Hah !!! a Manager Finally............. were the words which came out of my mouth the day I became a manager. Being managed till now with many biggies of the IT industry ... had bored me lately. So when the managerial role was rolled out to me, it came as a welcome surprise to me. I thought..."Finally Nobody to crib on my face".
My First day as a manager in my new office and what I see..... people carrying fundu phones like cummunicator, i-Mate’s and Krome’s. Well, Well Well Neeraj, where did you park your car today was the next question. Till this time I was happy with my Nokia 7260 and my Hero Honda Glamour.. "Not ANYMORE.."
That Day I decided to pamper myself with a car and a Fundu Phone.. off I went to the nearby PVR SAHARA Mall.
To be very frank, we live in a Consumer World, with a range of choices to choose from like Multimedia Phone, WalkMann Phones, Business phones and the ever selling utility phones. Ya, I did go with a mindset..that I wont buy a phone other than Nokia. We have to agree that Nokia provides the best reliable phones in the market... nothing like it.
I very frankly told my requirements to the dealer and clearly mentioned that I want a phone where I could check my mails on the run, both POP3/IMAP4 or Microsoft Exchange, it should also have a Bluetooth and Infrared features with modest multimedia option. He suggested me the Nokia Business Phones.
Nokia has come up with a range of business phones for Business Ready People. The E51, E60, E61, E70 are few of its variants.
E61 has a typical Blackberry look except that it comes in Silver color rather than the Black color of the Airtel Blackberry. From far it looks very much like the Airtel Blackberry.
Following are the specification of the Business Phone:
GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA 2100 (3GPP Release 4) networks in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, North America, and South America where these networks are supported Automatic switching between bands Speech codecs: AMR, FR and EFR, NB-AMR Weight: 144 g (with Nokia Battery BP-5L) Dimensions: 117 mm x 69.7 mm x 14 mm, 108 cc Form: Monoblock Up to 75 MB of fixed user data memory --> Expandable memory: Up to 64 MB internal phone memory, expandable with mini SD (Secure Digital) memory cards Active matrix display Supports up to 16M colors Adjustable display brightness and contrast control Ambient light sensor for keypad display lighting control Two soft keys with five-way joystick, power key can be used as profile key Configurable right and left soft keys Input method: Full keyboard Active standby enables user to configure 5 applications for fast access Symbian operating system OS 9.1 Series 60, 3rd edition MMS Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS, ver. 1.2) for text, voice clips, video clips and still images receiving, editing and sending Distribution list Email client for connecting to personal and business email Supports POP, IMAP(with idle) and SMTP protocols, and MS Active Sync Supports Nokia Business Center Settings via OMA Client Provisioning, OMA Device Management Supported third party email clients: Visto email technology, BlackBerry Connect, GoodLink and Seven Always-On Mail Attachments viewers and editors support the most common features of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel (Microsoft Office 97, 2000, XP and 2003). Compatible with Zip Manager and Adobe Reader Instant Messaging client (Yahool, AOL, OMA) SMS distribution list Voice dialing, voice commands for menu short cuts, keypad lock and profiles Enhanced voice commands (SIND) Dedicated voice key for easy use of voice recording, voice dialing, and Push to talk Pop-Port interface USB port full speed supported via Pop-Port™ Remote and local (peer-to-peer) synchronization over Bluetooth technology, IR, cable Bluetooth wireless technology 1.2 Video and audio streaming (3GPP and RealMedia: Real Video and Real Audio) WCDMA (3GPP Release 4) WLAN connection can be shared by multiple applications at the same time. For example: email, browser and synchronization Possible to use WLAN, Bluetooth technology, USB and infrared at the same time Maximum six Bluetooth technology connections in use at the same time. Note: only one for Bluetooth wireless connectivity for audio EGPRS (Class B, MSC 11) GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Multislot Class 11 GSM Circuit-Switched Data up to 14.4 and 43.2 (HSCSD) kbps
Now, with these range of features at a price of 19K is a good buy, isnt it....
I have been using it for the past 2 weeks now . It takes 1 week to settle down to its features (If you are not coming from a background of using business phones). I check my mails on the fly, a fan of its wonderful sound quality and most of all satisfied to own a Nokia.."The world’s most reliable phone"......
Have a wonderful day ahead !!!!!!