Hi fellow TTers,

I was asked to be a 'test pilot' for the E61, as a potential firm-wide replacement or alternative to the Treos.

• Battery life - superb. Much better than a Treo.
• It's a Nokia - intuitive menus, we've all used them before and know they just *work*
• Stable as a rock (one caveat being Goodlink see more below)
• Great screen
• No aerial "knob" - thinner, lighter but wider than Treo
• Keyboard is mostly intuitive - much better than i-mate and somewhat better than Treo (Treo still good though)
• RF is (by a country mile) better than Treo or i-mate
• It's a Nokia - the 'phone works really well as a voice device and that's important in the real world
• Navigation is via joystick - initially feels a bit clumsy but I now can use it with one hand

Issues - relate to Goodlink:

Goodlink works well, but is a little bit "buggy" - it occasionally cancels a menu option eg "Compose SMS" from the contacts list and you have to repeat the command. Also, the Nokia voice enhancements (Speed dialling, voice dialling etc) aren't integrated by Goodlink contacts - ie only Nokia contacts can be used for enhanced features, not Goodlink contacts. This is where the Treo beats the Nokia, as Goodlink is better integrated into the Palm OS.

All in all, very happy to recommend it.