Originally Posted by ScottC
So, I listened to you lot and picked up an E61 this afternoon. What a POS. Keyboard is terrible, it is slow and the amount of third party software for it is dismal.
Activesync doesn't support folders. Doesn't support syncing with my carkit, doesn't show signal/battery on my carkit (even my TyTN can do that). The browser is crap (just entering a URL is a 10 step project). I always thought the Windows Mobile browser sucked, but this thing takes 30 seconds even before anything starts loading... The UI has no consistency to it.
That said; form factor is decent, the screen is nice and RF could be worse. But I really can't understand why everyone goes gaga over this thing.
I'll give it a few more days, but I can't say I'm impressed at all.
Give it a few days. The UI is different from a windows mobile device. I hated the "access point" thing until I started to get it. The browser I think is great - but I use it exclusively with Wifi at home & at the office. Maybe the speed issues you are having are from the gprs network?
Lastly, the first thing to do with any device is upgrade to the latest firmware. Check out the nokia page and make sure you are up to date.