Nokia E71x sighting

I am currently standing in an AT&T store and taking a quick look at the Nokia E71x model that is on demo. From the appearance of the interface menus looking similar to the E75 I had a while back, I believe that Feature Pack 2 is installed on the E71x. A minor addition to the home screen is digital clock display on the taskbar toward the lower right corner of the screen.

Calendar:
Upon accessing the calendar, the default appearance is only consists of a full screen month view and not the dual frame view of the E71. Setting up new appointments also looks different with a simpler interface that is much more basic and straightforward. One minor element I am noticing is that there is no fluid animation movement with the cursor moving from one date block to another.

Contacts:
Contacts is known as the Address Book. While the layout of the default listing appears to be the same, there appears to be no convenient sub-menu arrow when a name is highlighted. In order to do anything with a contact, either the select key or the left Options key must be pressed.

Messaging:
Pressing the Messaging hotkey brings up the typical listing found on the E71, except for one addition: Instant Messaging. This gives a user access to either AOL, Yahoo, or Windows Live messenger services.

Camera:
Interface is the same as the unlocked E71, except for the Gallery being referred to as MyStuff.

There are software additions from the network: AT&T Music, Cellular Video, AT&T GPS, Yellow Pages, Media Mall, Media Net, and Games & Apps. In the main menus, there have been some rearranging of the icons. It looks like the Tools and Settings folders have had a number of the usual icons stashed within them to make the interface navigation easier to deal with.
Web application from the unlocked E71 appears to be completely gone and replaced with the Media Net icon. When I attempt to access the web, there is an error that prevents me from doing so (probably an issue with the demo). This possible lack of online access flexibility is disconcerting, but not at all surprising in the least. The Yellow Pages icon seems to be only a reincarnation of Google Maps.

There are a number of themes that come pre-installed on the E71x: Default, Black Minimal, Blue Angels, Majestic Mountains, Pebble Beach, and Sunflower. While the available choices do show potential with striking wallpaper photos and colorful theme layouts, there is only one that has caught my eye. The Black Minimal has a professional feel to it, complements the black form factor of the device, and provides great contrasting for navigation; it also appears to be the AT&T default with the network logo displayed on the home page wallpaper.

There is thankfully an onboard Quickoffice suite in the Games and Apps folder, but when I try to begin a new document there is a pop-up stating the lack of a license for the feature. Adobe PDF, My-Cast Weather, Mobile Banking, WikiMobile, and MobiTV are other apps included. Pre-installed games are Monopoly, Brain Challenge volume 2, WPT Texas Hold 'Em 2, and Collapse! Chaos. Of course, there is network access to buy more games and apps.   

I will post my thoughts on this device at a later date.

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Trentonn Smith
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