The crown jewel of Nokia right now is the E51 and Hi-Mobile.net sent us one over for a review. Some of you will be surprised by this comment as there are other and more powerful Nokia phones out there, but there's a reason for it. Read on to read it.
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I am not likely to change the way I write.
There's no need to. Most of us get the message in your reviews without any problem at all.
However, when some pick at the way you write just take it to mean that your review was well received and they couldn't pick at the subject.
Good job.
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Don't care about whiney people, I think it's just simply amazing that you find it in yourself to even write articles for free for others to read 
And I atleast haven't seen you spreading any FUD or such here so I have nothing to complain. Sure, I can sometimes disagree with you about something but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate you contributing your time to writing stuff for me to read
Oh, and on another note..I find it rather stupid that a camera phone with high mega-pixel camera doesn't have a flash :O I personally wouldn't touch such a phone even with a stick. And I was just wondering that it'd be cool if someone made a camera phone which would take a picture the instant you press the button instead of waiting like 5 seconds before launching. You always miss the best shots when you gotta wait... :/ Some might argue that that's what real digital cameras are for but well...not everyone always has a digital camera in their pocket whereas almost everyone has their phone with them all day long.
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This is something *basic*. Which means that if I still confuse it after 10+ years of living in English-speaking countries, it means that this is how my brain is wired (in conjunction to how my native language works), and so that won't change easily. So don't waste your time. I don't.
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I don't know if it will ever "Come to US" but it is widely available from online retailers. I have been seriously considering picking up one of these phones as a replacement for my Pearl, as I am a big fan of nokia devices. It's the same size as the pearl but toss in wlan and other goodies.
What gets lost using it in the states is the 3.5G speed. You would be bound to EDGE speed at best unless Nokia spins a ATT 3G version like they did with the N75.
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There is no US part number. The phone is a GSM device, therefore it will work in the states provided you have a GSM provider (TMobile, ATT, Suncom, etc). The caveat being, the phone does not have the 3G frequencies used by the US GSM provider, so you will get EDGE speed at best for data.
The gsm providers in the US use different frequencies than the rest of the world, of course. I think there is a snaffu with the frequencies because the military heisted them for their own bidding.
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Are you sure about this? phoneArena says the phone should work on AT&T's 3G network—http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Nokia-E51-for-business-article-a_20....
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this a great nokia smartphone.. ive been waiting for it.... the only drawback is the video thing for me (i hope they fix it with a firmware update)
is already available on many online stores for around 295 ~ 310 U$S but you have to hurry... when a new batch arrives it goes out of stock pretty fast!
http://www.google.com/products?q=nokia+e51&btnG=Search+Products...
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Not entirely true. The e51 includes Feature Pack1 which has gotton some great reviews on performance and stability. Some functions like Bluetooth and SIP (VoIP) got completely reworked in Feature Pack 1. The e61i does not support feature pack 1.
Feature Packs are not the same as firmware upgrades.
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It is indeed a very nice phone, though I have to confess I never got the Gizmo's SIP stuff up and running correctly (probably having to do with anal firewalls and routers). Instead I installed fring on it and while I would have preferred the free SIP protocol, at least I have Skype for VoIP. Google Maps also installs and runs fine. Connecting to encrypted WPA/WEP WLAN connections works fine and the 3G connection here in Sweden is ok for data transfer. This brings me to my question.
Does anyone know if there is a Symbian tool or perhaps some SDK code around that can set the WLAN card into ad-hoc/promiscuous mode and lets your phone itself act as a WLAN hotspot? It would be very nice to use the phone as a WLAN bridge to the net via 3G. Bluetooth is the traditional wireless protocol for this, but we all know it is painful to configure, slow compared to WLAN and not possible to share among several clients at the same time. Any ideas? Eugenia?
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Fring also supports SIP (starting with version 3.01 IIRC). Tried it successfully with my rather old Nokia 6680 (S60v2). It even worked quite well over GPRS (~56k).
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Again 9 out of 10? You guys are quickly losing credibility as reviewers.
Ipod touch: 9/10
Adobe Photoshop 8/10
Nokia E51 9/10
JVC GR-D347US: 8/10
Nokia 6120 Classic: 9/10
Sony Ericsson W580i: 8/10
iLO LCT32HA36 HDTV: 9/10
HTC TyTN-II ("Kaiser"): 9/10
I mean, purely from a statistical point of view, they can't all be that good, can they?
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One place in particular IMHO where it beats those devices is size. This guy is almost the exact same size of a blackberry pearl or like a motorola SLVR...none of the other phones have the same pocketability. Outside of the resolution and keyboard, it is basically the exactly a shrunken E90 feature wise...I think features+size is the key difference. Only thing it's really missing is GPS, but cramming wifi into a device this size if feat enough in itself lol.
Don't mean to sound like a salesman, I am just looking for the same constructive criticisms, because I have been seriously considering picking up one of these puppies.
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This device is expected to come down to $300 in less than a month. Compared to $600-700 N-series devices, this *business* device does the job VERY well. VoIP is its STRONGEST feature. If you want a VoIP phone, that's the one to get. It performs on that much better than ANY N-series device.
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I could be wrong, but my understanding of 3g from att was that the phones used separate upload and download frequencies, hence the need for 850+1900 to make a hybrid 3g line. I could be wrong and you only need one of the frequencies. That being the case, I believe 1900 is the more prevalent frequency so it sux either way.
Would be nice to know, that would be icing on the cake. ATTs 3g frequencies are weird is all I know lol..Can anyone clarify and give it a yeah or neh
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I have the same basic question/critique as I had with the iPod Touch: for a device thats primary function is a cellular phone, can we get a more descriptive idea of the PHONE abilities than the one sentence of "good reception, top notch voice quality" ? Does anyone know how it stacks up against in areas that normally get bad reception? Voice quality versus a few other types of phones? It is just that after reading, I feel enlightened about everything the phone can do, except be a phone.