My 3 month n 8 day Baby--->E71

It has been 2,352hours since i first got myself this sexy little baby. Thee Shiny compact yet powerful Nokia E-71 *drum rolls...*

Since I've got luck weeks ago and own another BlackBerry Bold 9000, I've decided to do my own little review on the Nokia E71 before my 1st take on BB Bold. Nothing technical~ these are all my feeling and thoughts while using this nice piece of tech here. Oh and also i'm not associate neither sponsored to write these, its just me, and only me. So don held me responsible for any legal stuff

A brief intro on how i use my E71... So here goes

• Environment : 50% of the time in the field of construction site and 50% off site (ie. office, home, off work hour YAEHUU!!
  
• Function that i use on da phone: Call, sms, mms, web surfing(w/ wifi as well as EDGE connectivity using Opera-mini Browser as well as default browser), calender, To-Do-List, notes, camera, QuickOffice (more on spreadsheet and doc) GPS(Garmin Mobile XT), Music player *while driving*... hmm pretty much everything except for the Video conference i think..
  
• Storage n protection: when carrying around i use Locally purchased * believed to be manufactured in china's* fake leather vertical flip pouch(with the magnets removed by itself... -_-") slide in my pocket most of the time. Oh and i also use basic screen protector.

 OK lets start with the Body n build of the E71

Overall i just love~ the quality stainless steel wrapped all around *almost 90% of the body*  it gives a very steady, classy or should i say "worthy" kind of feel for the price i pay. No sign of wobbly or loose feel on key board and also Battery cover. The weight and the size feels juuust nice in my palm. Key-punch feels steady
HOWEVER~ The semi-doted back of the battery cover collects finger print easily, especially i have sweaty palm. But its no big deal, cuz simply wipe the stainless steel cover on my shirt leaving stainless steel cover with no scratch mark but clean as new. Another dislike is the size of the key... Its a bit small but then little time is what you need to get use to it and of course for me i think its a safety feature! Why? cuz u can hardly make calls or sms while driving (Isn't it a nice feature??)

OK moving on to the Software part

Ability to multitask is 1 of the coolest function i like about this phone, i tried checking air ticket,  viewing my own calender and also SMS at the same time (the shortcut key are especially useful) Viewing web page that's not optimized for mobile browsing will require a fare bit of navigation through the D-pad, the problem here is that D-pad operates up, down, left and right, so the movement's a bit like the preloaded game SNAKE, how does this affects browsing or rather navigation? when u want to click on hyperlink within the page you'll need a few more clicks compare to touch pad, joystick or even trackball *You know what i mean rite?* Another thing is that not all java page loads on default browser and also Opera... i wonder am i missing some plug-in??

Quickoffice comes with free upgrade to version 6 which is for sure a good thing. I use spreadsheets a lot for keying in data from pre-format sheets. The only thing i wish is its had bigger screen.. formulas works fine n so do other basic function but not for macros.

As for word, well body of the document appears to be exactly what u see on your computer screen but without the header and footer.. again there might be some option that can view the "full" doc but so far i havent found it.

 Final verdict, If only they could put a better set of camera lenses and spice up the browser and also beef up the music player it'll be perfect for me.