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Now some of you might have waited for my review on it.
Navigating thru the Symbian OS 9.1 and it is slow at times due to the underpowered processor it has and it's only 235 MHz. It also can be memory starved with built in 80 MB of RAM. It will use some of the memory from the flash card if you install a mini SD card which is ackwardly inside a battery cover. You have to remove the battery cover to access the flash memory slot. The qwerty keyboard feels rubbery and has very little travel when you press the key, even though it's not too bad. Sometimes, it can be hard to tell if I pressed the key for the text to appear on the screen. Navigating Symbian OS can be a little confusing at first but take time to understand it which is lot different from Windows Mobile or other OS offerings for the smartphones.
There is some weird settings for access points for connecting to the network that I never seen before that doesn't exist on the t-mobile sidekick series. AIM, Yahoo and MSN that is built in does not have many features and it is very basic. The sidekick has more features on the AIM client built in.
I installed Aigle Messenger trail version and found it not too happy with it because it keeps logging off at times and I could not find the settings for log off time settings, so it could be the cingular's firmware that crippled up the Nokia E62.
It's a nice little phone good for people who are busy and are almost never home or don't have time to be on the computer. It has many different e-mail options that you can use from this phone. You can use IMAP or POP3 settings to retreive e-mails from the ISP or web. There is no mobile e-mail option for it under cingular network like the blackberry do.
It has one of the best browser avialable on the phone with java 2.0 support, full HTML with features from Safari. You can view a full web page in a small screen by scrolling left and right, many of the webpages like Alldeaf looks exactly like you see on the desktop computer.
The address book is one of the weakest because you have to navigate to add, remove, change the settings and does not fit many of the text on the screen, either.
in overall, the phone is not for everyone. It is not really impressive for most regular users. I think blackberry and other qwerty phones may be a better choice than this phone. I believe Nokia is new to the smart phone market and this is probably why the E62 needs lots of improvement with the under the hood stuff like the operating system, faster processor, 3g or Wi-fi support (E61 has Wi-Fi) only in europe.
in addition, I hope Symbian will release the new version to help fix the memory hog and speed things up a little which I hear the OS version 9.5 will streamline things up.
Pros:
Web browser
e-mail support
good navigation
Cons:
slow
weak address book
no 3g or Wi-fi support
Navigating thru the Symbian OS 9.1 and it is slow at times due to the underpowered processor it has and it's only 235 MHz. It also can be memory starved with built in 80 MB of RAM. It will use some of the memory from the flash card if you install a mini SD card which is ackwardly inside a battery cover. You have to remove the battery cover to access the flash memory slot. The qwerty keyboard feels rubbery and has very little travel when you press the key, even though it's not too bad. Sometimes, it can be hard to tell if I pressed the key for the text to appear on the screen. Navigating Symbian OS can be a little confusing at first but take time to understand it which is lot different from Windows Mobile or other OS offerings for the smartphones.
There is some weird settings for access points for connecting to the network that I never seen before that doesn't exist on the t-mobile sidekick series. AIM, Yahoo and MSN that is built in does not have many features and it is very basic. The sidekick has more features on the AIM client built in.
I installed Aigle Messenger trail version and found it not too happy with it because it keeps logging off at times and I could not find the settings for log off time settings, so it could be the cingular's firmware that crippled up the Nokia E62.
It's a nice little phone good for people who are busy and are almost never home or don't have time to be on the computer. It has many different e-mail options that you can use from this phone. You can use IMAP or POP3 settings to retreive e-mails from the ISP or web. There is no mobile e-mail option for it under cingular network like the blackberry do.
It has one of the best browser avialable on the phone with java 2.0 support, full HTML with features from Safari. You can view a full web page in a small screen by scrolling left and right, many of the webpages like Alldeaf looks exactly like you see on the desktop computer.
The address book is one of the weakest because you have to navigate to add, remove, change the settings and does not fit many of the text on the screen, either.
in overall, the phone is not for everyone. It is not really impressive for most regular users. I think blackberry and other qwerty phones may be a better choice than this phone. I believe Nokia is new to the smart phone market and this is probably why the E62 needs lots of improvement with the under the hood stuff like the operating system, faster processor, 3g or Wi-fi support (E61 has Wi-Fi) only in europe.
in addition, I hope Symbian will release the new version to help fix the memory hog and speed things up a little which I hear the OS version 9.5 will streamline things up.
Pros:
Web browser
e-mail support
good navigation
Cons:
slow
weak address book
no 3g or Wi-fi support
