Updated 13 Feb, 2012, 6:30 pm IST

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Nokia E61

23 Nov, 2006, 6:53 pm IST | Aalaap Ghag | Smartphones

Operating System / User Interface
The E61 is a Nokia Smartphone, so obviously it runs Symbian OS 9.1 Series 60. The new Nokias all run Series 60 3rd Edition, and so does the E61. Traditionally, Series 60 is extremely slow and I hate to use it on the N70 or even the N80, but the 235MHZ TI OMAP processor on the E61 boosts Series 60 to near-Windows Mobile Smartphone speeds. This is the first time in years (after the refreshing 6630 speed) that I’ve felt good about using S60.

The phone comes loaded with an office document/spreadsheet/presentation viewer and editor, a Wireless Village Instant Messaging client, a SIP VoIP client as well. There is also a whole lot of downloadable software and themes available on third party sites such as http://www.e-series.org. There are no games preloaded, but you can download Tiger Woods Golf and tee off.

Email and Web
Email is what this phone is about and you have an array of options here—Mail for Exchange, BlackBerry Connect and your standard IMAP4/POP3 email. We had some issues with using Mail for Exchange out of the box—turns out it needed a firmware update and that was solved. Reading and writing email and SMS messages on the E61 is a productive experience.

Browsing the web is so much more natural on the 4:3 aspect ratio screen on the E61 and the impressive Series 60 3rd Edition browser only makes things better. The entire page appears formatted and you can zoom in to areas for a closer look. You can also control the 'mouse cursor' using the navigation stick.

Multimedia
The E61, being a business phone, doesn’t sport a digital camera as many work places have now put a restriction on that. But otherwise, the E61 is quite feature packed in this department—MP3/AAC playback, 3GP/MPEG-4 video playback, Real media and Flash as well. The quality if the audio is quite good, but it’s a shame there’s no way to use your own headphones—the Pop port on the E61 restricts you to the headset that comes with it. The only other thing missing in the E61 is an FM radio tuner.

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