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Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland’s capital Helsinki. Nokia is engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries, with 128,445 employees in 120 countries, sales in more than 150 countries and global annual revenue of EUR 50.7 billion and operating profit of 5.0 billion as of 2008.

It is the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile telephones. Nokia produces mobile devices for every major market segment and protocol, including GSM, CDMA, and W-CDMA (UMTS). Nokia offers Internet services that enable people to experience music, maps, media, messaging and games. Nokia’s subsidiary Nokia Siemens Networks produces telecommunications network equipment, solutions and services. The company is also engaged in providing digital map information through its wholly-owned subsidiary Navteq.

"Have had the E71 for about a week and so far I love the phone. I really did my research on smartphones before I made the decision to go with the E71.

Things I love about the phone:

-Operating system is very easy to use and the phone is very fast.
-Love the web browser, pages load quickly and clearly with vibrant color on both wifi and through ATT service
-Love the voice activated features on the phone which I am still learning about. I really like how the phone can read your text messages to you and how the phone will say the name of the person calling so if I am driving and it's somebody I don't want or need to talk to I don't even have to pick up my phone.
-The size of this phone is amazing with all of the features on this phone like the full QWERTY keyboard and large screen that it is so small. My company uses Blackberrys or Motorola and in comparing the build quality, size, and features they don't really come close to the E71. The Blackberry phones are bulky and have a very unimpressive, cheap plastic build. With the slim dimensions of the E71 this phone fits in my pocket easier and more comfortably than my old Motorola C139.
-Above all the call quality on the E71 is the best I have ever had in a cell phone and the sound quality is amazingly clear and reception is always good. I paired up my E71 with a Nokia bluetooth headset and even on Bluetooth and on the freeway people have commented that I don't even sounds like I am in a car with almost no background noise.

I researched just about all smartphone brands for about 2 months before purchasing the E71 so I want to also give my opinions on some of the common "dislikes" or "cons" about this phone from the reviews I have read or seen and provide my opinions:

- The phone is completely customizable which according to some reviews is good and bad. Bad if you are someone who isn't very "tech savvy" and good if you just want something like the IPHONE that is completely setup for you when you buy it. MY OPINION: I am not the most tech savvy person and with this being my first smartphone and scrolling through the different menus and setup screens I found the phone was very easy to setup the first day I got it. I like for example how there are multiple profiles you can setup for the E71 which include setups for ringtone, text tone, email tones, et cetera that you can program into a specific profile so if you are in a meeting and you need to silence your phone you can just switch to the "meeting" profile. With there being about 7 or 8 profiles you can setup, you can setup your phone to have a multitude of profiles depending on your setting. If you can't find an application or screen there is a handy help menu and you just simply type in what you are looking for and you get detailed instructions for either finding the application or setting it up. If you want to get back to the home screen, there is a home key that you click to get back to the home screen along with other handy keys next to the scroll key to get to commony used screens quickly. Conclusion: The phone is very easy to navigate and setup.

Non-standard 2.5mm headphone jack: This seems like more a minor annoyance than anything. I have had the phone about a week and used everything on it from calling, calendar, and MP3 player and I have not had any problems with this not having a standard 3.5mm jack. I don't see any problems here.

Camera: The camera takes slightly above average photos in outdoor/sunlight but below average indoors with the flash with the 3.2MP camera. Bottom line, if you want camera quality on a cell phone comparable to your DSLR or point and shoot digital camera than you're going to spend a lot more $$ and have a phone much bulkier and thicker than the very compact E71. So in the end there is a tradeoff. If you want to also use a cell phone to take family pictures and other important events than you'd probably want to go with the Nokia N95 but again the N95 costs at least $100 more and 0.8" thick (double the E71) so it costs more and isn't exactly pocketable like the E71.

Fingerprints: The fingerprints show up on the back panel pretty easily and I consider this a minor annoyance. Nokia would have done better to make the entire backside of the phone the dark gray color as opposed to making the removable plate a chromed titanium.

Summary: For the price and comparing this phone to other phones like the IPHONE and Blackberry Bold, the E71 doesn't have a couple of things the IPHONE does and EVERYTHING the Blackberry has for much cheaper than both. The E71 doesn't have the large touchscreen of the IPHONE but the IPHONE also doesn't have video recording like the E71. Considering the IPHONES and Blackberry Bold new are still $500+ and I was able to get the E71 for about $330, the E71 provides a much greater value.


" -Customer Review on Amazon.com

"I bought this phone for my husband in January and another one for myself in March. That shows how much I like this phone. Beyond everyone's ravings, here are some points from my personal experience with the phone:
1. battery life is not as long as claimed in the product info. My husband's phone lasts about 2.5 to 3 days with one full charge. He uses it for voice calls only with about 30 minutes daily talk time. I typically get more functions of my phone with usually 10-20 short phone calls, a dozen text messages, 10-30 minutes podcast and checking emails with wifi 3 to 5 times a day. My phone's battery indicator gets down to the last 2 bars by the end of day. So I have been charging it daily.
2. Good language support but less ideal than iPhone. I bought the North American version so the phone comes with English, French and Spanish. I was able to install Asian fonts on both my phones without much hassle. My iPhone came with the option to change languages out of box.
Notwithstanding the above, I truly appreciate the beauty and functionality of the phone - otherwise I wouldn't have bought two!" -Customer Review on Amazon.com

"Having read most of the reviews already posted, you should know that this is generally very powerful, high quality phone. That said, a few items frustrated me. Because of the amount and sophistication of the features of this phone, documentation is necessary, but lacking. Both writtena and on-line. Many of the features are several layers deep, and when you think you have figured out the general operating philosophy of the software, another application sets up completely differently.

Nokia's support is prompt, but obviously just paraphrases steps in the Users' Guide when responding to a question.

The browser is a step up from the Palm Treo, and the navigation takes some getting used to. Don't expect it to be i-Phone like. On a 3G network it is fast and functional, but not a replacement for a "PC style" browser.

Be prepared to spend some time tinkering with settings and looking in odd places to change values. This is a powerful, useful and quality item, but you are pretty much on your own putting it to full use." -Customer Review on Amazon.com

"I am incredibly happy with my Nokia e71. It is a very sturdy phone and I appreciate the stainless steel construction. The keypad is easy to get used to. I wasn't very impressed with Nokia maps either but it took no time to install Google maps, which I prefer anyway. There are a lot of features that even iphone doesn't support, like mms, full bluetooth connection, and can even support applications in the background so this is a perfect phone for me. " -Customer Review on Amazon.com

"This is a great device, the GPS works great, I live in Panama, Central America, but I used the GPS in US, first time ever using a GPS and it was perfect, It detects every WLAN, good range, works inmediately with my SIM card I gave it a 5 stars for every single feature... I installed Fring to use Skype for international calls, my wife was very pleased, cuz she don`t have to use the computer and the headphones to call her sister anymore. I have big fingers and Im able to press the correct keys, so I dont have problems with the keyboard, is a little tight, but its useful, I was chatting thru msn yesterday and I wrote at a good speed, without mistakes. The camera works great, to be honest, I have no Cons for this device, If you are planning buying one... go ahead, you will be glad to have one." -Customer Review on Amazon.com