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E71 – ‘sturdiest business’ device

July 22nd, 2008

Andy Hadfield, writing on the Tech Leader site in South Africa, has had his hands on an E71 and took a novel approach to his review. Noting down the salient points after just one hour with the device, he came back to them a week later to see if his mind had been changed by more prolonged usage.

He starts by saying it ‘fixes almost everything that was wrong with’ the E61, and the new device provides a ‘solid, high-performance business package’. But let’s start with the ‘cons’ in Andy’s list – the ‘smaller’ keys make for tougher typing for the large of thumb, yet Andy doesn’t know where the ‘perfect point’ for key size is. The screen is a touch smaller, and the Symbian interface redesign ‘didn’t work’. On the plus side, however, Andy thinks it is ‘sleeker and better looking’ than its predecessors and the keyboard gives ‘much better’ tactile feedback. The ‘instant’ device search and app finder is a ‘nice job’, and he is a fan of the fact that the web browser now remembers previously inputted names and passwords.

His conclusion is a thinly-veiled swipe at iPhone fanboys, but what do you think? Does the E71 cut it in a sphere loaded with high-end business devices? Get over to his pages and let him know your thoughts on the matter.

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Posted by TomH Permanent link 3 Comments Leave a comment Trackback this entry

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  Posted by Andy Hadfield on July 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 pm
  

  Hi guys - thanks for the summary. “Thinly veiled swipe” Lol! I do think there are two types are SmartPhone users. Those who type a lot, and those who don’t. While the iPhone fandom (which is about to hit Sotuh Africa) is exciting - I’m personally terrified about the “touch screen” keyboard. My thumb speed on my E61i is pretty impressive…

  Original post and others on http://www.andyhadfield.com

  
  
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  Posted by Nokia Daily News 07/22/08 | Nokia Daily News on July 24th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
  

  [...] Tech Leader - E71 review for South African business users, via WOM World [...]

  
  
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  Posted by Danelle on December 11th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
  

  Love the reviews, love the look and love the phone….getting my own tomorrow.

  Besides we all have to realise there will never be “the perfect” phone…else everyone else will run out of business

  
  

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