[jontymisra]

Does the E71 have an LED notification, like on the BBs?

Changes color for email, SMS, missed call, ect?

It has a notification breathing light around the D-pad, single colour and flickers when you have a missed call/SMS/etc, but it's one colour.

However, it looks ridiculously cool!

[jontymisra]

I agree with your multimedia facts. I merely mentioned that there are other facts in the multimedia department as well.
Nokia made a very good decision by not providing blackberry connect for the device. The reason they did this is because they are developing their own BIS/BES style of servers and data services and will be providing such services through carriers, just like Blackberry BIS or BIS. I still stand by what I said about emails looking better on my e71 with the new Nokia beta email app. I mentioned I wouldnt give my Bold away yet, since the Nokia app is a beta and only has support for 1 email at the moment. But for a beta it is a very promising look into what is to come from Nokia. The beta email app also does 1 thing my BB with BIS does not, and that is pull down my old emails as opposed to only pushing emails that come after setting up the BB. A very big plus in my opinion.

Below is what I had mentioned previously;

1 - I dont listen to music on my phones, but in regards to call quality its an industry standard that no one can compete with Nokia on this.
2 - yes as mentioned you can cut and paste, html email not yet but the email client is a beta and there is still hope. Especially since the email client looks a lot nicer than emails do on my bold.

********If you are not using BES and only use one email I would definitely pick the E71, because nokias beta mail client does something my BB on BIS DOES NOT. It lets me pull down ALL my emails I have on the web server, where as my BB with BIS only pushes emails that come after you set up your account on the device.****

I also have 7 email address' so I guess it was a little premature for me to say that I would be willing to give up my Bold if I could have the same data plan for the e71. But like I said, considering that nokias email client is a beta and its this nice, I have high hopes.

Dogmann mentioned that the bold outguns the e71 in multimedia, i personally do not agree with this, but it all the depends on what apps you like to use. I agree that finding and installing apps is easier on a BB, but I prefer what my E71 has.
I dont really listen to music or watch videos on my devices so cant comment on that.
**** The E71 has multimedia features that even cheap entry level 3G phones have now a days but my bold DOES NOT; video calling and Live mobile TV. Also, Nokia Maps is 10 times better than BB maps, and a little better than google maps in my opinion.

At the end of the day you should not base you decision on anyone elses comments and should really find a way to try both phones out

Very much correct and my feelings exactly. I dont have 7, but I got 4 accounts hence the BB essentially is the practical way to do. E71 does a ALOT more, and does it efficiently, but for my purposes, I need a BB. I'm in the process of selling my E71 as well and consolidating everything into my BB Bold.

[jontymisra]

@netrage

Sorry but you are wrong and whilst the Boy Genius thought it would have BB support the E71 doesn't and won't as confirmed by Nokia and it never will either.

@all

OK so it's now been 4 days with the Bold and to be honest I'm amazed anyone can say that E-Mails look better on the E71 as on the Nokia's you are limited to 3 sizes of font small, normal or large. This is one of the things that makes the Bold IMO much better as for all my apps i can set the font style and size which is why i am finding both the PIM and my E-Mails are just so much better and easier and clearer to read. Really reading E-Mails is in a different league to on my E90 or the E71 when i had it.

Also i didn't say there wasn't any multimedia support on the E71 or that it was rubbish i just said that the Bold blows the E71 away which it does. The Music player has a much better sound and volume than the E71 and also doesn't need an adapter to plug in my Shure headphones. Video playback on the Bold again is much better both due to the much better screen and the better codec support to. The files i have now converted to 480x320 25fps Mp4 look nothing short of stunning on the Bold.

But again there really is no correct choice for all only what's best for each of us but lets at least try and stick to the facts about the differences.

Marc

Good to see you here Marc, and once again, agree with what you said.

[Txdogs#CB]

I've played with the E71 all evening and already know I will not keep it. I actually miss my Iphone! The screen is too small. It seemed like I had to go through too many steps just to send a text message. With Iphone I have a favorites list for both phone calls and texts. Couldn't figure out a way to do that with the Nokia. The wi-fi and 3G worked very nicely and was definitely faster than my Iphone (first edition, not 3G). I can't see spending almost $500 for this phone when I can wait and use my upgrade for AT&T to get the Bold. The Nokia is light to hold and the sound quality was good for phone calls. If I wasn't already using the Iphone and enjoying it's sharp screen and ease of use, I would probably be more enthralled with it.

[That Girl from Jersey]

Very much correct and my feelings exactly. I dont have 7, but I got 4 accounts hence the BB essentially is the practical way to do. E71 does a ALOT more, and does it efficiently, but for my purposes, I need a BB. I'm in the process of selling my E71 as well and consolidating everything into my BB Bold.

with reference to the email issue, can you set up an exchange email on the E71? I did that with my old Treo so I had "push" ability...

I used mail2web(exchange server) and forwarded all my gmail accounts to it and then I set up my AOL and Comcast email accounts separately on the hand set and set them to sink every 30 minutes... is this type of thing possible on the Nokia?

Thanks in advance for any help

[Txdogs#CB]

I believe it is set up for Exchange but I'll let one of the Nokia pros here answer that. I did like the qwerty keyboard, although small, it works fine for a woman's hands. I don't like the 'touch' keyboard on the Iphone.

[jaxos]

I was in a swedish store yesterday and "fingered" on the E71. I really must say that E71 is really nice in your hand and to look at. it was quick (menus and stuff) and the keyboard felt nice when typing on it. the looks of the E71 are IMO way better than the bold. looking forward to try the bold out when it arrived here in Sweden.

swedish news on the bold: Blackberry intar Sverige - IDG.se

according to the Telenor store in sweden, the Bold will pop up sometime in october due to "software issues"...

I�m getting sick of all the waiting.