E61i, is it the phone for me, owners opinions?

dohouch

I know it is really a lbit of a PDA and that I don´t need. What I like about the phone is:

1. Big screen
2. Great battery
3. WiFi
4. Not slider or clam-shell
5. Good buttons
6. Is Nokia (just habit)

I use public transport a lot and would like to use the phone

1. to watch compressed DVD's,(xvid,divx,etc)
2. listen to pods,music
3. WiFi web browse at free hot-spots,
4. also maybe VOIP there at the hot spots
5. Also Bluetooth GPS and Sports Tracker

Would prefer a better camera but on balance, I would loose some of the other positive factors, especially battery life.

Cyrus

ticks all the boxes except maybe as a video player not sure if its reliable enough to use (freezing picture sound sync etc)

also while its a nokia its a symbian os phone so it will be different than 'normal' nokias

i loved mine tho great phone

dohouch

Is there a phone that does video playback better, or is it case of going for a different piece of equipmet, like Zune,iPod,Archos.

Are all phones going to be equally dodgy at playing back xVid, and Divx?

WezzyB

I've got the E61, its a great phone alright does a lot of things well, albeit a bit slow.
The Screen, buttons are great as is the familiarity factor with Nokia.

The Nokia E61i has a camera although it really isn't great (only 2MP).

The Register did a comparison between the E61i and the Moto Q9.
They like the Q9 a lot more as E61 just isn't as friendly to use (overly complicated)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/27/nokia_e61i_motorola_q9h_headtohead/

So maybe the Moto might do Video better than the E61(i).

dohouch

@WezzyB . Interesting review first time reading a phone review there on the register. The E61i hs some things I d't like or need, but it has osme great strengths , and peopler are raing about the build quality, and bang for buck even if slow looks like comparatively good value.

Now whee to buy. You know it´s aproblem buying QWERTY phones in another non-english speaking country. in Spain at the moment and it just hadn't occured to me that even thoughI'm using a different keyboard on PC that this applies to mobiles/PDa's also