Eseries

Wow - I'm finding that there are a lot of new (for me at least) firmware updates available for Nokia's Eseries devices. I just updated my Nokia E51.

As always, don't forget to back-up the data on your device before upgrading. 

There is no official news on the Nokia Software Update page about the slew of firmware upgrades for the Eseries so it is hard to know exactly what was updated.

I expect the official page to be updated with information over the next day or so.

Thanks to the excellent site Symbian Guru for the tip 

Still can't get enough about the Nokia E51? Fear not, there are a number of good reviews: 

All About Symbian posted a well written and extensive overview. Equally thorough is the review by Smape, well worth reading. Eugenia has written another great piece about the Nokia E51 at OSNews. Mobile-review is as always also very detailed and complete in their coverage of the Nokia E51. PC Pro posted a preview/review and so did CNet and ZDNet.

Here is the last of 4 blog posts focused on new, interesting features of of Nokia E51. The previous posts are here, here and here.

One touch Bluetooth activation.

The Nokia E51 is equipped with a new, dedicated Bluetooth key. Pressing this key will activate or deactivate Bluetooth.

Sure, there is a convenient shortcut to turn on Bluetooth on other Eseries devices ("Blue Function" Key + "Ctrl" key) but this new function/key is one tad bit better.

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OK, I'm not a big fan of Yahoo! but I'm still interested in what they are doing on the mobile front. When I read about the announcement of Yahoo! Go 3.0 (Beta) with support for Widgets I naturally wanted to take it for a spin.

I logged on to get.go.yahoo.com from my mobile browser on my Nokia E61i only to find out that Nokia E61i is not one of the supported devices for Yahoo! Go 3.0

Well, well. Perhaps other Eseries devices are supported. I tried my Nokia E51 and to my pleasant surprise there was no message about E51 not being supported. On the other hand, there was no message about Yahoo! Go 3.0. (more…)

As many of you already know - I am absolutely addicted to push email. Although I tend to try out various push email solutions on my Nokia Eseries devices I always come back to Mail For Exchange.

The first thing I did on my brand new Nokia E51 was to set up my email. I was really impressed with the new email wizard. The set up was a breeze. Here are the screen shots to set up Mail For Exchange on Nokia E51.

For those of you who would like to try free push email I can gladly recommend Mail2Web who provides FREE Microsoft Exchange based email accounts which you of course can use with Mail For Exchange. Read my previous write-up of Mail2Web HERE.

The new email set up wizard has premier placement on the main screen.

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The more I use the Nokia E51 the more I like the device~! Here is today's list of features I really appreciate.

A dedicated Voice Key for Mute/Unmute

Sure, this feature was introduced in Nokia E65 but the positioning on the Nokia E51 is better - on the side of the device. Having a dedicated key for Mute/Unmute is big. No more fumbling around when you are on a conference call and quickly need to mute or unmute your device.

Better display of contacts

This is another great improvement. Compare the display of the contacts application to the left (screen shot from a Nokia E60) to the one to the right (Nokia E51). Notice the difference? 

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Those of you tracking the availability of Nokia E51 have probably already seen the reports that the device now is available on eBay. Buy.com and other various outlets.

I received my own device, imported from Europe, yesterday. Rather to post one full review I will post about the device as I use it and discover what I like/dislike.

First up, the main keys. 

It might seem trivial but I think the the redesign icons for the main one touch keys is huge! Replacing the application key with a "home" key makes the end user experience much better. Especially for new users. The new icons are also much cleaner and crisper than the previous icons but there is more to the new icons than meets the eye.

Behind the new icons is a new level of functionality - a distinction between short and long press of all of the four main keys.

Short Press:Takes you to Home Screen or Main Menu

Long Press: Displays list of open applications

Short Press: Takes you to the Contacts application

Long Press: Creates a new contact

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A number of photos of the recently announced Nokia E51 has surfaced. I received a few photos, below, and Mobile Burn has posted even more photos.

Phone Scoop scored big with a hands on demo of the Nokia E51. 

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The Nokia E51 supports EDGE (EGPRS), 3G, HSDPA, and WLAN. Mail for Exchange, Visto Mobile, and Seven Always-on are some of the corporate email solutions available.

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