Review on Nokia E71 - u can watch cricket too..;-)

Well, ive just gifted myself a Nokia E71 (black).; thought i shd share my week old experience with ppl.

Rationale behind selecting E71:
Had been looking for a handy business phone with a few fun elements.

Shortlisted handsets:

Blackberry Bold (have always had a fancy for blackberry handsets)
Blackberry Curve
Nokia E75 (temtpting ads)
Nokia E71

BB Bold, i think is the complete handset although my boss has had battery problems with it off late. Plus i the price i think is a tad too xpensive for a phone.
Blackberry Curve lost on virtue of not having '3G' in it. too bad..

by the time i hit the store the choice was between Nokia E75 and E71 (my last choice initially). the first glimpse of E75 made my decision very simple. The finish of the phone was horrible and sliding the phone for landscape mode wasnt great. Finally got my hands on a black E71.

Review on E71:

I must say that ive been hooked on to it ever since i got my E71. very handy and sleek.
for someone who has migrated from N73, the querty keypad has been a revelation.quite a lot of features in the E71. infact the store guy activated the GPS (60-days free) while buying. happy to have an editable quickoffice (had a non-editable version on my N73).
got the phone synched to my old data and set the ball rolling....
configured 3 of my mail accounts (1 official). guess wat adding gmail and hotmail was as simple as just feedind my mail id and password..
one of the handy features is the Multiscanner, which can save business cards into your contacts with a single click of the visiting card. Expense is a good tool to track your spending pattern. for the mass u can watch your favourite cricket clippings in you tube at excellent video quality too (Real Player).

Cons:

-Camera not good enough (although it has a 3.2 megapixel camera)
-Music sound quality is average
-not many shortcuts as in my N73 (or probably i havent figured them out yet)
-battery is ok
-mail content (html) not as good as a blackberry

Pros:

-Xcellent design n killer looks
-Loaded with features which will be frequently used
-good mail client;easy to configure (especially for gmail/hotmail/yahoo)
-Nokia Maps and GPS (free 60 day license)
-Value for money

Verdict:

Some may wonder y i havent given a thought to Apple iPhone. have always believed that touch phones are for the fairer sex.plus don't have much time to spend on the zillion number of applications.

It has been a very satisfying experience using the Nokia E71. what more can ask for in a business phone costing jus 19K?

Any tips/suggestions/queries on E71 are most welcome..

P:S- this is my first blog using my E71...:-)

Global Warming

Que: Howz the weather during October?
Ans: HOT

Que: Howz the weather during Feb?
Ans: HOTTER

Que: Howz the weather during June?
Ans: HOTTEST

Are we talking about the Sahara desert? nope, its Chennai for u....
Isn't it supposed to be raining during the month of June?
Theoritically yes but...

Is there an explanation for the weather change? Are people being punished for getting too greedy. What i mean here is that we've been too inclined materialistically leading to the now universally accepted phenomenon Global Warming. the term sounds cool rite??

did we expect it to create such a quick change in the micro climate?? hell no...
would we take it seriously atleast now. no wayyyyyyyy

we're probably creating a wider market for Air Conditioners (i can see Mr. Lee Hyong Koo grinning)

I'm looking to go bak to some village and i can already see tht a lot more ppl are willing to give me company.

Osama's public appearance

Recently a number of television channels flashed videos of Osama's public appearance. In the wake of America doubling the reward on Osama's head, was this a public stunt to confirm that Osama was still alive????
Considering the fact that, all those videos had been on air quite sometime back does springup doubts about how relevant these videos clippings are at this moment. There are a few interesting questions that come to our minds;

1) Is Osama still alive, if 'yes' why has Al-Zawahiri been the face of Al Queda for a long time now??
2) Does it really matter to the terrorist outfit, if Osama is alive or dead??
3) How significant is it to the American budget?? I guess, very much..:)- ...

Confidence level at nadir.......................

In todays world of better education, better technology and a higher std. of living (for atleast a handful), its unbelievable to find people- mainly youngsters throw everything to religion and god. The questions arise in two; has the level of self-confidence hit the bottom?? or has the greed levels gone up?????????? I believe its a combination of the two. Is it not true????