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Nokia E61

By Alex Kidman on 16 August 2006

What do you call something that looks like a Blackberry, acts like a Blackberry and yet offers a lot more than most Blackberry devices? Nokia calls it the E61.

Editor's rating:9.0 User rating:8.7

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  Darren Larkin gave 10/10 on 14/09/2006 12:03 Report abuse

  Best smartphone ever made

  • Good: Extremely user friendly - particularly email, SMS, and contacts. Excellent features, many unique. Navigation with joystick is surprisingly easy - would find it very hard to go back to a stylus. Great value for money compared to other smartphones. This is my 3rd smartphone (previously Palm Treo 650 and O2 XDA) and I have also had various PDA's, however this is by far the best I have ever used.
  • Bad: Limited software available - bundled calendar is very basic. Software developers seem slow to release compatable software.
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  Vinoo gave 10/10 on 05/09/2006 11:49 Report abuse

  Gizmo of the year

  • Good: Awasome Display, Great Keyboard Response, Best Sound clarity on the phone, speaker phone or handsfree. Fantastic Web browser. Amazing response to packet traffic.
  • Bad: Not Much Applications fr this model at this moment.
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  Vinoo gave 10/10 on 05/09/2006 04:57 Report abuse

  Gizmo of the year

  • Good: Awasome Display, Great Keyboard Response, Best Sound clarity on the phone, speaker phone or handsfree. Fantastic Web browser. Amazing response to packet traffic.
  • Bad: Not Much Applications fr this model at this moment.
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  danny gave 9/10 on 03/09/2006 19:24 Report abuse

  Stable and Best among all PDA Phones I've used.

  • Good: Great Battery Life for a PDA Phone. Most Stable OS I have ever come across. Luv the keyboard. Never got used to poking the screens with stylus anyway.
  • Bad: If only there's a camere (at least 3.2 M given current trends).
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  metamatt gave 10/10 on 31/08/2006 08:38 Report abuse

  Best PDA I have had

  • Good: Great voice and text programs; Blackberry connect works flawlessly. Better over all than Treo and Blackberry PDAs I had before. The E61 is better than the E62 since the 61 has WiFi and G3
  • Bad: None in my estimation. Just wish Cingular in USA will support the E61 when they roll out the E62.
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  Certificate Authority gave 8/10 on 28/08/2006 22:10 Report abuse

  User Friendly

  • Good: User friendly in terms of functionality
    Ease of download of MP3 or Wave file through USB cables
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  Anonymous gave 9/10 on 26/08/2006 02:11 Report abuse

  Best Pda phone used

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  premiercalld gave 8/10 on 24/08/2006 23:33 Report abuse

  Especially for email

  • Good: All the features, right there on the front page. For the guru who is undone without email.
  • Bad: No camera. Will need a head band for long phone calls to hold the phone handsfree. Make that two for those cold mornings. Earmuffs!
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  Borys Pawliw gave 9/10 on 23/08/2006 00:00 Report abuse

  Nokia nails it with E61:

  This is simply the best smart phone I have yet used. My clients are happy there is no camera, so that is handy and in every other way this is a superb business handset. It is a phone with GSM quadband + 3G which means it works virtually anywhere in the world, it has IR+Bluetooth+cable connectivity. Its speakerphone is loud and clear, useful with a jet engine throttling up behind you. It

  • Good: *Can connect to just about anything on earth
    *Screen has outstanding visibility and color
    *Reception and voice transmission is excellent, with a loud earpiece and speaker that is very clear: this is a real phone you can use, not a PDA with a phone function added as an afterthought. I get a strong signal whereas with other phones I would barely register a single bar
    *Symbian OS is powerful and very stable. Menu system I find to be very much OK except for Wi-Fi setup
    *Outstanding materials and assembly quality.
    *Battery life not using Wi-Fi is excellent.
    *No camera for security conscious locations
    *Keyboard feels good to use and is comfortable
  • Bad: *No camera, if you need one look elsewhere
    *Lack of software for the E61 for now: some programs for the S60 Series 3 do work but are tricked by the phones QWERTY keyboard: a matter of time before they fix it.
    * Mini SD card location means you have to take cover /battery off to swap, a bit of a nuisance.
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  sjmccall gave 9/10 on 22/08/2006 23:48 Report abuse

  great device

  great phone with pda capabilities

  • Good: all good
  • Bad: no camera,huge no touch screen