The Nokia E61
written by Stuart on September 9th, 2006
I have a new mobile phone, and a new number (email me for it). I decided, after some advice from a knowledgeable friend to go for the Nokia E61, which has turned out to be a good decision.
I had been looking at getting a blackberry or a treo, but none of the current models really looked that great and whilst I've avoided Nokia since around the turn of the century, this is a phone apart from most of nokia's product catalogue. So far I've been running through all the normal new phone tasks, setting up syncing with my iMac - which was quite painless and setting up my mobile email (stuart36deg at googlemail dot com - if you want to drop me a note) which works excellently using the built in mail application and either an open wireless network or my operators access…
Luckily, like most things these days there are a list of blogs dedicated to the Nokia E-series, and I've been scanning them for tips on the best software and configurations for the E61. The best place to start if you're getting an E61 is probably E-series which has the added advantage of being run (presumably) by a mac user. There are priceless tips for isync and itunes to be had there.
also at E-series I found a sweet piece of mac software called SyncTunes which updates my phone with a specific playlist every-time it is connected, turning my phone into a half-decent digital music player. The only downside of the phone is that it doesn't have a camera, but since I have a perfectly good digital camera, that shouldn't be too much of a problem.
All that is left to do now is get a Vaja case and all will be well.
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Alright mate! It’s the frenchman, bored and visiting your site with my phone. Just thought i’d compliment you on having a site so painless to navigate and view on a phone.
You knows it bro. Much less painless than the majority out there. I’m glad you can (or not) see the fruits of all my CSS labour, I’ve started browsing a lot on my phone too and it really gets to me that a hell of a lot of sites look so terrible on it.
Congrats on the new mobile, Stu!
I’m thinking of getting a new mobile phone myself, my trusty CX65 passed its acme, but I’m waiting till I get my MacBook.
i will need your new number stu
*yay*
Did you get a theme sorted out btw? Granted most of the choice I imagine was car caricatures and half naked buxom females but there’s normally one or two understated bits of design available.
Nice calculator Stu,
Bet you’ll be going the doctors with back ache soon where that monstrosity is weighing you down!
xxx