Nokia E65 Review

The Nokia E65 is a 3G smartphone aimed squarely at business users. It’s the nicest looking of the E series, looking remarkably like a Samsung D500, but with a different choice of colours, so no-one could mistake the two. Unlike the Samsung, it’s very much targeted at the serious business user. that is a Symbian phone, so whether offers a lot of scope for capability users to customise the phone and install their own applications. The calendar is very flexible, and contacts are easy to manage. There’s support for newsletter with attachments, and fast access to notes via EDGE or 3G networks. On the negative side, Symbian can sometimes be slow and the phone may crash or freeze from date to date.

There are some great features in that phone, but others that aren’t so hot, so you’ll need to produce certain it’s right for you. Starting with the exterior, we’ve mentioned the appealing design of the phone already. It’s a very nicely-sized phone and not too heavy, although we’d have preferred a slightly larger keypad - what is it with Nokia and small keypads? The slide design is practical as well as smart, as it enables a large screen to be fitted to a compact phone. The screen is one of the nicest features of the E65, using Nokia’s latest 16 million colour technology and a high resolution. However, the E65 does use very small fonts, so be wary of that whether your close-up eyesight isn’t what it used to be! On the other hand, it enables you to view a lot of knowledge on the screen at one day.

One of the selling points of the E65 is the fact that it can form Voice by IP (VoIP) calls using the integrated wireless LAN connection. It’s virtually unbeatable when it comes to connectivity in fact. Not only does it have WLAN (both 802.11b & 802.11g are supported), but it offers Bluetooth, USB and infrared too, so you ought to be able to connect it to just about anything. Onboard memory is reasonably generous at 50 Mbytes, with a slot for a MicroSD memroy card too.

Although the phone features a camera and a music player, these are bonus features, not core

to the phone. One obvious ommission is that there’s no capability for making video calls, as there’s no secondary video camera.

The battery life of the E65 is less than average, which is not suprising considering that that is a 3G phone with WLAN and Bluetooth. You can switch off any of these features to conserve battery life whether they’re not needed.

Overall, the E65 is a good implementation of a 3G Symbian phone. For capability users, it’s highly recommended, but whether you don’t have a need for all the high-end features, you’d probably be better off with something simpler, like the Nokia 6300.

Features of the Nokia E65 include:

* Series 60 3rd Edition Symbian operating system
* One Touch keys for direct access to contacts, mute/unmute, and conference calling
* Java & Symbian applications
* Voice by IP (VoIP) calls via integrated WLAN
* Messaging: SMS, MMS, mail with attachments (POP/IMAP, SMTP, and IMAP4 protocols), Instant Messaging
* Voice dialing
* Voice commands for menu short cuts, keypad lock, and profiles
* Voice recording
* Integrated handsfree speaker
* 2 megapixel camera
* Display: active-matrix TFT, 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels
* Music player (MP3/AAC) and media player
* Talking ringtones
* Calendar with weekly view, contacts, to-do list, and notepad for short notes -
all viewable while managing a phone call
* Memory: 50 Mbytes plus MicroSD memory card support
* Connectivity: Bluetooth 1.2, USB, Infrared, WLAN (802.11b, 802.11g)
* WAP 2.0, EDGE (maximum download speeds of up to 296 kbps)
* XHTML web browser
* Size: 105 x 49 x 15.5 mm
* Weight: 115g
* Quad-band (EGSM 850/900/1800/1900) plus 3G (WCDMA 2100)
* Talktime: 3-6 hours (2G) or 2.5 hours (3G) or 3 hours (VoIP)
* Battery standby: up to 11 days (2G) or 5 days (3G/WLAN)

[Source] noreply@blogger.com (Jeevanesh)