro in comparison to the 9502 is that it is so far MUCH more stable in its operating performance as well as much faster in executing commands. This brings me to the amazement I experienced when seeing the interface of the HTC TouchFLO for the first time. Windows Mobile is a very complicated beast to work with, so it is greatly appreciated when phone manufacturers put forth effort to bring ease of use to its customers via software innovations. With its TouchFLO initiative, HTC has officially gone above and beyond the simple tweaks of the Palm Treos to create a virtual world that basically shows no traces of Windows Mobile..a very ambitious feat indeed! I must admit that I was not too accepting of TouchFLO at first hand and actually turned off the feature to revert back the old-fashioned look of the Windows Mobile desktop. But after a few moments of experimenting with it I eventually got comfortable with its usefulness and I now really enjoy navigating interface menus with it. There are some random elements that remind me of my old first generation iPhone such as the clear fonts, smooth scrolling action, the music player app and weather app. An ingenious touch for the weather feature is the animation of the different types of phenomena once they appear onscreen for any chosen city (a few seconds into the rain animation even shows windshield wipers). The music player has absolutely NO trouble in displaying the album art of all the WMA and MP3 tracks stored onto my 4GB microSD card, and it is great to be able to scroll from one album to the next so flawlessly. Pictures of contact favorites along with media content pics and videos also are displayed like the album art in TouchFLO and can be searched by the swipe of your finger as well. This swiping method is also true for the Mail and Messaging apps. An incoming mail message appears on an open envelope graphic that is floating in midair and actually shows the sender's name and the first couple lines of the body!! Tapping on this opened envelope inevitably transports the user back to the harsh reality of the Windows Mobile OS when he or she finds themselves face to face with Outlook Mobile...I guess the TouchFLO was fun while it lasted! Another application available on this is the worthwhile browser from Opera Mobile that always grants an impressive online experience. It is only a shame that it still doesn't support flash videos. In a time when both my Nokia E71-2 and E90 can play flash videos via the S60 browser, this is truly a sad shame. I haven't had much time to surf the web as of yet, but the little bit that I have seen so far has been at least promising. Zoom control via the touch sensitive ring around the select key in the navigational panel is quite smooth without any lags or freezing at this point.
I hate to bring up the negatives after such rave reviews of great elements that this Touch Pro has to offer, but this is very necessary. To this day I cannot understand how HTC still has not managed to improve the quality of its external speaker. For the sake of not being too petty I can declare that I am thankful that the speaker is at least sufficiently loud when compared to the lackluster HP 910, but it can still be better. If my E71-2 can pull off producing acceptable music playback from its solitary mono speaker, I simply don't see how HTC can have any excuses in this regard. On the other hand I can be accepting of the fact that I can finally HEAR incoming alerts unlike with my previously owned 910 and move on. While I could go on and on about the camera's quality that is acceptable in stills and mediocre in video, I am currently at a point where I understand that the overall purpose of a Windows Mobile device is not to be a replacement to my Canon SD750. After such a brief period of time with this new device I am glad that I only have the speaker to complain about.
Voice call quality is acceptable even though it's not as vivid as the E71-2, but it gets the job done. Speakerphone calls have been improved considerably with the ample volume and sound clearer than the TyTN 2, and reception is as good as can be expected from an average quad-band phone with no dropped calls. I haven't been able to check out the GPS yet, but I assume it won't be any different to work with via Google Maps and the QuickGPS feature. I also haven't played with the accelerator function that's built-in to the phone, but will make time soon enough.
Either way, this Touch Pro more than makes up for its shortcomings with the layout of its qwerty in association with an outstanding messaging client and Mobile Office application which do surpass the Nokia alternative. As readers will see with this posting, whenever I find a terrific qwerty it is hard for me to put it down when I start writing with it. At this time I will say that I am extremely happy with what the Touch Pro has been revealing to me through its reliable performance, and I am looking forward to discovering much more in the coming days.
TRENT
Sent from my HTC Touch Pro.
The dimensions of this device are very promising when compared to my previous HTC TyTN 2 (it feels so great to not have to press the "FN" key for numbers), for it is not as tall nor as wide. The depth of the device does give it the appearance of a potential brick, but online reviews I have read certainly did not lie when they said holding it does away with this notion immediately. The slimming effect that the Touch Pro has gone through has really made it much more comfortable to hold in either closed mode or landscape in open slider mode. Even now as I type on the qwerty I don't have that overbearing bulk to deal with like on the Nokia E90 Communicator and it isn't too narrow to where it would provide an awkward placement in both hands like the E71-2. Included with this is a black leather sleeve holder that is lined with a soft, suede-like material on the inside. Whether you slide your device snugly into one side or the other, there is a strap inside that catches and holds it securely. I am pleased to find that the bulk of the Touch Pro and the sleeve combined is compact enough to be held in my pocket without any belt clip holsters...a far cry from the previous TyTN 2.
Holding this unit in closed mode reveals a front face that closely resembles the previously released Touch Diamond model, and it is at this point that the old TyTN 2 becomes obsolete in the saddest way. When I am faced with the sleek blackness of the polished navigation panel framing the bottom of a flush 2.8 screen rated at VGA resolution, all thoughts of the predecessor have vanished. In a brief comparison the refined look of the new slider phone on the block immediately surpasses EVERYTHING about the old model, except for the fact that it doesn't support North American 3G right now. I was told by a rep from ExpanysUSA that a downloadable upgrade would be provided by HTC by the end of the year to change all of that, but we shall wait and see. The build quality of this device is sufficient for soft-touch premium plastic on the bottom half with what appears to be black metal framing the slider screen portion. There is minimal creaking on a small area of the plastic when lightly pressed, but this doesn't conjure any feeling of questionable craftsmanship. On the soft-touch plastic of the backing there is a faceted pattern harkening back to the Touch Diamond model, but it is flat enough for the device to exhibit minimal roll when resting on a flat surface. The navigational keypad is strikingly attractive with a concave circular select key in the center of a smooth rectangular panel. When the button is pressed this panel comes to life when four icons are suddenly illuminated in white backlighting. These icons appear to symbolize call, end, home and back commands for OS navigation and are tactile keys, but this isn't all to the this panel. Around the perimeter of the select key there is actually a tactile four way directional keypad as well as a touch sensitive ring that functions like the click-wheel on an iPod. So far I have been able to control only the zoom controls in Opera Mobile and the HTC Picture Album app and the messaging app for reading incoming texts and emails. I shall keep an eye out for other uses that this touch ring can be good for. Just when I think that I have seen everything offered from the navigational panel there is of course something else that comes out of the woodwork. Much like the illuminated perimeter on the Nokia E71's select key, there is also one included on this HTC Touch Pro! What makes the HTC more interesting than the Nokia involves simple aesthetics. Being that the panel is so sleek around the select key, there is more of a haunting, ghost-like quality when it is brought to life by backlighting that seems mysterious and even magical. Also like the E71 this light for the selector button provides signals for certain activities occurring on the phone at any given moment.
The VGA resolution of the 2.8 screen is absolutely AMAZING and reminds me very much of the iMate Ultimate 9502 model I had owned for a short period of time. The great benefit of this Touch Pro in comparison to the 9502 is that it is so far MUCH more stable in its operating performance as well as much faster in executing commands. This brings me to the amazement I experienced when seeing the interface of the HTC TouchFLO for the first time. Windows Mobile is a very complicated beast to work with, so it is greatly appreciated when phone manufacturers put forth effort to bring ease of use to its customers via software innovations. With its TouchFLO initiative, HTC has officially gone above and beyond the simple tweaks of the Palm Treos to create a virtual world that basically shows no traces of Windows Mobile..a very ambitious feat indeed! I must admit that I was not too accepting of TouchFLO at first hand and actually turned off the feature to revert back the old-fashioned look of the Windows Mobile desktop. But after a few moments of experimenting with it I eventually got comfortable with its usefulness and I now really enjoy navigating interface menus with it. There are some random elements that remind me of my old first generation iPhone such as the clear fonts, smooth scrolling action, the music player app and weather app. An ingenious touch for the weather feature is the animation of the different types of phenomena once they appear onscreen for any chosen city (a few seconds into the rain animation even shows windshield wipers). The music player has absolutely NO trouble in displaying the album art of all the WMA and MP3 tracks stored onto my 4GB microSD card, and it is great to be able to scroll from one album to the next so flawlessly. Pictures of contact favorites along with media content pics and videos also are displayed like the album art in TouchFLO and can be searched by the swipe of your finger as well. This swiping method is also true for the Mail and Messaging apps. An incoming mail message appears on an open envelope graphic that is floating in midair and actually shows the sender's name and the first couple lines of the body!! Tapping on this opened envelope inevitably transports the user back to the harsh reality of the Windows Mobile OS when he or she finds themselves face to face with Outlook Mobile...I guess the TouchFLO was fun while it lasted! Another application available on this is the worthwhile browser from Opera Mobile that always grants an impressive online experience. It is only a shame that it still doesn't support flash videos. In a time when both my Nokia E71-2 and E90 can play flash videos via the S60 browser, this is truly a sad shame. I haven't had much time to surf the web as of yet, but the little bit that I have seen so far has been at least promising. Zoom control via the touch sensitive ring around the select key in the navigational panel is quite smooth without any lags or freezing at this point.
I hate to bring up the negatives after such rave reviews of great elements that this Touch Pro has to offer, but this is very necessary. To this day I cannot understand how HTC still has not managed to improve the quality of its external speaker. For the sake of not being too petty I can declare that I am thankful that the speaker is at least sufficiently loud when compared to the lackluster HP 910, but it can still be better. If my E71-2 can pull off producing acceptable music playback from its solitary mono speaker, I simply don't see how HTC can have any excuses in this regard. On the other hand I can be accepting of the fact that I can finally HEAR incoming alerts unlike with my previously owned 910 and move on. While I could go on and on about the camera's quality that is acceptable in stills and mediocre in video, I am currently at a point where I understand that the overall purpose of a Windows Mobile device is not to be a replacement to my Canon SD750. After such a brief period of time with this new device I am glad that I only have the speaker to complain about.
Voice call quality is acceptable even though it's not as vivid as the E71-2, but it gets the job done. Speakerphone calls have been improved considerably with the ample volume and sound clearer than the TyTN 2, and reception is as good as can be expected from an average quad-band phone with no dropped calls. I haven't been able to check out the GPS yet, but I assume it won't be any different to work with via Google Maps and the QuickGPS feature. I also haven't played with the accelerator function that's built-in to the phone, but will make time soon enough.
Either way, this Touch Pro more than makes up for its shortcomings with the layout of its qwerty in association with an outstanding messaging client and Mobile Office application which do surpass the Nokia alternative. As readers will see with this posting, whenever I find a terrific qwerty it is hard for me to put it down when I start writing with it. At this time I will say that I am extremely happy with what the Touch Pro has been revealing to me through its reliable performance, and I am looking forward to discovering much more in the coming days.
TRENT
Sent from my HTC Touch Pro.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Rampant Gadget Temptation
Now that I am in the midst of a long-term payment plan to eradicate all of my debt there is not much leisure room for my daily spending...actually there is hardly any at all. Every dollar spent must be for necessities and remain within a reasonable scope of responsibility...and I am hating this to no end! Although this plan is the best for my financial future, I still find myself from time to time being tempted by more tech toys that I cannot afford. All I can say is that at this point it is a great thing that I have rid myself of all credit card spending to avoid digging myself into a deeper hole. What makes this whole experience so very frustrating is that no matter how hard I attempt to be content with my Nokia E71-2 device the temptation for newer items still lingers like a haunting spirit. At one point I did go through a period of an addiction when I did use my credit for the wrong reason of obtaining new gadgets and then returning them when I grew tired of them within the 15 or 30 day period. There were a number of factors that led to my need to satisfy my urge for that brand new unboxing of a new device and I am glad that I have addressed them all, but I am human nonetheless. As I sit here in the early hours of the morning and type on this wonderful E71-2 that is so amazingly reliable in numerous ways, there are some new toys that grab my attention at this time. I have found a healthy way to deal with these temptations such as my business partnership with Nokia WonWorld that sponsors trial periods with review units, and I am looking to create the same with other companies as well. If I can still reap the benefit of playing with new toys for review purposes without having to pay for it, then I can garner the best of both worlds. Either way I am still extremely happy to have settled for my E71-2 since it has seamlessly become an intricate part of my personal network, even though my eyes do tend to wander often.
Two phone models that currently peak my curiosity are the Palm Treo Pro and HTC Touch Pro, but more so the Treo Pro. After a most unimpressive experience with the TouchFlo interface of a friend's Touch Diamond for a day I cannot say that the Touch Pro slide qwerty will automatically win marks of high interest from me right off the bat (especially without AT&T 3G). I guess the only intriguing factor of this new HTC is the qwerty keypad with its new layout, but everything else appears to be run-of-the-mill Windows Mobile fare as far as the OS is concerned. Overall there really isn't much of a reason to spend top dollar for this when its features don't seem to be worthwhile. After watching an online video account from pocketnow.com I found that the build quality may not be totally foolproof and reliable, which is MORE worse considering the retail price of this thing ($900 approximately)! From the track record of previous Windows Mobile devices I have owned I am almost willing to bet money that the multimedia features will be the usual standard of mediocrity. While the Touch Pro does have a minor part of my interest, I think that the price for right now should go down further before people start to go for a new qwerty layout, a new interface, a reworked front face and a slimmer form factor from the previous TyTN 2.
The Treo Pro has caught my attention since the other day that Palm had announced it on their official website...and it's a darn shame I stopped using Missing Sync for Windows Mobile on my Mac! To this day I feel that my Treo 750 is a most reliable and portable model for the Windows Mobile platform, but it can never compete with the Nokia E71-2 in design and build quality. It wasn't until this new Treo incarnation appeared that I seriously felt that my Nokia E71-2 really has a potential contender in the smartphone world. The new addition of wifi and GPS, a flush screen display, a new Centro-inspired qwerty keypad and slimmer dimensions really make this Palm version stand out as a worthwhile upgrade from the 750. But despite all the physical enhancements I am equally assuming that its multimedia capabilities will be just as lacklustered as the Touch Pro from HTC. Being that I recently read a story that HTC is the manufacturer of this product, there is a chance that the build quality could be compromised as well.
I will in the meantime keep eyes open for any new reviews on either one of these models for more information,
TRENT
Sent from my Nokia E71-2
Thursday, August 21, 2008
E71-2 Qwerty impressions
Someone had previously asked me about the comfort of prolonged typing on the Nokia E71-2 qwerty and it really caused me to reflect on past devices. Over the past months I had the pleasure of experiencing different operating systems and form factors while realizing how much I enjoyed writing on them. Out of all these units there was one particular phone that really left a great impression on me in regards to prolonged typing: the HP 910. With the width of its form and reliability of its word completion software the 910 provided a stable foundation. The tactile feedback of the buttons also helped immensely in writing with this phone model. However, there were a number of negatives that eventually steered me into getting the Nokia E71-2 and I have yet to regret my decision.
Initially I was turned off by the qwerty on the E71-2 due to the narrow form its frame, but I got used to it after a while. A slim profile made it somewhat difficult to hold it steadily, but this, too, was rectified with time. The buttons on this keypad are not as wide as the buttons on the HP 910 even though they are much taller, so it does feel awkward at times to type at a quick speed without missing certain keys. The tactile feedback on the Nokia is almost up to par with the HP except for the fact that it is a bit more softer on a key press. If there was a minus to consider it is that many of the symbols aren't available directly from the qwerty and must be accessed by pressing the "Chr" key at the lower right corner. While this doesn't take away too much from a fast typing experience it can still be a minor nuisance. A huge benefit with the Nokia is the ability to copy and paste text as well as the word completion feature. The word completion alone is what I believe gives my E71-2 the upper hand over my E90 in this case.
Overall I am content for right now with what the E71-2 has to offer with its qwerty...although I am curious to see what the Treo Pro is all about once Palm releases it.
TRENT
Sent from my Nokia E71-2
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Nokia E71-2: E90 Reincarnation
So far after a few weeks I have noticed a couple of great aspects about this amazing E71-2 device! Two applications that have been extremely essential to me are the Nokia Sport Tracker and Missing Sync for Symbian.
Recently I lost battery power in the sensor for my Nike Sport Kit and found out that I would have to unfortunately pay full price for another sensor retail package from the Apple Store. To make matters worse there was no kind of discount available for its purchase. Fortunately I discovered the Nokia Sport Kit application once again and remembered that it can basically perform the same functions as the Nike Sport Kit except for the iPod/iTunes integration...and all for free from a GPS enabled Nokia unit!! A while back I first used this app with my Nokia E90 but soon learned that it was not meant for jogging without a holster when it fell to the ground. Since then I had no use for Sport Tracker without another GPS enabled Nokia and I continued to rely on the Nike Sport Kit and my nano...until the battery died. At this point I am extremely happy to say that using this Nokia app on my runs for the past few days has been just as fulfilling as using the Nike Sport Kit and is enhanced with the use of GPS. Upon first opening of the Sport Tracker on your Nokia phone it will prompt the user to create an account login and password so that their workouts can be stored to the phone appropriately. This saved information can even be forwarded to an online beta service for the app which uses the same login previously set on the user's phone! The online beta service operates very much like the Nike website in the manner that it stores all of the user's workouts uploaded from the Nokia unit. At this point the same data in regards to distance, time, pacing, max/min speed, etc can either be shared with the online community, with friends or kept private. One interesting aspect of this app is how it traces my route in real time via GPS as I am running through my neighborhood and then saves it to a map view online. Upon studying each route that I have completed so far it is safe to say that the GPS is definitely accurate, although there may be issues when running in between tall city buildings when a sharp spike may appear on the route. The pacing and timing data from the Nokia Sport Tracker compliments that of my previous records with the Nike Sport Kit, so I am confident that I can stay on track with my daily workouts. Another amazing benefit of this app is that I can run with my iPod Touch 32GB instead of the nano, which allows me to have my entire audio library with me during my runs. I get criticsm from people who point out the obvious fact that one cannot possibly listen to 32GB of music on a 3.5 mile run, but this is simply a matter of having variety as I am shuffling my music tracks. I will say that I do miss the tactile click wheel of the nano which allowed me the operate it without looking, but there are always compromises to be made. I believe that this Nokia application will be a reliable resource for me for a good while, for it does feel good to break away a little bit from the iTunes/iPod setup. Not that Apple is at all bad at the business that it is generating with its products, it is just good to have variety as a consumer so that one isn't relying entirely on what could be potentially viewed as a monopoly. Kudos to Nokia for developing this app, for I don't think that even Windows Mobile has anything comparable to this!
Update: a friend of mine gave me the sensor to his Nike Sport Kit that is no longer being used, but I still think that I will keep using my Nokia in the meantime.
The second application mentioned was the Missing Sync for Symbian that I purchased from the Mark/Space website. Such an amazing development this is!!! To be able to have the same reliable and accurate syncing with my Mac and to even have it occur wirelessly AND automatically when my E71-2 is within proximity is pure genius!! I will be honest and declare that when this was first released as a public beta I was not impressed with it and actually uninstalled it immediately from my Mac after using it with my E90. But as of now that has all changed since the people of Mark/Space have worked out the major bugs and made appropriate improvements. The only drawback is that the S60 calendar on my Nokia still doesn't support categories like the Windows Mobile Professional units I own, but this is a very minor issue outweighed by the benefits. It is really impressive to see my Mac and my E71-2 AUTOMATICALLY link with one another and sync PIM data in the midst of my web surfing or iTunes managing!! My Windows Mobile Professional units can't even do this!
For the first time ever in the history of my ownership of smartphone devices I am almost 100% trusting of my E71-2's overall performance. There have been rare issues here and there with sluggishness and emails not regularly updating, but these haven't been cases that couldn't be solved with a simple pressing on the power button. No device will ever be perfect, so I am more than happy to accept this unit for all of its good points. My Nokia E71-2 has solid build quality, amazing speaker volume, loud and clear earpiece volume, a great tactile qwerty, terrific word completion software, AT&T 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi, bluetooth, a suitable camera, a vivid interface, a flash-enabled web browser and a form factor that is practically perfect for daily commuting (not once have I used a belt clip holster)!! Minus the video recording quality and the external stereo speakers, this E71-2 is truly a worthwhile reincarnation of the E90 Communicator.
TRENT
Sent from my Nokia E71-2
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