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Nokia E65 Proves It Can Keep Up With The BlackBerry
By Robert | May 20, 2007
BlackBerry proved with there pearl that smartphones don’t need to be ultra-widedevices with QWERTY keyboards - for simply reading email or drafting short responses, predictive text can be all you need. the E65 from Nokia looks like a consumer handset - it’s small at 49 x 16 x 105mm, light at 114g, and the way the screen slider up to reveal the keypad definitely gives the E65 a consumer touch.
but don’t be put off buy the traditional handset looks - Nokia has squeezed in a number of features that makes the E65 mpre then a match for the Pearl. 3G networks are catered for and, usually for what looks like a straight forward phone, 802.11g/b wireless as well.
The latter is useful, as the E65 has a number of data functions, which you can access without needing to connect to an expensive 3G network. The E65 works with push email either on BlackBerry Enterprise Server or though the appropriate Microsoft Exchange extension, as well as supporting POP3.
It also works as a SIP client. Al you need to is setup a SIP compatible account VoIP account and enter the appropriate settings into the E65. Next time you dial just select Internet Cial from the options menu. Call quality on both 512Mb/s and 2Mb/s ADSL connections was indistinguishable from a GSM call. While the economy of making same-country calls is debatable, making lots of international calls over a wireless VoIP connection could save you a significant amounts.
The E65’s 2.4in 240 x 320 pixel is enough for web browsing, even on websites that aren’t optimized for mobiles. Navigation is easy, with the direction pad controlling a mouse pointer. The downside is the standard phone keypad, which makes writing emails - even brief two-line responses - time consuming.
The operating system is Nokia’s venerable Symbian OS, which has plenty of software available for it, but it’s completely sluggish, even for simple tasks such as sending an SMS messages.
Features such as 802.11g/b WiFi, push email and SIP computability make the E65 incredibly well rounded as both a business and personal phone. For simply monitoring your email inbox, the E65 is a very useful device, but it is extremely hard to compose emails unless you are happy to txt spk. For practical we browsing and full time email, a full-blowen smartphone such as the Nokia E61 remains the more practical alternative.
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