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Nokia E61i
Joining Nokia’s E Series, a group of phones that is dedicated to satisfy every corporate user’s needs is Nokia E61i. Users have started praising Nokia E61i’s innovative design and its excellent messaging and productivity capabilities.
Nokia E61i’s mocha-brown and silver body sports a dimension of 4.6 x 2.7 x 0.5 inches and a weifhr of 5.3 ounces. The E61i is heavier as compared to other Nokia smartphones as caused by its solid construction and a wider body. The 2.8-inch screen runs 16 million colors at a 320 x 240 pixel resolution that makes viewing text, images and videos at best. Backlighting, contrast and themes can be adjusted automatically or manually.
The navigation keys and the QWERTY keypad are located below the screen. Among the navigation keys are the standard Talk and End buttons, two soft keys, and menu shortcuts. Two quick-launch buttons are also added; one will direct to the contacts and the other one can be programmed by the user to go to any applications. The traditional five-way navigation toggle replaced the joystick controller. The QWERTY has more spacing and most of the keys are large and square in shape.
This is an improvement as the rubbery keyboard prevented any slips that limit away frustration to the act of typing text messages and e-mails. On the left portion of the phone is the voice recorder and volume control. On the backside are the camera lens, mirror and flash. The microSD slot is behind the battery cover on the left side.
The E61i runs under the Symbian OS 9.1, Series 60 third edition. Users are able to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point documents via the Quickoffice Suite. An additional utility is the Nokia Team Suite that can be used for creating teams, members, conference call numbers, conference call PINS and web pages for finding all the information about a single conference calls. Adobe Reader and Zip Manager are also included in the smart phone. Completing the list of tools are calendar, clock, voice recorder, currency converter and calendar. The default memory is 50MB but the microSD can accept up to 2GB of memory.
Nokia E61i ‘s support Microsoft Exchange Servere, POP3, IMAP and SMTP accounts. An attachment viewer is also included. Push e-mail solutions allows real-time messaging in E61i, supporting Intellisync Wireless E-mail, BlackBerry Connect, GoodLink, Visto, and Seven Always-On Mail. It works with instant messaging clients like Yahoo and AOL as well. Another cool feature, the Message Reader, automatically converts the text messages to speech.
Connectivity features with E61i are Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, and Infrared. Bluetooth can be used for file transfers and dial up networking for laptops, aside from hands-free handsets. Phone capabilities in E61i is fantastic as it offers the world roaming, speakerphone, speed dialling, voice commands and conference calls. It also supports VOIP calls.