Ever since the emergence, and subsequent rise in popularity, of iOS and Android powered handsets, Nokia have seen their reputation plummet.

While at one time Nokia handsets were the mobile phones to be seen with, in recent years they’ve struggled to keep up with the innovations offered by iOS and Android. In spite of this, Nokia have retained a hardcore group of fans who are always keen to see what the Finnish manufacturer comes out with next. This is due, in part, to Nokia’s commitment to release smartphones aimed at users who don’t want to fork out £500 plus for an iOS or Android handset. The C5-03 is their latest entry level offering.

The C5-03 is a larger handset that Nokia users may be used to, but still weighs considerably less than the majority of touchscreen smartphones (93g). The sturdy plastic case comes in stylish grey, blue or green, which is sure to please the fashion-conscious mobile phone owner. The case also houses an impressive 5 megapixel camera; an improvement on that of its predecessor. There’s also a Micro SD memory card slot for an extra 16GB or storage and, most notably, an accelerometer, allowing for the playing of modern mobile phone games like Doodle Jump.

The C5-03 comes preloaded with a variety of social networking apps, including Facebook, Twitter, My Space and Friendster. One feature that sets it apart from other similarly-priced smartphones is the inclusion of Ovi Maps. This excellent app uses GPS to provide turn by turn voice navigation whether you are driving or walking. Its inbuilt accelerometer also means a digital compass can be used to further aid users’ journeys.

The Nokia C5-03 is a solid and reliable phone, and is a great choice for someone looking to make their first step into the smartphone world. If you want some more information on this or any other Nokia phone visit http://www.phones4u.co.uk/.

If we look at the design, we see that the Finnish manufacturer has become less serious in its approach, so that the handset can dual as a business phone and an entertainment one, so that the user can carry it to anywhere.

What certainly hasn’t changed is the comfort brought by the full QWERTY keyboard on the actual front of the handset – you don’t need to twist, open or unfold any part of the device in order to take advantage of the full keyboard.

Of course, the Nokia E6-00 is hardly the top of the cream when it comes to Nokia’s line-up. To that belongs the Nokia N8, you can visit it or purchase it from retailer www.dialaphone.co.uk.

The Nokia E6-00 itself bets on the touchscreen plus keyboard combo, which I believe is great, adds Microsoft apps needed for business, social networking access for one’s daily life, and my favourite – free GPS navigation with Ovi Maps.

Both phones are designated for email services such as Mail for Exchange, Nokia Messaging (E71) and XpressMail (E71x). It has the same mono block style having a fully functional QWERTY keyboard. E71x is release exclusively for AT&T use while the other is for any network provider.

Being a SmartPhones, it has numerous services. It has a wide array of application for everyone’s need. It has a GPS functionality for navigation – AT&T Navigation (E71x) and Nokia Maps (E71). Possible synchronization to the computer using the PC Suite application. Capable as well in Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP). More application awaiting to be down loadable from the Ovi store.

These devices have most similarity on the physical aspect. You can just notice the difference that E71x have AT&T Sticker while the former has none. As well as the front camera, E71 has that. Internally, it has also great difference. They both run with Symbian 60 software however, E71 has FP1 and E71x is a FP2.

Having a wide spread of usage, indeed, these phones are really a must have one.

Main difference of these email clients is its nature. If you are using corporate emails use Mail for Exchange otherwise Nokia Messaging. It require internet connectivity WLAN or coming from network company – 3G or GPRS. Compact, easy to use, accessible, handy are some of the distinct characteristics of the two application.

Having the application installed to your phone, you do not have to be in front of a PC or a laptop to send an email. Just in a palm of your hand you can do it with ease. Having a full QWERTY keyboard, no hassle in typing emails accurately and speedy.

Mail for Exchange, Nokia Messaging have several ways to download. Using a computer or even using the device it self. The applications can be accessed from Ovi Store either from the phone or in the web.

But before the reading the review by the first-time-user, I have some things to say. First: I opened the device and turned it ON for the first time. What I saw was just horrible, AT&T did everything on their power to customize the E71x as much as they could; the result is a hideous interface together with useless AT&T apps, all the ”Nokia beauty” was removed,  not to mention that it looks pretty confusing and generally frustrating. But luckly for the noob reviewer, I know a thing or two about Nokia phones; I installed a very good looking theme by tehkseven and organized the menus more logically and user friendly, if I wouldn’t have done that, the noob reviewer would have been totally lost in a chaotic and very useless interface, courtesy of AT&T.

Unlike the E71x, the latest device in this series is exclusive to T-Mobile, as you can read in the Nokia E73 Blog.

This issue is a big concern over the E71x for first time users, the AT&T customization really brakes the phone. But that is all I can say about the E71x as the testing was made by my friend, Elias. Here are his thoughts:

To start off I would just like to say that I am not a Nokia fan boy and I don’t know much about phones but, compared to other phones I’ve had the E71x is by far among the best. It has lots of small features that make it very customizable. With all that said this phone is still not perfect, this phone definitely has flaws and one of them is big.

The great thing about this phone is the depth that any Nokia fan will be able to enjoy. There are literally thousands if not hundreds of thousands of applications that you can used to customize and personalize the phone to perfectly fit your preferences. For the rest of us who only use the internet, texting and calling features in the phone this is still a great phone. While the depth and customization is there you don’t have to take advantage of it, you can just use the regular features without the having to get too in-depth or to learn how to work the more advanced features that the phone has. One of the in-depth features is a listen feature for text messages. With just the knowledge that this feature exist, you should be able estimate the amount of applications and features that have been created to make the phone as easy to use as possible. Esthetically this phone is very beautiful; it has a steel frame which gives you a feeling of actually holding something that isn’t going to fall apart in 5 minutes while also being one of the thinnest smart phones available.

The phone wasn’t all good though, the flaws, while few, make a big impact in my opinion about the phone. The biggest flaw this phone has is the keyboard. When I got the phone I immediately noticed that the keys were really close together and that they are very small. These two things combined made it extremely hard to type a text message quickly. I would accidently type the wrong letter or two letters at the same time. The only time that I had no problem with the keys was when I was standing perfectly still and even then I had to use the very tip of my fingers in order to not mess up. If I walked around while typing I started to make mistakes and for those reading this that text while driving you should know that it will be impossible to do so without making lots of mistakes. You should also stop doing that since it is dangerous for you and others (my mandated public service announcement of the day). Some people have told me that you grow to get use to the small keyboard and that after a couple of days they no longer had a problem. I’m the exception to this rule, I had it for about 2 weeks and I still had problems writing a message without making mistakes the last day I had it. This phone really didn’t have any other large flaws, the other things I call “flaws” are just things that I’m not used to. Any person that has had any of the newer Nokia phones should be used to the things I call “flaws” already.

This is a great phone despite of its flaw and if you’re not a big on-the-go texter you should completely disregard everything I’ve said and buy it. It’s a great smart phone if its primary user is a business person. After rebate this phone cost only $99 with a 2 year contract. If you’re a business person whose main mode of communication is calling other people and you have AT&T you should go right now and get this phone, but if you’re not all these things this phone is still extremely good. If your main form of communication is texting, however, you should consider finding a more texting friendly phone

Imagine if you could have your Desktop email client on your Nokia E71, a full featured email client with access to all your folders, files and saved emails; but most importantly HTML email. Well, this is exactly what Nokia Messaging is, a desktop email client for your Nokia E71. With Nokia Messaging you can have access to all your folders on your email account,  and emails get to your device immediately after the sender sent the email, and better, you can see them in html format, and order them by date, sender and many more.

Nokia Messaging is a great app, and is free at the moment. You can go ahead and use Nokia Messaging for free here: Nokia Messaging

Via: Nokia Mobile

The theme comes from the genius themer, Tehkseven who keeps impressing and surprising the S60 fans with  his amazing S60 themes. And with his latest theme he has done it again, the name of the theme is aviator. This cool looking theme is inspired in planes as it name reveals. The theme has l0ts of cool features such as transparencies and of course 100SVG icons in three different styles that the user can choose from. Seven which is Tehsevens icon set with over 100 icons, then Ovi and the regular icons that already come with tthe Nokia E71. The theme is just amazing, the homescreen is even more amazing, and good news is that is totally free. To download the new Aviator theme just head to Tehks site, be careful to download the theme for Eseries devices: Aviator

For example, imagine if you could write an SMS to Samantha by just pressing @ and S. By just pressing this two buttons the E71 will open a new SMS that you can write to Samantha! Or open a specific file like song, pic or video by just pressing two predefined keys, or an app, or call a specific contact or even open a specific website! This app is just amazing, it changes the way you use your device becuase everything is done faster than ever, plus, the E71 is a great device to do this because of the quantity of buttons and the fact that they are available without flipping or opening anything.  To download Cute Keys just head here: cutekeys_s60_3_v_1_1, tell us what you think and if this app improved your E71 experience!

Via: E71 Fanatics

Well, of course is not a magical app, but it is pretty unbelievable and amazing. This app is Point and Find, a Nokia operated service that is available worldwide. Nokia Point and Find is a very advanced app, is the kind of app that lets everyone speechless but Nokia doesn’t get marketing out of it, a thing Apple does and knows how to do very well.

You could always check out software for newer models, such as Nokia E73 themes.

Basically point and find, finds information about things you point to with your E71s camera. For example, a movie poster; just point with the E71 to the movie poster and your E71 will identify the movie and the will sshow you the trailer and movie times near you. But no only that, when shopping you can just point your E71 to the barcode of a product and your E71 will recognize it and show you the lowest price online; a pretty amazing feature. But the coolest one is with sights, lets say you are in the Eifflel Tower in Paris, just point at it and your E71 will tell you everything about it; it works with most historical structures. With point and shoot you can find many things, and you can get it for free here: Nokia Point and Find

Shazam is really useful since finding the name of an unknown song is really difficult. And I have to say that the app is totally amazing, it recognized even really unknown songs that I thought it would never recognize! The Shazam app is free at the moment, but there are rumors about a future charge for this great app. Anyway, you can download this app at the Ovi Store: Download Shazam.