Product review: Nokia E71 3G smartphone
PC World - Like Nokia, the first 3G phone with a full QWERTY keyboard, $ 500 E71 is all around better than his predecessor, E61. He not only has a sleeker and more complex curved design, but many packages functions ideal for business and personal use.
This candy-bar phone surprisingly Slim at 0.4 inches thick, and as easily fits into your hands as you have in your pocket. And in light 4.4 ounces, it will not weigh you down. Call quality of my end, it was generally very good, but some of the callers on the other end told me that my voice sounded tin. I also noticed an echo in some calls. In the PC World Test Center trials, the battery lasted 4 hours, 50 minutes - a couple of other 3G smartphone.
E71 keyboard smaller than the E61, but the colleague with larger hands, there was no problem using it. Raised, tactile keys allow quick and easy to print.
Nokia has sometimes confusing Symbian S60 platform more user-friendly, including a customizable keyboard shortcuts and standby screen. You can access your home page, calendar, address book and e-mail from dedicated shortcut keys on the keyboard. These keys can be configured to run other applications of your choice. And holding fast key for a few seconds, causing different actions. For example, hold the key calendar, you can enter a new appointment. You can add up to 15 labels on the E71 in standby screen. Swap the new regime allows you to create two separate standby screens to accommodate business and private sectors of your life. And the search for contacts in your phone, just type the first few letters of their names.
The Web browser loads quickly, and the pages come to the E71 in the 2.3-inch QVGA screen. D-pad offers a simple mouse maneuvering, and Nokia, feature a mini-map, which zoom in full screen view of the entire page is useful for quick navigation. Just find the section you want to increase in.
Creating private Email snap, but business e-mail requires IT department for assistance. Nokia free Exchange client to synchronization of the phone with Push e-mail, contacts and calendar items with Microsoft Exchange, but you can not access e-mail folders - something I find difficult in a business phone. E71 supports email accounts from more than a thousand providers, as well as Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail.
Many E71 in applications such as Music Store and Push To Talk is not available to American users. Inclusion of Nokia Maps 2.0 pearl, however. Turn to turn the pedestrian and car navigation, voice directions, satellite maps and multimedia city guides, only a few features of Nokia Maps.
You can also share photos and videos using pre Ovi and Flickr applications, but given the quality of the camera, you might not want to. Photos I took with the E71 in the 3.2-megapixel camera came out grainy and dark, especially in bright conditions.
The music player “sound quality was good, and it offers features such as equalizer and balance control. Video is stored in memory or a card to play smoothly in RealPlayer, however, a flash video on YouTube, as is often missed.
Unfortunately, E71 is on the steep price, as it currently does not offer any U.S. carriers. You’ll be able to withdraw about $ 500 for it, so it is important to evaluate exactly what you want from him. But in general, E71 shines as the stylish device that does more than the average business phone.
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