Sunday, September 28, 2008

Nokia E71 and its Smaller Friend the Nokia E66

Both the Nokia E71 and the Nokia E66 boast the finest quality craftsmanship from Nokia. Here we have two very stylish smartphones that have WiFi, auto-focus camera and GPS. The Nokia E71 has a full QWERTY keypad and feels somewhat like a blackberry in its design. The Nokia E66 is probably a better option for those not so inclined to texting.

Quick Review of the Nokia E71
The Good:
  • Fantastic long battery life
  • QWERTY keyboard device rivals that of the Blackberry
  • Amazing build quality with and elegant design
  • WiFi
  • Landscapes screen
  • Excellent web browser and easy email setup
  • Can run many apps at the same time
  • HSDPA connectivity
  • GPS
  • Great document support

The Bad:
  • The web browser can crash with full Flash playback
  • Camera could be much better, very grainy
  • Weak slow GPS
  • Smudges easily
  • Cannot charge battery via USB
  • Does not have a 3.5mm headphone jack



Quick Review Nokia E66:
The Good:
  • Complete support for US frequency bands, including 3G with HSDPA 3.6Mbps
  • Sturdy solid quality
  • Beautiful stylish design, thin phone in a stainless steel casing
  • Symbian 9.2 OS
  • Bluetooth
  • WiFi
  • GPS
  • FM radio
  • MP3 player

The Bad:
  • No QWERTY keypad
  • Average reception
  • Mediocre camera
  • FM without RDS
  • No office document editing available




Tuesday, September 23, 2008

LG enV2 Quick Review

The LG enV2 is compact, stylish and graceful. This latest maroon handset provides a music player, Bluetooth Stereo support, 2.0-megapixel camera, camcorder, a full QWERTY keyboard, QVGA main display, EVDO data and microSD memory card slot.


The Good:
The LGenV2 is fantastic for talking and texting. It has a big keyboard that is easy to use, so all of you out there who don't like using predictive text this is your ideal cell phone. It has an excellent call quality and a bright dual display.

The Bad:
The LGenV2 has a small external display, mediocre photo quality and streaming video display. Limited web browser and AIM client and the text messages are not threaded.