MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - BlackBerry-like Nokia E61 previewed

Colin Dunstan · 12-07-2005, 12:57 PM

You knew it was only a matter of time until those Finns figured out a way to release their own BlackBerry device. Rafe sent word in that All About Symbian had a first look at the Nokia E61, a Symbian OS 9.1 smartphone equipped with a 240x320 display, WiFi, GPRS, 3G connectivity and a mini-SD slot (uh, no Bluetooth though).

The E61, I think, finally crosses the line between smartphone and PDA. Whether companies and sites are going to pigeonhole the E61 as a super smartphone or a PDA with a phone attached is immaterial. What we have here is a portable computer, which has a huge range of built-in applications and can be extended by third party developers -Nokia are no longer simply a phone manufacturer.

Save the trip to your local cellphone dealer - it ain't going to be out before early spring next year.

12-07-2005, 12:57 PM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	BlackBerry-like Nokia E61 previewed You knew it was only a matter of time until those Finns figured out a way to release their own BlackBerry device. Rafe sent word in that All About Symbian had a first look at the Nokia E61, a Symbian OS 9.1 smartphone equipped with a 240x320 display, WiFi, GPRS, 3G connectivity and a mini-SD slot (uh, no Bluetooth though). The E61, I think, finally crosses the line between smartphone and PDA. Whether companies and sites are going to pigeonhole the E61 as a super smartphone or a PDA with a phone attached is immaterial. What we have here is a portable computer, which has a huge range of built-in applications and can be extended by third party developers -Nokia are no longer simply a phone manufacturer. Save the trip to your local cellphone dealer - it ain't going to be out before early spring next year.