The Nokia E71 thread

I was new to qwerty phones when I got my E71. First off I find typing on it's keyboard MUCH nicer than typing with a regular phone keypad. I remember when I needed to type long messages on my old phones, I'd be exhausted after... no such frustration with E71's qwerty.

The key's are rounded so it's quite managable to type even with blunt finger tips. I find that I use a combination of finger nails (you don't need long nails), side edges of finger tips and just blunt finger tips. Works fine and comfortable to type on, but of course I'd rather use my computer.

I never type with both hands... not necessary. I actually use just my right thumb 90% of the time.

I can't imagine a qwerty smaller than this but it works fine.

ed: only thing that can be perhaps a bit annoying is shifting between caps and numbers/letters, but I think that's designed as well as it could be. Still better than a keypad.
 
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It took me a while to get used to the keyboard on the E71 so don't expect to be typing turbo from the off. When you get used to it though it's a dream to use.

Even though I've tried all the browsers available for the E71, I think i've been spoilt by the iPhone's browser. Completely different kettle of fish I know but still.
 
Thanks for the insight guys :) Is it comfortable/practical to write messages on it with just one hand? Or is two handed the way to go for qwerty
 
I never use two hands, just one thumb :) And I don't even use predictive text.

So aside from typing being obviously slower than a full keyboard it's not tiring (like with long messages on a keypad)... but still much faster than a keypad of course.

I've tried two hands (or two thumbs rather), but I find that then my two thumbs block the keyboard visually too much... so one thumb is better.

For some reason it initially took my eyes a couple of days to adjust to looking at such a small qwerty... I'd search for letters and then think "duh it's a qwerty".
 
I've been using the E71 for a while, and typing on it is nearly as fast as typing on a T9 keypad with predictive text. The risk you run with the E71 is accidently hitting the wrong key since they are so tiny.

I would love to see a video of someone who thinks typing on the E71 is faster than a T9 keypad... they must be ultra slow on the T9 if that's the case!
 
mrochester said:
I would love to see a video of someone who thinks typing on the E71 is faster than a T9 keypad... they must be ultra slow on the T9 if that's the case!
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Try typing in a URL or a non-dictionary word with T9. There's not much difference when typing standard words but QWERTY is so much faster for non-dictionary terms.
 
Thanks to those that suggested the gabb theme for the E71. Makes it look 100% times better!

As a user of both the E71 and the Nokia N95 8GB - I prefer the E71 by miles!
 
eidolon said:
The E71 has been out a while now hasn't it? Anyone know if it's due a replacement any time soon?
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The rumoured 'E72' turned out to be the E63, i.e. cut down version of the E71. Also supposedly spotted has been the 'E75' which seems to be a QWERTY-slider, a la HTC Touch Pro
 
eidolon said:
The E71 has been out a while now hasn't it? Anyone know if it's due a replacement any time soon?
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I figured that going to the Finnish website would yield the latest upcoming models and found the E63. Didn't see it on the English speaking websites that I checked (.com and .co.uk sites).

Looks just like the E71 except for the color scheme.

ed: Look at the back and side views and you see that it's physically different: the E63

ed2: Tried to make some sense of the features list and noticed the E63 camera is only 2 mpix
 
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This phone is positioned in against the blackberry bold but without blackberry connect, it is next to uselses. Mail4Exchange is pants, drains the battery like anything and costs you a fortune when roaming (unlike blackberry which includes international roaming).

I can never understand why no one has yet come up with a package as good as BES. How hard could it be?
 
GreatWaves said:
I figured that going to the Finnish website would yield the latest upcoming models and found the E63. Didn't see it on the English speaking websites that I checked (.com and .co.uk sites).

Looks just like the E71 except for the color scheme.
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The E63 is a cheaper version of the E71. It's got a lower MP camera and comes with UMTS rather than HSDPA.
 
So whats the verdict on this phone guys?

I can get it free on my upgrade and its the stand out phone. All reviews of it look great and I'm getting convinced by it.
 
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