Nokia E71 Unlocked Phone Vouchers

 u23fan (Oregon):
I needed o phone with
- full qwerty
- reliable Operating System (sorry Microsoft)
- nice multimedia - mp3, youtube, hi rez photo and video camera, flash, podcasts, fm tuner, voice recorder, memory card (sorry Blackberry)
- easy Exchange integration for mail, contacts and calendar
- easy sync and backup options out of the box
- gps that would work on a free software (google maps)
- all possible connection options: wi-fi, bluetooth, infrared, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, 3G
- unlocked and available for tethering
- background applications (sorry Apple)
- long, long battery life to support all of that - like no need to worry my battery is gonna die if i use my gps with the light on for 2 hours(sorry Apple)

I found them all in the E71.

Robby:
This is the prettiest phone I have ever owned. Build quality is excellent and I liked the keypad. The phone is quick and responsive and call quality was good. The browser is not as good as on the iPhone, but much better than Windows Mobile. The OS does take some getting used to and does not look as pretty as competing ones. However, it offers tons of customization that iPhone owners can only dream of.

I wanted to keep this phone, but chose to return it because of email integration. For POP email, it either checks email automatically and downloads the message or it checks it, downloads the header and informs you that you have a new message. This was a deal breaker for me. What's the point of downloading the message if it doesn't alert the user that there are new messages? Going the other route (by downloading headers only) would be ok, if it didn't take ages to manually download messages. Also, hotmail and yahoo mail required special apps to download, which did not automatically check for new messages. The final email related frustration is that by default, it does not download html messages. You can click the attachment and it brings up the message in the browser, but it's an extra step.

One final distraction was the phone's constant alerts asking if it was ok to connect to the network and asking which one to connect to. For North American users that have an "unlimited" data plan, this option is annoying.

Jennifer Bulkley "Steve B" (Rochester, NY):
Only had my E71 for a few days now, but I'm incredibly impressed. The biggest concern I have is the number of people in this forum comparing the E71 to the iPhone. E71 is NOT an iPhone, it was not INTENDED to compete with the iPhone, and it is not fair to compare it with the iPhone! So many people are talking about what the iPhone has that the E71 hasn't, what about the things the E71 has that the iPhone hasn't?...like a beautiful steel case, video calling, a removable memory card, RELIABLE 3G connectivity, etc, etc? If all you people want an iPhone so bad, then why not just get one unlocked/jailbroken and let the rest of us evaluate hand held devices on their own merits?
The best features of the E71 are its sleek and elegant form factor, the aforementioned steel case, the 100% customizable interface, and the availability & support for third-party applications.