Nokia E61 Review

Nokia E61 Review (Expert)

People who are familiar with other Series 60 smartphones won't have any problems with using it and will find all the usual features included. Is E61 good for reading and creating documents and messages? Yes, the full QWERTY keyboard makes text entry much faster and much more convenient than on any other S60 device. Built-in Microsoft Office compatible applications make very good use of the large screen and provide similiar functionality as on the Nokia 9500/9300(i) which makes the E61 a very good choice for people who need mobile access to email and documents but consider the Communicators too large or too heavy. Is the E61 good for mobile Internet? Yes, it provides all popular connectivity options (UMTS, EDGE, GPRS, WLAN), large display and exceptionally fast and powerful browser. Is it a multimedia device? Sure, it generates high definition stereo sound, it's fast enough to display good quality video and the proportions and physical size of the screen make it a very good movie player. Shortly speaking, the Nokia E61 is the most advanced Series 60 smartphone released to date. The only thing non-business users may regret is lack of high-resolution camera, which would make the device complete. If you like devices of this size, just get it! It's the most powerful S60 smartphone ever made. Highly recommended.

posted by my-symbian.com

Most of the weight is at the top of the handset. And while that might seem like a bad thing, the designers of the hardware have made it work. It sits nicely in one hand. The E61 is a strange smartphone to sum up. It wants to do so many things, and on the whole it manages to do them well. It’s quite clearly in the “first-gen” category, and a lot of work needs to be done to make the S60 interface work for the user with the large screen and the keyboard – there are times where the device was not letting me do what I wanted to do. The E61 is everything a power-user of PDA’s is looking for – but it’s a smartphone, not a computer. Less a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but a very aggressive ram in ewe’s clothing. If Nokia can tame a second generation version, or look at a serious firmware update, then the E61 would be ready to go mainstream. As it is, a lot of people are going to label it the next best thing – but it’s not quite there yet. I look forward to updates to S60, but in the meantime I can live with the quirks. The E61 is, at the moment, the one for me.

posted by allaboutsymbian.com

The E61 does what Nokia does best: connects people. Its all-encompassing connectivity setup is exploited in full by a broad line-up of quality messaging, office and browsing applications which run in tandem with a superb screen and more than decent thumbboard. Granted, it's not among the most powerful business phones nor does it fare well in the department of synchronization - but the latter is at long last addressable by several third party solutions. Sprinkle with handy utilities, attention to detail, good battery life and a compact form factor, and you end up with a very solid business phone contender indeed. What's positive: Excellent screen; all-encompassing connectivity; broad functionality; compact size; good battery life. What's negative: Thumbboard slightly cramped; inconvenient miniSD card slot arrangement; lacking synchronization.

posted by infosyncworld.com

Nokia E61 Review (User)

a good pda without a camera ...

posted by gka3000

i recently bought myself an E62, have some trouble with the themes that i downloaded from mobile9. would also like to know how to set my email from my phone. my mailid is <captainnemo_nautilus<email snipped>.com>

posted by captainnemo

it is a definite phone for a business purpose use. it provides the users with high definition super-large wide screen. with 5ways joystick, users now are able to move cursors easily while browsing in the internet. office personal-phone compatible. Email key feature. flash email indicator, users can set the flashing time for unread message. bluetooth and infrared can booth on at the same time. high-speed data internet (GPRS, EDGE, WLAN). batteries support up to 15days on time. and up to 6hours talktime. side fine-made speaker phone. pretty light for such a big massive phone. elegant thin design. built-up body(no cover). blackberry compatible. automatic voice tag for all contacts. and light sensors helps to save batteries (keypad lights will only turn on where there aren't enough lights). HP printer defaultnon-sensitive WLAN(hot spot) detector, limitation on distance from the hot spot. 64Mb built in memory limit users with numerous amount of files. It has no camera. limited view of file managers, difficult to manage non-media files. Big size phone = inconvenience. hope it will be a useful review =)

posted by shanp

it is a definite phone for a business purpose use. it provides the users with high definition super-large wide screen. with 5ways joystick, users now are able to move cursors easily while browsing in the internet. office personal-phone compatible. Email key feature. flash email indicator, users can set the flashing time for unread message. bluetooth and infrared can booth on at the same time. high-speed data internet (GPRS, EDGE, WLAN). batteries support up to 15days on time. and up to 6hours talktime. side fine-made speaker phone. pretty light for such a big massive phone. elegant thin design. built-up body(no cover). blackberry compatible. automatic voice tag for all contacts. and light sensors helps to save batteries (keypad lights will only turn on where there aren't enough lights). HP printer defaultnon-sensitive WLAN(hot spot) detector, limitation on distance from the hot spot. 64Mb built in memory limit users with numerous amount of files. It has no camera. limited view of file managers, difficult to manage non-media files. Big size phone = inconvenience. hope it will be a useful review =)

posted by shanp

HEy All...I really need someone to help me out with downloading these themes here on to my mobile phone..? i have Nokia E61..and the wap address that given when u select a theme to download... http://wap.mobile9.com doesnt work when i put that on my phone.. it says..'Web! Unsupported content type' Now i wonder y...? can anyone please help me out with this issue...!! Thanks guys!Cheers!

posted by cutecasper

Hi! I need a help. I want a mobile phone with good software ,good screen and for listening to MP3s.I can get Nokia E61 or Qtek S100 or Qtek 2020 for the same amount of money (€). I dont know wich one to choose.Well... the problem with qtekes is thast i'm affraid of their battery life, i dont know how long they last? I need to last at least 3 days?What do you think?

posted by stipex

It's really the best mobile I ever use I call it the (email machine). It has reduced the number of times of using my laptop at home, I don't need to open it when I want to check my emails... so smart, fast and intelligent.

posted by SZN

This phone is almost excellent. Most ppl won't consider buying it because it lacks a camera. From my point of view, it is unnecessary. The conectivity, and E-mail are the key features of this phone, also VoIP, and SIPTalk. Most excellent. Now some1 can talk over the internet for free.For those of u who had trouble installing some software, do the following:Menu>Tools>Application Manager>Options>Software Instalation = ALLOnline Certificate Check = OFFThat should solve all the problems.

posted by miodrage

Our company purchased Nokia E61 for using mail push which connect with Exchange 2003 SP2. However, we found several problem of viewing attachment.1) Times new roman font displays in square not character in word attachment2) Underline format missing in excel attachmentAnyone know is it an encryption problem that we need to change Exchange server setting?

posted by ernchow

I used E61 for 2 weeks, found the message writer with white word on blue ground, makes the eye very tire, specially very small words.Nokia said it can only change when downloading new theme.I tried mobile9, many selection. I pug in the USB cord, and download to my PC, then transfer to the phone.The phone appear “to install xxx?, I press yes. Then install……At the end it always said “certificate error, contact application provider”.Can anyone tell me what went wrong???Simon

posted by simonyuen3388

Hi There,recently i just bought the E61 is great with superb color screen and fast speed, currently i just downloaded the theme to install on my e61 but not working, the pop up message is CERTIFICATE ERORR CONTACT APPLICATION SUPPLIER.please advise? my email: leon28@streamyx.comtqcheerLEON TEE

posted by leon28

QUOTE(b3k3n @ Apr 28 2006, 06:53 AM)Godd phone but no wifi or touch screen, consider buying SE P990 then The E61 has wifi, it has 3G, it has Edge and it has GPRS.The P900i doesn't have Edge.

posted by Hedlasse

Godd phone but no wifi or touch screen, consider buying SE P990 then

posted by b3k3n

No EDGE is a deal breaker. Maybe the next revision will include this and I'll jump all over it. But for now, I'm on the sidelines.

posted by rambo47

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