Focusing on the E71's multimedia performance

Excellent review concept.

Too good a review. I've now decided it would be a downgrade to my n95-3. Thanks very much. lol. But seriously it is a good review that has singled out the things i would miss in my n95 namely the better camera, multimedia, games and music services.

Video cam still seems pretty good even though it's ~15PFS @ QVGA.

I don't see USB transfer speed being a problem People who want fast transfers will simply use a memory card reader on their PC's.

Camera is not great but we can't have everything. With the device being so thin probably limits what optics can used.

Nokia please give me a proto so I can play with until release. lol

You probably can't test but I'll ask anyway what is video playback like with coreplayer especially native divx/xvid files?

Yes, excellent review Steve.
As I heard that the E71 will come with a 3.2mp camera, I hoped for better optics also. But now, maybe I should wait if they will upgrade it next year to a E71i with better optics and media gallery ...

Still no gapless playback in music player?

In-depth add-on to an excellent review. But before the phone's release I was sure to buy it, now I sometimes think to wait for next E series release, with strong hope that next one will be almost perfect with better multimedea. The gap between E and N series is narrowing fast!

Re: Music player. Same as other S60 devices. So pauses between tracks etc. Not a problem for most people though...?

Re: Coreplayer - I asked the developers for a copy of the app to test and am awaiting a response.

Has anyone found a SIM-free E71 on sale in the UK? Expansys have them for preorder but �369.95 is rather steep - would like to see if anyone else is cheaper.

Gapless playback would be nice, but I don't know a lot of devices that have it - even some popular "standalone" music players don't. (Steve - it's a problem if you listen to music where the tracks lead into each other, such as a lot of classical music and some rock albums. It's pretty jarring to hear a click and a two second silence in what was supposed to be a smooth transition. Not a problem if you only use shuffle, of course, which I guess is the biggest music demographic.)

Hi Steve,

excellent review!!

Enjoyed reading it alot.

Are you able to say when your review of the E66 will be available?
Cause thats the device I'm particularly interested in.

Thanks in advance!

Greetings

Could you please do a similar review for the E51?

You would need to search far and wide for a microphone that wasn't effected by the wind. Maybe Nokia will come up with a fluffy E71 mic cover accessory...(",) !

can we get a camera modes screenshot? like

I really want to see that "close up" mode gone!

Eh? No, you've misunderstood how focussing works on these devices. All 'Close-up mode' does is start trying for a focus solution (max detail) at the closer end of the lens' range (and has an upper limit, while normal focussing starts at infinity and closes down to a lower limit etc) - there's no macro hardware that magically slides into place.

Focussing locks can normally be obtained on the likes of an N95 at 10cm - the E71 manages to lock at half that.

so the camera is just like the N78's?

I would totally trade an N95 for this -- without a qwerty it's really hard to use smartphones to their full extent. And the multimedia capabilties seems pretty good on the E71.

Hey steve,

How do the Bh-101 compare to the ultimate ears, i've been trying to decided between the 2.

Thanks

Business users need a business file system like JFFS2. The file system on S60 is not robust enough for business use. If Nokia wants to keep its proprietary Symbian OS, it should at least be running on top of a Unix kernel. Businesses need a BASH shell.

For now, the best solution may be to get some Krazy Glue, a Nokia N810 and a fashion phone with a camera and keyboard. By gluing the fashion phone to the N810, the command line will become fashionable and you will get a bonus camera, GPRS and one-handed keyboard.

Businesses need to deploy thousands of phones across the enterprise. That's a lot of Krazy Glue. They won't make that kind of investment unless the product is certified for business. Obtain certification here: Unix.org

IEEE POSIX Certification offers validation service for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface), Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 151-2. FIPS 151-2 adopts ISO/IEC 9945-1: 2003 (IEEE Std. 1003.1: 2001) Information Technology-Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX)-Part 1: System Application: Program Interface (API) [C Language].

>> And the multimedia capabilties seems pretty good on the E71.

Yes, though note that general graphics performance isn't that great - action games are a disappointment 8-)

>>How do the Bh-101 compare to the ultimate ears, i've been trying to decided between the 2.

Much prefer the BH-101 for sound quality, prefer UE for audio stability. The variations in pitch for A2DP drive me MAD.

>>Business users need a business file system like JFFS2. The file system on S60 is not robust enough for business use.

What a load of rubbish. I'm an IT professional and I've never even heard of JFFS2. Or of anyone or any business ever asking for it. Please stop trolling.

Hi, thx for both parts of your review. Im really interested in E71 but have some questions: What about geotagging? Ive just opened local version of manual and its not mentioned in camera section. And does it have LED under Dpad as mentioned in BGR review? Thx again

Yes, to geotagging, though you have to download the Location Tagger module separately.

And yes to d-pad light - the backlight 'breathes' in somewhat spooky fashion - apparently it breathes faster if you have messages waiting etc - I must try this out sometime rather than leaping in to read stuff!

Does it (bh101) vary in pitch whilst playing audio, that would be awkard, i'm a musician also.

Which UE do you have?

Cheers phin.

>>How do the Bh-101 compare to the ultimate ears, i've been trying to decided between the 2.

Much prefer the BH-101 for sound quality, prefer UE for audio stability. The variations in pitch for A2DP drive me MAD.

Speaking as someone who does not even take a camera on holiday with him I'm sure it will be more than enough for my needs. Its got to be an improvement over my E61.

Will you be doing a full review of the BH-101 Bluetooth stereo headset Steve?

Dear Mr. IT Professional, If you've never even heard of JFFS2. then you wouldn't know if it is a load of rubbish or not. I have heard of a business asking for it, funding it, manufacturing it and distributing it. The name of the business: Nokia.

If you are not qualified to write about technologies Nokia is developing for business, then you certainly shouldn't be blogging on them.

Dear Mr Pythonista,
if you knew how to read, you would have noticed that Steve did not say that JFFS2 was rubbish, he said that what you said was rubbish; not the same thing at all.

And unless I am much mistaken, this was a review of a mobile phone, not a debate about whether some particular file system is better than another one. And anyway, it is certainly not clear in what way the S60 file system is deficient and whether some as yet unheard of file system will be any better.

As Steve said, stop trolling and get a life...

How does WI-Fi antenna reception compare to other smartphones?

Excellent review 😃 You can def see the difference in cam quality over the N95, but its still more then acceptable for those cheeky shots when your out and about. This will def be my next upgrade in October.

What's the cheapest price of Nokia E71 phone in the US or the UK right now? I live in Pakistan and planning to buy one either from the US or UK before actually going to the UK in August.

Would it be fine, if I buy the phone from an American cell phone selling website and then take that phone to the UK? Would it work fine?

The reason why I don't prefer to buy this cell phone from the UK is that the ''Pound'' is very expensive. 1 pound = 135 Pakistani rupees; whereas 1 US dollar = 68.5 rupees only.

I would appreciate, if you could tell me some websites (American and English both) from where I could buy this phone on the cheapest price possible!

Thank you.

Hi,

I wonder if UPnP is supported by the E71?

Thanks,
T^2

Hello,

does the E71 features an n-band equalizer for music? Or is it just "boost bass" and "don't boost bass"?

Would you recommend the E71 as replacement for a standalone MP3-Player?

Regards,

JulianH