Nokia Gets the Message
The form factor – which Nokia calls monoblock – may not be to everyone’s taste and, being 7cm wide, it’s a bit uncomfortable to hold, even if you have big hands.
However, to incorporate a full Qwerty keyboard and a large screen some compromise is inevitable, and the E61 is light and slim and fits easily into a shirt pocket.
The loudspeaker and exceptional voice quality mean putting it on your desk for a conference call or listening to voice messages while doing something else actually works. The screen is a revelation: bright, large and readable even in sunlight; but there’s no camera.
The Qwerty keys have enough space between them and are raised to make typing accurate compared to some other full keyboard phones and PDAs. The joystick is accurate and scrolling through menus is a cinch.
The E61 is a messaging phone first and foremost and push email clients from BlackBerry to Intellisync (recently acquired by Nokia) and a host of third party software from Cisco, IBM and Symantec (among others) is available for download. It’s a 3G quadband phone making international roaming easy and has built-in WiFi when you’re waiting at airports or in hotel lobbies.
One gripe is that the voice recorder has a limit of 60 seconds at a time – a button on the side of the phone activates it. My question is why give it such a prominent spot and then limit its capabilities?
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