I felt the need for a business phone since I had to send and receive Client’s mails when on the move and also browse regularly. I wanted to pick up a Nokia Handset with blackberry compatibility. My obvious choice at the time of buying was Nokia E61i smart-phone as It has the Nokia standard features which make the navigation easy and also familiar. I bought my Nokia E61i cell phone for 16400 INR(approx 400$) after doing a thorough price check with many dealers. The Nokia E61i has a big 320×240 display which makes browsing much more comfortable on the eye.It also has other features like Blue-tooth, Wi-Fi, 3G, IR, QWERTY keyboard and Blackberry Compatibility. After using it for sometime now, I assure you this phone is absolute value for money.
Pros of Nokia E61i
- It looks professional with a wide screen appropriate for reading mails / browsing web.
- Battery backup is good with at least 2 – 3 days battery backup.
- Comes with a qwerty keyboard which makes life easy to send and receive sms, emails etc for someone who is used to the standard computer keyboards.
- Its Styling and Design is excellent coming with a metallic finish making it a lot more durable.
- Comes with useful utilities which are handy in day to day business use like world mate, PowerPoint presenter etc. You can always download free software from the web. I use Opera for Browsing which is very useful. Apart from its blackberry compatibility features, I have it hooked on to my gmail, and have a neat messenger utility which allows text chat on yahoo, msn, gtalk simultaneously integrated into one software. You can download software to view MS Office, Adobe PDF and any zip files.
- Superb Web interface with Edge or WiFi connectivity to give a laptop like Browsing Experience with complete HTML support. The other day I downloaded a 3rd party You-tube software for mobiles to watch videos and it worked great.
Cons of Nokia E61i
- Comes with 256 mb card by default.
- Sound and voice quality i feel is inferior compared to other cheaper Nokia Phones.
- Sometimes you would experience the phone being a bit slow when you open contacts, messaging applications etc. It takes a lot of time to Reboot.
- Does not have a built-in GPS navigation capability. We need an external GPS device for Nokia Maps while on the move.
- The snaps taken using the 2 Mega-pixel camera is not clear in the night mode as it does not have a flash. But the snaps taken in daylight are pretty good.
- There is no FM radio. Especially needed as memory card is of less storage.
- It is not shipped with a hands-free for both ears like the N-Series.
Nokia E61i GPRS Settings Vodafone Live
Below are 2 important steps that you need to perform to Start browsing using Vodafone live GPRS connection from your Nokia E61i Handset. These settings are applicable to Vodafone Postpaid Connection only.
1. Activate Vodafone Live
Send sms : ‘ACT VL’ to 111
You will get a message saying that it would be activated within 24 hours.
2. Configure GPRS Settings on your mobile
Send sms : ‘VL’ to 52586.
You will recieve the MMS & GPRS settings from Service Provider.
Select ‘Save’ from options to configure all settings.
Restart your phone. Now you are ready to browse with your Vodafone Live Connection
All in all an IDEAL Business Phone for the price you pay for it.
I agree that nokia is the market leader & its style,design & performance is unique. But this phone is absolutely not worth it as its size which is very difficult to hold is not quite handy.With this age of high end technology where the devise becomes much smaller with all available features this E61i is a failure.When we wear a denim trouser we have to make sure we leave the handset at home….all in all..waste of money & foolishness to buy…
Hello mr or miss Giri..have u ever used this E61i?? See, technology doesn’t mean to make devices smaller & this cell phone has much more admirable features that makes sense of its unusual large size..well,”Buying this cell is foolishness” sounds quite rediculous,doesn’t it?
I have this cell & its large size has never made me uncomfertable,not yet atleast.I adore it.it realy values the money i’v spent on it.I think u havn’t came across its magnificant features thats why u abused it.hav u got it??hav nice day.
Hello, I absolutely agree with Naitik. I have the previous version of E61 whitout camera. The size is the same, i’ve had it for about two years now on we are unseperately. I will never buy a normal size phone again. I know a lot of other phones that is simply foolishness to buy. E.N.
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