Well, yeah I decided to buy Nokia E71. Why?
My criteria were:
Wlan
Qwerty -keys
Somewhat large display
~ 200 euros in budget
Warranty at least for 3 months
Other phones witch I was considering were Iphone 2G, Nokia E62, and HTC. HTC phones were too expensive and to Iphone I wouldn't have had any warranty at all. New Nokia E62 would have been ~250 euros. It just about the maximum what I pay. It's basically the same phone than E71, but some things left off. I found an offer from N71 with 210 euros. So why E71?
Well I got 1 year warranty at it, and E71 has so many things that could be usable some day, or I'll miss they doesn't exist (specifications E62 vs E71 here). New E71 would have been something like 360 euros. With so much cheaper price and just everything I might need added, of course I took E71.
~MyLillian
9/8/09
Best applications to symbian phones
I recently bought Nokia N -series phone, N71. It seemed to be what I was looking for, wlan-connection, somewhat large screen and qwerty -keyboard (touchscreen would have been OK too). And now I got Knight Rider ring tone, which I have been dreaming for years, WOHOO!
So, what are the best applications to symbian phones, or in this case, best software applications to Nokia E71 (S60v3)?
Here's list of them:
Handy Shell
Handy Calendar
Handy Shopper
Handy Profiles
Best Timer
GPSed
Opera Mini
The Handy -software is made by Epocware, the company behind Nokia Communicator (S80) OS and development. Because of cutting expenses, the S80 OS is not further developed. Well, apparently these guys know how things should be done in smart-phones, so nowadays they make software for them.
Handy shell is a program what basically changes the main screen of the phone. In my E71 the basic view contains clock, some basic information about battery levels etc. and list of some applications. Handy shell gives you nicely customized main screen, what just have almost everything you need. It adds date, next alarm time, common used applications behind one keystroke, applications and settings to main screen and next calendar note. Now you can see next thing in your calendar without opening calendar! There's one thing that you won't get to Handy Shell, the To-Do list in main screen. It's quite shame. But it just takes one key press to be back in your normal main view, so I can stand it.
So, Handy Calendar. It has two things what really help you. In week view, calendar shows in small blue bars how much of your day has been booked already. The other thing is that when you make calendar appointment you can repeat it indefinitely (to year 2100). In basic E71 calendar these options were not available.
Handy Shopper! Make a shopping list. Enter product (there's many already written). Choose amount and enter all products and amounts. It's really quick. When shopping, you can mark products bought just by clicking. And afterward there's option to use the same shopping list again, or edit it or just make new one. It's really handy if paper and pen is too complicated or if you don't just remember everything.
Handy Profiles, just really useful application. Best part of this program is really timed profiles (what were included in earlier Nokia phones...) and profiles based on gps -coordinates. So you can time that your phone will be in silent mode whole time when you work, and automatically changes back to general when you exit by timing. Or easier, when phone is nearby job, it changes to silent, and when it exits, it turns back on general. Really superb application.
Best Timer is software by smartphoneware. It is set of eggtimers. Yeah, egg timers. Make for example an egg timer for dishing machine, and you'll know exactly how much time you have before you can eat from clean plates again. Of course it's possible to run simultaneously multiple timers.
GPSed is software for recording routes with gps navigation. What's the idea? Well, I use it when I just randomly take walk somewhere I haven't been before, and later on I can check where I have been. It's fun! And costs nothing, it's free.
Opera Mini. In my opinion N71 have good web browser. But Opera Mini has better control on surfing, it's easier to click links & navigate and you'll see the big picture of the site when it opens. It doesn't play flash though and N71 stores and detects more usernames/passwords than Opera Mini. But for basic surfing Opera Mini offers more flow.
I add more software when found or recommend. But for now, these should get you quite far if you have symbian S60v3 or S60v5 phone! : )
~ MyLillian
So, what are the best applications to symbian phones, or in this case, best software applications to Nokia E71 (S60v3)?
Here's list of them:
Handy Shell
Handy Calendar
Handy Shopper
Handy Profiles
Best Timer
GPSed
Opera Mini
The Handy -software is made by Epocware, the company behind Nokia Communicator (S80) OS and development. Because of cutting expenses, the S80 OS is not further developed. Well, apparently these guys know how things should be done in smart-phones, so nowadays they make software for them.
Handy shell is a program what basically changes the main screen of the phone. In my E71 the basic view contains clock, some basic information about battery levels etc. and list of some applications. Handy shell gives you nicely customized main screen, what just have almost everything you need. It adds date, next alarm time, common used applications behind one keystroke, applications and settings to main screen and next calendar note. Now you can see next thing in your calendar without opening calendar! There's one thing that you won't get to Handy Shell, the To-Do list in main screen. It's quite shame. But it just takes one key press to be back in your normal main view, so I can stand it.
So, Handy Calendar. It has two things what really help you. In week view, calendar shows in small blue bars how much of your day has been booked already. The other thing is that when you make calendar appointment you can repeat it indefinitely (to year 2100). In basic E71 calendar these options were not available.
Handy Shopper! Make a shopping list. Enter product (there's many already written). Choose amount and enter all products and amounts. It's really quick. When shopping, you can mark products bought just by clicking. And afterward there's option to use the same shopping list again, or edit it or just make new one. It's really handy if paper and pen is too complicated or if you don't just remember everything.
Handy Profiles, just really useful application. Best part of this program is really timed profiles (what were included in earlier Nokia phones...) and profiles based on gps -coordinates. So you can time that your phone will be in silent mode whole time when you work, and automatically changes back to general when you exit by timing. Or easier, when phone is nearby job, it changes to silent, and when it exits, it turns back on general. Really superb application.
Best Timer is software by smartphoneware. It is set of eggtimers. Yeah, egg timers. Make for example an egg timer for dishing machine, and you'll know exactly how much time you have before you can eat from clean plates again. Of course it's possible to run simultaneously multiple timers.
GPSed is software for recording routes with gps navigation. What's the idea? Well, I use it when I just randomly take walk somewhere I haven't been before, and later on I can check where I have been. It's fun! And costs nothing, it's free.
Opera Mini. In my opinion N71 have good web browser. But Opera Mini has better control on surfing, it's easier to click links & navigate and you'll see the big picture of the site when it opens. It doesn't play flash though and N71 stores and detects more usernames/passwords than Opera Mini. But for basic surfing Opera Mini offers more flow.
I add more software when found or recommend. But for now, these should get you quite far if you have symbian S60v3 or S60v5 phone! : )
~ MyLillian
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