Review of the Nokia E71

Joel Spolsky thinks the E71 is "the best phone I've every had" and that it is competitive with the iPhone 3G.

Comments

[kyle8]

interesting. I am on the verge of getting something, but nothing seems to match what I want. Which is a phone/web browser/mp3. But I want something with a large enough touchpad/keyboard that my weak eyes and fat fingers can handle.

This is infuriating, these thing keep getting smaller and smaller, no one seems to realize that there is a market for the not so small.

[Tom Hanna]

It looks like an updated version of the E62, which I bought about a month ahead of the original iPhone. The E62 is the best phone *and* the best PDA I've ever had, but lacks a camera. The E71 looks even better.

The E62 is the American version of the E61 - the only difference is that the E62 doesn't have WiFi. I think that AT&T didn't want people to use Skype and a data plan and a no minutes phone plan. There may be an E72 wandering around the US soon.

[Tom Hanna]

kyle8 - the keypad on the E62 is still definitely a thumb key pad, but it's reasonably large and is a full keyboard. There's also a full size bluetooth keyboard available. And no, I don't own stock in Nokia.