Nokia E61
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- meriana
- uSW
- 06 Mar 2009
I have been using the phone for 1 week now
and I am satisfied with some progress in using the E61 and its features.
Wifi Is Fantastic!
Screen is superb!
I can tell you, It will only READ 2GB Card
Im using 2GB Micro SD and used a MINI SD converter
Works fine, but When I plug in the 4GB Micro SD into the Converter,
the phone reads, Memory currupted..
And so with the videos I want inside my phone
I converted VIDEOS to 3gp forma to fit in the 2GB
and it took me a while but I have saved 4 full length MOVIES!
To save more Memory,
I CONVERTED the videos from 320x240 to 160x120
and believe me
the movies still worked just fine and it still filled the sreen very well!
Superb!!!
I love this phone!!!!!
Good luck guys and enjoy movies WIFI internet browsing and communicating with this phone!!
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- Newton Leonardo
- txI
- 06 Mar 2009
Raghu, 06 Mar 2009Thanks Newton for your detailed review... Quick Q - I know ... morei tried .avi before, it's not working :P. but 3gp is work very well but the quality of 3gp could make people who watch movies on E61 cry.. i'm watching all my videos all in mp4 format (be sure to convert them to fit the screen 240x320 pixels) each mp4 is about 27mb to 30mb size for 2hours' usual dvd movie. and the quality is superb both for fps and the sound. (tips: convert to 29.97 frame per second for best watching experience). oh btw, if u own this unit and wants to fit a wallpaper, the TRUE size of wallpaper fitted on the screen maximum should be 320X200 pixels landscape mode. hope this helps :)
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- Raghu
- utr
- 06 Mar 2009
Newton Leonardo, 05 Mar 2009This is my review in 2008, just for a reminder.. hope this ... moreThanks Newton for your detailed review... Quick Q - I know the max memory possible is 2GB... is it possible to store ".avi" files in it and watch on the phone?... most movies are in the 700-900MB range, so I was wondering if these can be watched....
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- Newton Leonardo
- txE
- 05 Mar 2009
This is my review in 2008, just for a reminder.. hope this could helps people who wants to own this phone in future.
Pros:
+ superb voice clarity during calls
+ very good signal reception everywhere
+ great comfortable thin design
+ good full-fuctional qwerty keyboard
+ good & realible phonebook
+ useful 64mb internal memory with around 46,5mb ram always available in standby
+ fast writing speed in message or notes, no lag
+ great display quality
+ software compitability with other Nokia official themes of Eseries & Nseries making the phone's menu interface always look new (this is a very good mark, by the way)
+ fast menu interface of the symbian OS
+ complete kinds of feature & connection such pop-portUSB, IrDa, Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wlan, Modem, PTT (the last one is totally useless)
+ great internet browser plus wifi
+ nice and user-friendly mp3 player
+ very good music quality using original Nokia HS-23 handsfree set (found in-box with N80 or others)
+ editable equaliser for optimal good sound experience
+ remakable speed even using 2gb card (I'm using original Nokia miniSD)
+ great build quality, steel bodyparts/ cover. NOT PLASTIC like ordinary phone.
+ very good battery life.
Cons:
- no camera (yes - business needs camera)
- so sadly, no radio with RDS
- slow java (.jar games / application)
- slow message reading ..IF.. using memory card as the default sms storage
- joystick, not as friendly as Dpad
- only one minute voice recording available as default (don't talk about 3rd party software-this still a loss)
- not even standard repeat alarm available
- keyboard needs to be improved for maximum ease of use (straight example; while driving - even it's so unsafe using ANY phone, actually)
- disastrous & unrecognisable sound / ringtone / music quality when using maximum volume via loudspeaker (this one is a serious drawback of otherwise good phone)
- pop-port connector, not miniUSB
- no standard 3,5mm audio jack (oh well, at least 2,5mm will do!)
- not ergonomic sim card bed (this issue may only occur for people who changes their simcards often, it's not really matters actually)
- miniSD access possible only if you remove the battery cover first.
Now the thing is about this, the Eseries born kind of 'all-business' thing, so they were meant to keep most secret valueable datas of the user very carefull, that means the storage (memory card) are designed to be located hidden under battery cover for maximum protection. But still, if you own this unit of E serie and if you keep confidental data on it, will you ever let anyone touch your phone from the first place? If anyone really wants your data they will just go (steal) for the phone, instead of the memory card only.
note:
1. I don't miss a secondary videocall camera, but adding it will make it compelete of course.
2. I know some of the above-mentioned cons are covered with the update model of E61i, but some things are just stand for itself. Like this unit, i just won't exchange it for E61i just because of minor issues above. Hope u get what i mean.
cheers folks :)
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- Newton Leonardo
- txE
- 05 Mar 2009
buy E61. u will love it. i'm using it from early 2006. no other device come close to this unit. it is a lovely smart monster. it can swallow almost any program sis/ jar applications/ games that available everywhere. and wifi? WELL.. THE WLAN IS THE BEST FEATURE FROM E61.. then next best thing is the quality display. (no point talk about cam here as u know wat i mean :D)
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- Raghu
- utr
- 05 Mar 2009
Sara, 09 Oct 2008How would u compare e61 & BB8820 and why. Hi Sara... I have the same Q.. i didnt c anyone respond.. which is a better buy, the Nokia E61, or the BB 8800?.. the Ne61 has a limit of 2GB memory card, i a bulkier phone than the sleek BB.. but the BB8800 does not have a Wi-fi....... THe way I see it is that if a consumer is looking for a Business phone with focus on office emails, etc and not much of "consumer-related fun elements" in the phone (read videos, multimedia, games etc) .... then nothing comes close to the stability of a BB...but a Nokia will give a good feel of all the fun-related elements with the Business features as the extra feature (it can also have BB connectivity)....... trust this helps.... I think I will go buy the e61 from eBay.....
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- Newton Leonardo
- txE
- 04 Mar 2009
it cannot support 4gb micro sdhc. i tried with adapter (microsd to minisd) but the phone simply cannot read the card. then i tried the memeory card to n82 and it work seamlessly. so this unit support up to 2gb only. and i'm using it right now from ori nokia card 2gb. it's not enough though
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- Anonymous
- Uq4
- 28 Feb 2009
I am using this phone for last 2years. But no firmware upgrade in 2007/8. There are some issues to resolve them like EDGE connectivity, Memory card response, Low RAM etc.............
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- pretty shannah
- GAd
- 27 Feb 2009
this is ugly phone dont try this, see no camera at all as in absolutely ewwww ewwww :(
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- Qaddas
- ji{
- 23 Feb 2009
Now update and refresh e61 catalogs and download nokia internet radio apps
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- Anonymous
- i%s
- 20 Feb 2009
Farooq A. Khwaja, 14 Feb 2009Hi guys. I'm using e61 its amazing. My question is that ... moreI have a different Nokia phone, but I setup multiple reminders through the calendar function. One calendar note for each time period needed, then tell calendar to repeat the event.I had a hard time keeping track of my grandkids school times, gymnastics, and other schedules. (They live with me.) My calendar allows you to copy events from one day to another day. I entered all the events on Monday, told calendar to repeat every Monday, then copied these events to the other days of the week. You can also put scheduled events in your to-do list with an alarm. These can then be copied to the calendar, from your to-do list. Hope this helps. Best wishes and good luck. Robb
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- Farooq A. Khwaja
- t@E
- 14 Feb 2009
Hi guys. I'm using e61 its amazing.
My question is that I want my cellphone to ring a reminder,multiple times a day, everyday at the same time. It happens only for the current day, but I want it to be continuous. Anyone could help me with this please? Would be very nice !
thanks
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- Qaddas
- ji{
- 10 Feb 2009
Anonymous, 29 Aug 2008E61 does not have EDGE but E50/E61i have. How to activate E... moreYou are wrong man. Actually this phone has EDGE connectivity but at the phone screen ikon didn't show the letter E that usually appears in many nokia model. For verification you could refer to user guide manual book or could be downloaded at nokia website as pdf file.
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- Qaddas
- ji{
- 10 Feb 2009
ruki, 09 Feb 2009assalamualaikum what is the different between e61i and 161... moreThe difference in e61i is having a camera, some of keypad, back cover, type size of memory card used. Proccesor speed still the same.
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- Qaddas
- ji{
- 10 Feb 2009
ruki, 09 Feb 2009assalamualaikum what is the different between e61i and 161... moreThe difference in e61i is having a camera, some of keypad and back cover. Proccesor speed still same.
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- ruki
- Cdq
- 09 Feb 2009
assalamualaikum
what is the different between e61i and 161?
thank you
- Q
- Qaddas
- ji{
- 09 Feb 2009
E61 is Better than new e63 esspecially for its large viewing web page browsing, comfortable large qwerty keyboard, and good 3G reception in poor coverage area. Recently i have e63 but then i'd switched back to e61. Only i miss is the internet radio and camera in e63.
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- kljoki
- mxp
- 07 Feb 2009
Do NOT buy !
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good phone but
after 1 year stoped working
keyboard contacts corroded
unreparabile
Now I can trash more than 300 euro.
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- Anonymous
- U2}
- 25 Jan 2009
Saurabh, 14 Jan 2009can I connect my phone to wi-fi to surf internet. I have wi... moreyes you can
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- Rosco
- Nat
- 23 Jan 2009
Saurabh, 14 Jan 2009can I connect my phone to wi-fi to surf internet. I have wi... moreYou can connect the phone to your wifi at home. I currently do it when installing applications. I have problems installing a few apps via 3G off the internet, but when i change the connection to wifi it installs first time.