Nokia E71 Review

The phones are generally filled with applications & features which are geared towards people who travel & require to be in touch with colleagues & associates at all times, as well as being able to retrieve email and internet browsing from anywhere they may be, Cell Phone. The Nokia E71 is no exception, the functions & capabilities of this new phone are varied & extensive so that you are able to do anything from complete business transactions to playing games to watching movies, all from four simple gadget.


 The phone features a full QWERTY keyboard which allows for computer applications & email to be used easily & efficiently with no tying problems & layout confusions, while there remains the selection of fast action, hot keys for easy access through the menu when needed. Even with the keyboard, the phone weighs only 127 grams & remains sleek, slim & stylish for effortless transport & accessibility.Cell Phone.

There is a built in 3.2 mega pixel camera which has videoing capabilities as well as flash, zoom & auto focus. Even though the Nokia E71 may be designed for business use mainly, it can be used for lots of different activities as well. The complete array of features & applications that the phone contains makes the Nokia E71 the finest specimen to emerge from the entire Nokia E series to date.

The Nokia E71 smart phone has great connectivity features with a full WIFI, 3G & HSDPA connection which allows internet connectivity, email downloading & gaming to be fast & easy with lower lag & delay rates than are normally found.Cell Phone , The internet application is also able to be linked with all the major options such as Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail & Microsoft, allowing business men to push email quickly to their phones through preset notifications. The phone also boasts high quality GPS tracking program installed which is equipped with the Nokia Maps application which can be used to map routes, get directions, addresses & locations quickly & easily. As well as all the business related features & applications, mobile phone deals for the Nokia E71 phone are appropriate for people of all different ages & interests. The music player is able to download, store & transfer lots of different modern music formats as well as being able to tune in to FM radio wherever you are. Cell Phone
The Nokia E71 smart phone was one of the most widely anticipated Smart phones to date, & with the whole range of gadgets & technology that has been used on this four phone, people are now discovering the true brilliance of this particular phone. The Mobile phone deals that are available for all of the E Series from Nokia are directed mainly towards people in business.

Nokia N97 Review

A new smartphone in the Nokia N-series will be coming out in January '09, the Nokia N97, & already all the buzz is whether or not this will be the iPhone Killer that's been prophesied for so long.Cell Phone, Here is a heads-up on how the four devices stack up.

On the face of it, the Nokia N97 looks more like the iPhone than any other Nokia to date. It's got the slender candybar shape (more slender than the iPhone's, in fact) the minimalist buttons (two instead of one) & the 3.5" touchscreen occupying the bulk of the face.Cell Phone

In the hand, you come to realize that, while slimmer, the N97 is also thicker & heavier than the iPhone. 

While possessing the same size touchscreen as the iPhone, the N97's screen resolution puts the iPhone's to shame, with 16:9 true widescreen (640 x 360 pixels) to the iPhone's 3:2 (320 x 480). So for multimedia & video playback, gaming, & photo managing,Cell Phone, the N97 comes out well on top of the iPhone.

Whereas both the iPhone & the Nokia N97 support most audio & video formats, theN97 has the added advantage of supporting Flash Lite, Flash Video & Windows Media 9.

This Flash support isn't to be undervalued, as it will permit Nokia N97 users to render web pages a lot more  than the iPhone 3G is currently able.Cell Phone, The iPhone also lacks browser-based Java support; the N97 may or may not, it is still unclear.

The digital camera on the Nokia N97 is also far superior to the iPhone's (and to those of most other smartphones currently on the market) with 5-megapixels, Carl Zeiss optics, an LED flash, & DVD-quality video recording with built-in video lighting.

The iPhone still has that meager 2-megapixel relic with neither a built-in flash nor manual focus.  The N97 also beats the iPhone in memory - both in the way of onboard storage (32 GB vs. 8 GB or 16 GB) & expandable memory (up to the 16 GB extra vs. none at all).

The most noticeable difference between the N97 & the iPhone is that the Nokia has a slideout QWERTY keyboard in addition to its Apple-comparable touchscreen keypad.Mobile phone
Both the iPhone & the Nokia N97 have built-in GPSs (the iPhone's including 3rd party geo-location apps & GoogleMaps, the N97's including an electronic compass & NokiaMaps).

Both have HSDPA, Bluetooth, & WiFi connectivity. No three can expect, however, that the Nokia store will ever be able to offer N97 users the range & variety of smartphone apps that the iTunes App Store offer iPhone users.

Though prices have yet to be released,  in US dollars, it seems clear at least that the Nokia N97, with all its advantages over the iPhone,Cell Phone will also cost more to purchase than the iPhone.

Nokia C3-01 Review

Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type

Nokia may be struggling to re-establish itself in the smartphone market with handsets like the N8, but the company still knows its onions when it comes to creating simple and reliable phones for the mass market, which is obviously the target for the C3 Touch and Type.At first glance, the C3 Touch and Type, or C3-01 as it’s also known, looks very similar to the likes of the Nokia 6300 and 6700 Classic, thanks to its traditional layout, with a standard keypad at the bottom and a portrait screen at the top. Like those models, it also has a brushed metal finish with real metal used on the battery covered while the rest of the handset is plastic with a metallic paint job. Nevertheless, the phone feels remarkably solid to hold and looks quite classy for this type of phone. 

The keypad is very large by Nokia standards and the buttons feel responsive and give a noticeable click when pressed, so tactile feedback is quite good. At the top of the key pad, there are two call control buttons, but unlike most Nokia’s, there’s no central menu button. There’s a good reason for this and that’s because the ‘Touch’ in the name refers to the fact that this phone uses a touchscreen – but more on that later. The left-hand side of the phone is completely free of buttons, whereas the right side houses the volume rocker switch, lock button and a dedicated camera key.As with many of today’s mid-range Nokias, the handset has both a micro-USB port and a mini Nokia charging port. The phone can actually be charged using either, but the mini charging port charges the phone faster and so Nokia supplies this type of charger in the box. Nestled between these two ports is a standard headphone jack and Nokia supplies a pair of ear bud headphones (including an inline mic) with the phone. The rear battery cover slides off to give you access to the SIM card slot and microSD card slot. The latter accepts cards of up to 32GB in size giving you plenty of room to store photos, videos and music tracks. 

At 2.4in, the touchscreen isn’t large by smartphone standards, but it’s good for a traditional candybar shaped phone. It has a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, which means that it can display quite a lot of text on a single screen. The display uses resistive rather than capacitive touch technology, but it actually feels responsive when selecting most items in the menus, although the fact that Nokia has made all the selectable icons and options quite large helps in this regard. 

When scrolling through longer lists it doesn’t work quite as well, as you have to consciously press a bit harder on the display rather than perform the light, capacitive screen grazing action. One minor annoyance is that pressing on the screen causes ripples to appear under your finger and slightly distorts the colours around that area. You get used to it, but it is a bit disconcerting at first and makes you wonder how robust the display will be over the longer term.The phone runs the Series 40 operating system rather than the more advanced Series 60 version found on most of Nokia’s smarter handsets. The Series 40 interface has obviously been tweaked to make it more touch-friendly, with larger icons not only in the main menu, but also in the scrollable sub-menus. The result is a phone that’s a good deal faster to navigate around than older models without touchscreens as you no longer have to fiddle around with a d-pad to select the item you want - you just reach out and touch it. 

Another area that’s greatly improved by the touchscreen is web browsing. Although Nokia’s web browser is pretty slow and cumbersome to use, you can load up the Opera Mini browser instead, which is a revelation. It’s very speedy to load pages and navigating and zooming (double tap only as there’s no multi-touch support) with the touchscreen is a joy, making this one of the best traditionally shaped handset we’ve come across for web use.The web browsing experience is also boosted by the fact that not only does the phone have HSDPA support (at speeds of up to 10.2Mbps), but it also has Wi-Fi onboard, which is ideal for use around the home or office. Naturally, there’s also Bluetooth 2.1 onboard so you can pair it with other phones or use it with a set of Bluetooth stereo headphones. As with most Nokia’s the call quality was first rate with the earpiece and mic delivering crisp and clear audio. One of the key selling points for this style of phone over a more feature-rich smartphone is battery life and here it doesn’t disappoint. We got around three and a half days from it before it needed a recharge.

The phone uses the standard Series 40 music player, which looks a little bit dated but is easy to use. Music is sorted into the usual artist, album, genre and playlist categories so it’s very straightforward to find the tracks you want to play. You can create playlists on the go and there’s a five-band graphics equaliser to give you a bit of control over the audio output. The audio quality from the standard 3.5mm jack is good, but the supplied headphones are rather poor with their weedy bass response and scratchy mid-range frequencies. As with most Nokia handsets, there's an FM tuner that is accessed via the same Music menu as the audio player.

Unfortunately, the camera isn’t all that impressive. Although it has a 5-megapixel resolution, shots are lacking in sharpness and detail - we’ve seen quite a few 3-megapixel snappers on phones from other manufacturers that outperformed it in terms of overall picture quality. It does have a flash to help it out when it’s working indoors, but this is a simple LED one that lends an unnatural blue-ish tone to photos.

Nokia X7 Review

The Nokia X7 is the latest offering in the company's soon-to-be-extinct Symbian smart-phone range. Its gorgeous appearance and great build quality ensure a positive first impression, but they also mask some serious issues with the internal technology and software.
The X7 is available for free on a monthly contract for around £30. If you want to pick up the phone SIM-free, expect to hand over around £350.

Build quality

If looks could kill, the X7 would be responsible for quite a few fatalities. The sleek metal casing and futuristic, angular styling are pretty exciting when you consider that most other phone makers seem content to just copy each other's ideas.
The cool grilles situated on each corner of the X7's front look like they belong on a high-performance sports car, and the brushed-metal back gives the handset a premium feel that even the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S2 struggle to provide.
Nokia is famed for producing devices with solid build quality, and the X7 continues this tradition. It feels as solid as a rock, and refuses to emit a single creak no matter how hard you grip its casing.

Size and weight

At just under 12mm thick, the X7 isn't the thinnest smart phone we've seen, but it won't create a massive bulge in your pocket either. At 146g, you're not going to be able to carry it around in your trousers without knowing about it.
Not every aspect of the X7's design is pleasing. There's no way of replacing the battery, which means you can't purchase an additional power cell for those long trips away from home.
The solid casing also means that Nokia has had to resort to somewhat unusual methods for inserting and removing the SIM and microSD cards. These slot into the left-hand side of the X7 via removable compartments, but the extraction process is incredibly fiddly. It also feels as if the compartments themselves could snap if you use too much force.

AMOLED screen

The X7's 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen is gorgeous, but it lags behind the more recent Super AMOLED Plus variant seen on the Galaxy S2. The resolution of 360x640 pixels is also slightly disappointing, especially when you consider the phone is a top-of-the-range handset. Even the ageing HTC Desire manages a resolution of 480x800 pixels, albeit on a slightly smaller display.
The capacitive touchscreen is reinforced by toughened Gorilla Glass. It supports multi-touch commands, such as pinch to zoom.

Symbian Anna

It's common knowledge that Nokia is putting its much-lamented Symbian OS out to pasture this year, in favour of using Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. That effectively makes the X7, which runs Symbian Anna, the latest version of the OS, something of a dead end.
Symbian may have undergone some alterations to bring it in line with Android and Apple's iOS, but it still lags behind those two market-leading operating systems by some margin. While it gets some stuff right -- such as active home-screen widgets, revised icon grids and integration with Nokia's Ovi Store for downloads -- much of the basic functionality is highly suspect.

Processor

Just navigating the X7's menu system can be a chore, thanks to the slovenly nature of the phone's 680MHz processor. With rival phones such as the HTC Sensation and LG Optimus 2X running dual-core CPUs, it's hard to justify putting such a slow chip inside the X7.
The lack of muscle affects almost every activity you can think of -- be it playing a 3D game, watching a video or even just moving between applications. If you intend to use the X7 to the fullest of its capabilities, you'd best get used to seeing the omnipresent loading symbol.

Camera

High-resolution cameras are another Nokia trademark, and the X7 boasts one with an impressive 8-megapixel sensor. It's a fixed-focus lens, so macro shots are out of the question, but it handles everything else with ease. It's also capable of recording video in 720p high definition.

Storage and connectivity

With an 8GB microSD card included in the box, the X7 offers enough storage space to keep a modest user happy. If you're looking to pump lots of music, videos and photos onto the device, you'll want to bolster the storage space with a larger card. The X7 supports microSD cards of up to 32GB in size.
The X7 is pretty well equipped when it comes to wireless connectivity. HSPA support allows you to download data using a 3G signal, while 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi is on hand for those times when you're in reach of a hotspot.

Web browsing

Web browsing on the handset is decent enough, but the experience falls short of that offered by many Android devices and the iPhone. Adobe Flash Lite is supported, but content doesn't always display smoothly. On the plus side, the pinch-to-zoom multi-touch gesture can be used to zoom into Web pages, making it easier to digest large amounts of text.

Battery

The X7's 1,200mAh battery is claimed to offer up to 450 hours of standby time on a 3G network, but, with modest use, you can expect that figure to be much lower. We got just over a day out of the phone, although we were arguably pushing it to its limits. Used sparingly, we dare say the X7 would last longer.

Conclusion

With the first Windows Phone-powered Nokia just around the corner, you'd have to be a pretty devoted supporter of the Finnish firm to get really excited about the X7. While its design is eye-catching and build quality remarkable, what's under the bonnet is somewhat less enticing.
Symbian Anna just isn't up to scratch, and the low-spec CPU puts the X7 in the same power class as budget Android phones like the LG Optimus Me and Samsung Galaxy Mini. When you consider that Nokia is asking substantially more for this device, such mediocre tech is unforgivable.

Nokia C2 Review

Dual-SIM is usually the domain of no-name brands, and the few models signed by top makers are well worth a look. Because when you need to make a lot of calls on a shoestring, nothing beats the likes of the Nokia C2-00.

The Nokia C2-00 seems like a mid-range phone from the nineties at first, but this modest handset actually makes a lot of sense, and use. Being a dual-SIM, dual-standby phone is the obvious highlight: you can have two active phone lines in the same device.
Better still, the second SIM card is easily hot-swappable through a side-mounted slot, so you can juggle multiple SIM cards with relative ease. You also get support for large microSD cards so the C2-00 can double as a music player or an FM radio with recording capabilities (in some markets). Plus, the loudspeaker is extra loud on this one.
There's no hiding that the Nokia C2-00 is a cheap phone - the camera is as basic as they get. But instead of putting fancy disguises, Nokia went ahead and added some features to make the C2-00 even more helpful. Here's what you get.

Key features

• Entry level dual-SIM, dual-standby phone with decent features
• Dual-band GSM/EDGE connectivity
• Hot-swappable second SIM
• 1.8" 65K-color 128x160 TFT display
• Series 40 UI, 6th edition
• Fixed-focus VGA camera
• QCIF video recording @ 10fps
• Nokia Messaging and Ovi Chat
• Stereo FM radio with RDS; broadcast recording (in some markets)
• Bluetooth 2.1 (with EDR)
• Standard microUSB port
• microSD card slot (32GB supported)
• 3.5mm audio jack

Main disadvantages

• No quad-band or 3G connectivity for either SIM card
• Doesn’t charge off its USB port
• Very basic camera with subpar image quality
• No smart dialing
• Miserable display (viewing angles are slim at best)
• No flashlight (just kidding)

The Nokia C2-00 software package offers extras such as an Expense Manager app - a relevant addition to a budget-minded phone. There's also an English-Chinese dictionary built-in (this feature is region dependant) and an app that will give you tips on how to use the phone.
Hardly impressive to a smartphone owner, those are just the type of things that can add value to a handset meant for emerging markets.

Nokia N8 Review

Introduction

We’ve come to take Nokia for granted in the low end or the business class but it seems it has lost the knack for killer phones, run out of royal blood. It’s up to the Nseries to fix it all up. The Nokia N8 may just turn out to be the right cure. With that kind of hardware, it’s a smartphone you’d be mad to ignore. For a change we are not talking netbook-grade processing power or loads of RAM. Nokia have instead given their flagship an industry-leading camera and stuff like HDMI port and USB-On-the-Go.

The Finnish engineers often like to make a point about Symbian being the most resource-effective OS. We’ve seen it run reasonably fast indeed on even slower CPUs. This time though it’s Symbian ^3, so we’ll have to see it again to believe it.

Key features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• Penta-band 3G with 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
• Sleek anodized aluminum unibody
• 3.5" 16M-color AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
• 12 megapixel autofocus camera with xenon flash and 720p@25fps video recording
• Camera features: large 1/1.83” camera sensor, mechanical shutter, ND filter, geo-tagging, face detection
• Symbian^3 OS
• 680 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 256 MB RAM
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• microHDMI port for 720p TV-out functionality
• GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation
• Digital compass
• 16GB on-board storage, expandable through the microSD card slot
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• DivX and XviD video support
• Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM Radio with RDS, FM transmitter
• microUSB port with USB On-the-go support
• Flash and Java support for the web browser
• Stereo Bluetooth 3.0
• Nice audio reproduction quality
• Smart and voice dialing
• Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display

Main disadvantages

• Symbian^3 is still behind Android and iOS usability standards
• No video light
• Camera interface is decidedly outdated
• Relatively limited 3rd party software availability
• No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
• Video player has some issues
• Battery life is not on par with best in the business
• Battery is not user-replaceable

There’s certainly a lot of pressure on the Nokia N8. People are probably expecting more from it than the very guys who designed it. But the N8 was never meant to compete with the iPhone 4 or the Galaxy S. At least, that’s what Nokia will gladly have you believe.
You see, with the Nokia N8 it’s not about who the competition is. Not about the business benefits of a smartphone, not about the available apps. It’s about the best camera in the business. Now, we’ll have to see about that. Again.