| Nokia E61 Review |
| Written by Maxit | |||||
Page 1 of 3 The Keyboard
 The best feature of this phone has to be its QWERTY keyboard. The keys are very well arranged and large enough to feel comfortable in use. Although the keyboard requires getting used to, theres nothing to complain about for even the chubbiest of fingers. We found the soft keys and call/end keys that are placed above the keyboard a little too slim and wide but the 5-way navigation pad is just about perfect.
Display
 The screen deserves a special mention. It is a 2.8" 320x240 landscape QVGA non-touchscreen LCD that sets itself apart from the rest by being a true 16 million color screen. This comes with a light sensor that adjusts the brightness depending on the lighting conditions making the display readable even under direct sunlight.
OS Features and Applications
The phone runs on the Symbian S60 v9.1 3rd Edition OS. The OS is pretty fast and responsive unlike the N-Series or other older S60 phones. The E61 boasts lots of useful business software: printer management, presentation support (via USB), spreadsheet and word processing via QuickOffice's goodness, a zip application, WorldMate (view the weather/time on 3 cities at the same time), voicemail, notes, calculator, a units converter, speed dial, GPS support (via an external bluetooth GPS module or via GSM triangulation), a Macromedia Flash player (no browser plugin though) and voice command. The OS itself supports themes, profiles, and lots of third party applications. More and more applicaitons are being ported to this new platform everyday and this is one feature that really puts the E61 on top of the other PDAs. |
