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Nokia E71 is in da house!

Categories: Devices, ESeries, Nokia, Symbian
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, October 30th, 2008 at 6:26 AM

Ladies and gents, I’m glad to report that Nokia’s WOM World has lent me the Nokia E71 smartphone for two weeks. As you’ve already seen/read other reviews on the Web, my goal won’t be to compete with other folks who did their job properly. Rather I’ll try to write about my day-to-day experience with the award-winning smartphone.

The first impression is overly positive. The device is super slick, thin and fits in a hand perfectly. Keyboard is just the right size, although I’m not the right guy to talk about this as I’ve used a number of QWERTY phones in the past and my thumbs know how to deal with even the weirdest of the keyboards. On a first glance, the E71′s predecessors, E61 and E61i, have a more comfortable keys, but after typing just a few sentences, you get used to the smaller keys of the E71…

Anyway, as I said I don’t want to review the device in great depth. I’ll try to post something about it every day. If you have any questions – I’m listening. The comments form is all yours…

BTW: It’s not just the Nokia E71 that was brought to me by DHL. Nokia also bundled its elegant BH-605 Bluetooth headset and a single Mapster, which now proudly sits on my desk. ;)

About The Author

Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • Thomas

    I can only say , lucky you ..:) Me and my girl love our E71.

    which most be the sexiest and best smartphone ever.

  • Jennie

    Yes the E71 are amazing! It take some days to get use with the keypad

    but after that , you never want to leave the E71.

    It feel so nice in your hand and are so good-looking device in real .

  • Joe

    I am about to get it from Amazon. I am on t-mobile, and was really looking forward to the G1 but it has too many 'artificial' restrictions (primarily no tethering, and no OBEX). For all its so-called openess, and despite my love for all things Google, the G1's nearly obligatory binding to the Google 'cloud' is also a downer for me. Are you using the E71 on 3G (AT&T)? I just think Nokia is capable of building the perfect phone, and the E71 may be it, and I may end up switching (when tmo contract ends in February) to the evil AT&T purely to exploit this phone's 3G.

    Looking forward to more details.