Nokia E61i (Nokia E61i with Contract)

Member Name: lallofrall

Product:	Nokia E61i with Contract
Date:	14/05/09 (12 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Nice keypad, Good texting facilities, BIG range of features, Definitely a must have tech - toy

Disadvantages: Not comfortable to hold to ear, not easy to navigate, no flash on camera, slow response time

I bought this phone last year as a replacement of my Sony Ericsson K800i, the one disadvantage i immediately encountered was the slow response times, sometimes you can wait up to 6-7 seconds for the menu to load! But it's worth it. My favourite feature is the remote lock, you can set a code, then if your phone is taken you can text your code to that phone and it automatically locks it and you HAVE to have the code to unlock it! (Great if you work with a lot of nosey people). The inbuilt internet browser far outshines any of the available internet browser downloadables such as opera mini. "The Own Key" allows you to have a button that is designated to an application of your choice, mine is currently set to TomTom Navigator 6. There are thousands of applications available for download from word processing to a luxury youtube client, whatever suits your needs. Connectivity is great on it, with built in Bluetooth, Infrared and WiFi - You can even hook it up to your laptop to connect your laptop to the internet using 3G.
The volume of the phone is impressive for such a business like phone but not exceptional, the camera takes high quality photos for viewing on the phone itself, but when transferred to computer, they do not look as good quality.

Standby screen is a really nice feature allowing you to access all of your favourite applications with a few taps with an on screen calendar entry display.
Keyboard is easy to use and familiar as it has a qwerty keypad - very nice to use once familiar. Using the numbers takes a bit of getting used to but nice and easy once you've got the hang of it. It's not an easy phone to navigate with one hand; but it is possible.

A notification light in the top left of the phone flashes when an incoming call or text message is received, but this feature can easily be switched off.
Built in email support makes it easy to retrieve your email on the go.

This phone does not have a built in stopwatch or timer feature but can be purchased, however there are many free applications you can download to do the same job.
Message password protection is not built in but can also be purchased.

Summary: Good Overall Phone - would Recommend to a friend :)