Comments on: Nokia E61 Best New Converged Device: Beats Motorola Q & SE P990i

By: Andy Worthing

Andy Worthing — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:13:17 +0000

E61 is slow to respond to key press, dispite me updating many firmware versions at any change I get, press the joy stick and count 1.5 seconds its open, this does not sound a lot but when going to menu, select, sub application, or waiting for emails or text to open the seconds add up and feel like my life is wasting away, when you use it as much as me. My work Blackberry pearl and now the new Blackberry 8800 is much faster and better for daily use. I still have the E61 for the RDP software I loaded in and the TomTom software (used with TomTom’s own external Bluetooth GPS Adaptor) so for the Symbian its good in that regard, one device for Blackberry inside software, TomTom, RDP client, Gmail application the only thing stopping me move to Blackberry is only the TomTom software does not run on it. I do like Nokia but they always just miss the mark for me.

By: Pieter

Pieter — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:38:39 +0000

To the E62 users: i have a wlan in my home and office, and while it is excellent, I find myself using the 3G in these environments simply because wifi kill the battery within a few hours if left connected. An auto-disconnect-when-inactive would have been great. The higher LAN speed only makes a difference when downloading files, as the processor becomes the bottleneck when browsing. Did I mention that the browser is great! I really love this device, and am just sad that the E61i and E90 are already on their way.

By: Victor Miranda

Victor Miranda — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:24:39 +0000

I have a E62 and i like it. The only problem i have is that it takes forever to open emails. When i receive sms it is fast to open them. Is there a diferent email client i should use. I have a HP ipaq 6945 and i lke the keyboard better on the E62.

By: G

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:12:28 +0000

Oh..forgot to mention that java on E61 is slow. I love my E61, but when in a boast-off with a collegue (Blackberry 8700c), it let me down with Java speed and speakerphone loudness. That is a definite downside … but I still have my E61.

By: rx

rx — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 23:07:27 +0000

to nebber, i have only 100+ contacts. it only take a while (1-2 sec) to open up the contact for the 1st time when you switch the simcard. i store all my contacts in sdcard. next time i open up the contacts it almost display right away

By: shackk

shackk — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:09:20 +0000

I have to agree I love the E61, however I just picked up the Tmobile Dash (HTC S620) and it gives the E61 a serious run for its money. I am shocked how well it stacks up to the E and I am really close to making it my full time device. Stability, speed, form factor, overall its very good. I love my Eseries but could it be coming to an end

By: G

Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:50:44 +0000

Richard

You can setup shortcuts like better than most other phones… get some help from a forum dedicated to E61, assuming the same applies to E62. Then…. enjoy

By: nebber

nebber — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:25:58 +0000

i am a recent convert of treo 600 to the e61. how do you guys deal with the slow speed of the PIM? it takes like 5 sec (literally) to open a contact?

By: Jungle

Jungle — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 12:57:14 +0000

I bought both P990i and E61.

After breaking my Clie TG50, and loosing my T610, I’ve decided to move to the smatphone or PDA Phone segment.

However, after waiting over 10 months for P990i, and actual using it, I came to realize that it is a very not ergo-friendly phone.

I’ve used my friend’s P900 and it was much easier than the 4th generation SE’s P series phone.

The UIQ 3.0 is so not stable compared to S60 V3.0.

I set a song MP3 as my ringtone on the P990 and cannot answer any call but to have it automatically restart.

And the pictures taken with the same phone (P990i) cannot use it as wallpaper, unless you find it out that have to use the internal picture editor and crop it or re-save it in a lower resolution.

The Menu, you cannot use it with one hand, and most of the time, you have to open the flip to access other functions.

While using it, you have to pull out the stylus which is on the other side of the phone.

Anyway, I’m have heavy user, both PDA and mobile phone. I’m young but started earlier with these gadgets.

I must tell all BlackBerry users, or P800/P900/P910/P990, if you want a real phone with expansion (memory), and one hand access, and don’t care much about a camera, then get yourself a E61.

I have even put 4 movies ripped from DVD into 2GB Mini SD card and still have over 300 MB free space.

Few colleagues are very interested in getting one E61 for themselves.

E61 rocks…

By: Pankaj

Pankaj — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:33:42 +0000

I have purchased the E61 a few months ago and absolutley love it. It’s got all the capabilities of a PDA with Blackberry connectivity that keeps me in touch with my office whilst I am on the go.

By: Ove Nordstrom

Ove Nordstrom — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 07:47:12 +0000

Hi,
I also think the Nokia E61 phone is great.
What I think is missing are:
- a radio.
- Support for Java ME/CDC1.1/PP1.1
Regards,
Ove

By: Farhan

Farhan — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 06:04:34 +0000

I loved my E61 till I got my E70 , smaller screen but I like the candy bar form factor , I was able to run all my software which I was runinng on E61 on E70

By: rx

rx — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 04:14:22 +0000

glad to hear that. got mine few months ago and never regret of getting E61 since then

By: Cheez

Cheez — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 01:57:09 +0000

It really erks me when I think about my E62 not having WiFi - it’s Cingular’s way of squeezing every penny out of expensive data plans. I can’t wait until we are at the point where enough customers demand WiFi on cellphones to where it becomes as common as a camera is on cellphones today. That in itself could bring the prices of data plans down which would be a good thing for the non-business users who want internet everywhere.