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.

Rafe · 12-07-2005, 01:13 PM

The device does support Bluetooth. Probably should have made it clearer that Infrared is in addition to Bluetooth (the point bing IR has been absent form some recent Symbian phones).

Colin Dunstan · 12-07-2005, 01:17 PM

Thanks Rafe, for a moment I was flabberghasted as to why someone would release a device without Bluetooth nowadays

iggypop · 01-26-2006, 04:24 PM

i think that the recent debate over text input for Blackberry is going to unfold soon, here is a link to an article on yahoo that i found. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051214/20051...65.html?.v%3D1

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.

12-07-2005, 01:13 PM	#2
Rafe Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2005	The device does support Bluetooth. Probably should have made it clearer that Infrared is in addition to Bluetooth (the point bing IR has been absent form some recent Symbian phones).

12-07-2005, 01:17 PM	#3
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	Thanks Rafe, for a moment I was flabberghasted as to why someone would release a device without Bluetooth nowadays

01-26-2006, 04:24 PM	#4
iggypop Banned Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: samsung	i think that the recent debate over text input for Blackberry is going to unfold soon, here is a link to an article on yahoo that i found. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/051214/20051...65.html?.v%3D1

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