Monday, February 2, 2009

Nokia E71: Perfect Phone

Overall, I am extremely happy to be back with my E71 in its usual working condition. In the midst of such harsh economic times, it is indeed great to have a device that is perfect for my daily usage. Day by day of relying on Nokia Email service, a compact qwerty, suitable camera, Nokia Sport Tracker, music player, S60 browser, and NAM 3G has been flawless with the E71. Adding the slim profile and amazing sound quality makes this device an absolute godsend for me! Having the Palm Treo 750 even for ONE day was enough to make me want to grind my teeth!

I recently discovered the use of SMS with both Facebook and Twitter; there is hardly a moment when I am not typing some quick status report. The Nokia Sport Tracker with its GPS function remains a great alternative to my Nike Sport kit. The sound of this little machine is spellbinding when music is either played aloud or on headphones from my 11GB audio library (I am currently listening to "Un Canto" by Andrea Bocelli while typing this). Since discovering the impressive performance of Nokia Email, I hereby announce that I no longer miss Outlook Mobile on the Windows Mobile OS. Quickoffice has been instrumental in the completion of schoolwork assignments. Bluetooth tethering with a 3G network link has saved me numerous times when my laptop was without wi-fi. The S60 browser may not be as eye-catching as Safari on my iPod Touch, but it excels with support for flash content. Being able to use Missing Sync for Symbian with my MacBook has been extremely reliable in syncing personal information...and this wireless bluetooth sync happens automatically!! Word completion in my daily typing on the qwerty even rivals the Windows Mobile OS, and Google Maps has saved my lost soul many times on the road.

There is just so much that I am grateful for with the ownership of this multi-tasking E71; I have not the time to go through it all at this moment. What I can say for sure is that this phone has taken all that I love about portability, great sound, tactile qwerty, good screen, and a stable operating system and joined them as one. For the first time in all of my years of smartphone interests, I have found the perfect device that I will never let go of...for anything. Even in the anticipation of the Nokia N97 and Palm Pre, I certainly know that they may never measure up to the E71's status in my tech life. This qwerty bar gadget simply fits me like a glove.

Whether an economic crisis would have hit the world or not, I believe that I would still be holding on to this phone. Despite having a couple of scuffs from being dropped, it still has character and I see no need to replace it at the moment with anything available on the market today. Kudos to Nokia for such a wonderful device!

Symbian has been instrumental in my own fulfillment in owning phones, and I have decided to write off Windows Mobile altogether.

TRENT
Sent from my Nokia E71

3 comments:

danny mason said...

amen to that, i have a plethora of smart phones including x1 and thats in a draw some where, wm6.1 is rubbish all hail to symbian. should'nt have swapped e90 for x1

danny mason said...

just to add i have e71, brilliant piece of kit,

danny mason said...

hoping to get the nokia 5800 soon, have you road tested it yet? as the reviews here in the uk are good