It seems that the dream company Nokia that its phones called multimedia computers, is becoming a reality. How else can be described as a telephone with an operating system, QWERTY keyboard, which can connect to Wi-Fi networks, and has at its disposal a virtually full-WEB browser?
In this article, we wish to focus primarily on the constructive aspects of consumer-Nokia E61i not going especially S60 operating system, which has already been written.
E61i predecessor - Nokia E61 - became one of the first “similar to the Blackberry” devices for European consumers. Surprisingly, until recently the European market virtually ignored this very interesting form factor. And, it should be noted, in vain, that proved the high popularity and interest in E61.
What’s new?
To begin with a look at what has changed in E61i compared with the previous model. The most notable - is an updated design and a much thinner at the top of the shell. As before, the entire corpus (with the exception of the panel, which is the antenna) is made of metal. Only in the case of E61i instead of magnesium alloy used titanium alloy (or something similar).

Telephone gained fresh and stylish look. Manufacturer added 2 - megapixels camera, additional buttons for quick access to the phone book and the button for “beloved” functions. Instead of a joystick Multi key. Note that the extra buttons are very useful, especially the call to the phone book. If viewing WEB page has been necessary to call, the E61, you just need to switch to another application and sign in the phone book using soft keys. The same thing should be done if the interlocutor in the conversation asked to inform the subscriber’s number from the phone. In E61i phone book is called immediately, regardless of what application is open.
Slightly different battery design. The amount and type remained the same, but now contact drowned in the body and can not casually close. Also, the memory card format has changed: instead of using miniSD microSD.
Soft undergone minor changes. In addition to the new desktop theme appeared very comfortable WLAN wizard, which is responsible for finding a Wi-Fi network. There is a small refinement, such as those related to the fact that the indicator light can now notify the user about missed calls are taken or SMS. In E61i not been integrated S60 v3 Feature Pack 1, so the browser and other system components are unchanged. On the other hand, the operating system is very stable.
In real life
Many who saw E61i first, confused by its size, in particular width. However, as the tests have shown, after several days of using the device dimensions to the habit, and the phone becomes no less convenient than with the “narrow” models when working with one hand. Incidentally, that device can be managed with one hand is a great advantage. Decisions with touch screen and stylus require the participation of both hands, while the S60 platform allows WEB-engage brauzingom even while driving.
The second phone dignity - ample battery. At this point in E61i set lithium-ion battery capacity of 1500 mAh. This allows the device to work offline by today’s standards, a record time. If the machine does not produce a hand and enjoy them very intensively, charge enough about 2 days. Competing models are not in that mode protyanut day. In a small number of calls E61i will be able to work during the week.
Another feature of the phone is horizontal arrangement of the screen that occurs infrequently at Nokia. Horizontal screen all good, except for the width, but in this case, thanks to the form-factor is not the problem. Virtually all content (video, photos, games or Internet pages) is better seen on this display.
Full QWERTY keyboard at first glance is unnecessary. But it is only at first glance. Subconsciously people do not accept the fact that with the assistance can dial phone text, as well as experience with a digital keyboard for long discouraged the desire to write long letters. Full keyboard typing easier, simplifies the addition of new entries in the calendar, notepad, and the use of search listings in the phone book. All this can be done with one hand.
Combination E61i and WEB interface Gmail gives a fantastic result to read and respond to messages, view any attachment formats (DOC, PDF, XLS, etc.), and even edit them with the help of Quick Office. And if the mail is stored on the server, the user will get instant and easy access to the entire archive. All this synchronized with the mail interface on a desktop computer. You do not have to carry a laptop, thinking, where his charge - all fit in a shirt pocket. If WEB interface is not available, you can use the built quite convenient e-mail client, which will collect mail at POP3 or IMAP-protocol.
Most battery, horizontal arrangement of the screen, full keyboard fall can be very useful for Internet browsing, which is implemented very well. One can easily see WEB page, leave messages on blogs and forums. Supported JavaScript and cookies. Flash is not supported, and perhaps the only serious flaw. Mini map at scrolling page makes navigation very user-friendly, despite the small screen resolution. Text moved in such a way that it did not need left - right. It is a time to try and WEB on the phone is a habit. Power E61i well enough to browse the Internet pages of background music MP3 player.

When normal, full-fledged interactive WEB and messaging services available from a mobile phone, it creates a new, as is fashionable to say, a pattern of behavior. Earlier in the cellular apparatus were available only squalid WAP sites or heavily modified pages in Opera mini, but now nothing prevents, for example, are held at the forum, and not only read but also to “burn” while in the most unusual real-life situations, when a desktop or laptop computer simply inappropriate, and the time such as the need to kill. For businesses, this opens up previously inaccessible opportunities for the convenience of obtaining information.
Also the fact that the presence of Wi-Fi allows use of public access points, and often free. For example, it is difficult to overestimate the opportunity to check e-mail or open an IM application during the voyage or already waiting in another country, sitting in the cafe. GPRS-roaming - is not working in music service. In the case of a public Wi-Fi can be used, for example, voice calls Skype or Google Talk virtually free.

Nokia E61i - the happy continuation of successful phone. Given the popularity of these phones and a large number of fans of the form factor, we can expect further expansion model range.
Pluses:
• Full-fledged comfortable keyboard;
• The possibility to work with one hand;
• Ample battery and enduringly autonomous work;
• Wi-Fi;
• Quality materials and assembly;
• Thin shell.Negative:

• Lack of Feature Pack 1;
• Relatively low screen resolution;
• Lack of support flash on WEB sites.

Price described the device will not allow his youth. This is a solution for people who could afford to go a little ahead of time and “restored” in the pocket of the latest technologies.

Design and ergonomics

The size of the shell are sufficiently small and rather typical for 3G phone with the transmitter (they are usually more of their counterparts without one) than for the smartphone. But weight (134 g) relatively high. However, the walking kit leather wrist straps to partially compensate for this.
The body is made of lightweight plastic and pleasant. The front panel is almost completely covered metal box. It has become in the design and added reliability. Between the keyboard and display unit are more places left for emphasis, but not smooth metal surface can be used in disclosing slider.
Above the display, you can see the camera lens and the sensor for videotelephony luminance level, which helps to correct backlight screen and keyboard.
Above the window you can see the IR port, and a round button that is used also for switching profiles and safe extraction of the memory card. The key is fairly rigid, so random clicking and cut phone excluded.
Interface connector is located on the habitual place, or at the bottom of the shell. This is the interface used in the latest models of the company. Conveniently, that the port ZU introduced separately (located just left). Do not have to choose between discharged battery and the use of a headset or a USB cable. Port ZU also changed, become more subtle. For complete compatibility adapter attached.
Another piece of the left is the microphone hole, and just the right connector - for fastening strap. That location suggests that the N80 will be “upside down”.
Memory card hidden under the door on the left side of the bottom half slider. It is gratifying that is used miniSD. The memory of this type MicroSD cheaper, but its maximum volume twice as much. However, the size and miniSD also more twice.
On the right side of the hull, at the keyboard block key is placed camera / Shutter. At the top of the - hands-free earpiece, really loud, heard excellent interlocutor. The same is engaged with the dynamics of playing music and video, incoming call, etc. At maximum volume noise and sometimes appears somewhat jarring, the melody becomes less pleasant. The situation is changing for the better, if slightly lower volume.
Inner part of the top slightly thickened. It is there are camera lens, the outbreak and switch to macro mode. And below them - battery compartment lid.
Display slightly drawn into the body. Permission and sharpness can be assessed the highest score, the angles review acceptable, but no more: white and black colors for sufficiently large angles, but even the brightness varies with little deviation. Stock brightness, by the way, is big. This allows the image to be visible in the sun. Screen fades a bit, but you can use the telephone, even in bright sunlight.
Digital keyboard is convenient. All keys are clearly Sydney, a special form of the fingers allows convenient place. Under over the top and bottom rows of keys enough space for comfortable pressing. System keys do not cause such a stormy delight, especially with the lower number of keys size reduction. But any significant inconvenience or she had no weaknesses. With the joystick harder. Initially, he seemed terribly inconvenient, even on the menu navigation caused negative feelings. However, a few days later, the routine use of the situation has changed. Slippery contour can be used to move a finger, and some anchorage only promotes freedom convenient navigation habit comes with time, and enjoy classic joystick becomes even less comfortable.
Smartphone rests comfortably in the hand, looks not bad in the interior. However, even modern, much less functional devices are often large in size.

Menu and function

Richest set of software platform drafted third extended by additional programs to familiarize themselves with even attached a special booklet. Manufacturer’s emphasis on the 3 - megapixels camera and developed networking opportunities. No need to forget about catastrophically low number of compatible programs, and an inability to install third-party order processing (not just those designed to permit larger display). Even through a specially established a service for downloading new software, image processing and the past are not yet available.
Additional software includes the following applications: Kodak mobile, Print Online, QuickOffice, Catalogs, master settings, home server, Lifeblog. In the enclosed CD can be installed Nokia PC Suite for the implementation of all possible operations with telephone (Internet connection, synchronization, file transfer, etc.). Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition (also located on the CD) - a convenient and easy way to fix a newbie, editing and printing of images.
The standard software support further developed according to PTT walkie regime, the possibility edge, the existence of two chambers, file server capabilities and UPnP.
The logic of the work is no different from previous versions of the OS, but refined interface. Now, at the entrance to the top of the menu screen, previously contained proprietary information, and information on the current application, wrapped up to a small strip without losing relevance. A place to rid houses another line of icons.
To set the default desktop icons often launched programs and events organizer, but it can be limited to just a picture.
Leave consideration standard telephone functions in the party - they are, as always, realized at the highest level, it is true, the record on birthday in the contacts have not added to the organizer.
Support profile availability of wireless stereo player makes a particularly interesting. However, the player was not proved. From the sound settings available only equalizer. The player is closely integrated with the local multimedia library, supports play lists, sort by artist, album, playlist, genre, composer. Of the current player can be set to the melody of the call, open embedded browser for downloading music. We evaluated the quality of sound coming through in a set of headphones. Outwardly they look very good quality, met in the fashionable style (dress at the neck, dynamics-liners joined at a small distance, which is just enough to them, to reach out from the wire around his neck to the ear). In the area of the breast is looking unit with the microphone and buttons for a response that is part of the body. Side volume control keys are located, but only one button, contrary to expectations, the player does not put in a pause. Walking in a set of headphones sound quality similar to a headset: catastrophic shortage of low frequency and the excessive number of high, medium inflated. The situation is going to save adapter kit for a standard 3.5-mm connector. However, the absence of a microphone does not allow such a use headphones favorite headset as a full replacement. The ideal solution may be regarded as a wireless stereo. Prices are still fairly high, but for the owners of the smartphone this should not be a problem.
The aforementioned focus on advanced networking features resulted in a proposal to enter into a network to buy everything that can be placed there. Using embedded browser - solid fun. It is not the size of the page formats the display (like Opera or similar solutions), and puts on the screen only the part that might fit. High resolution screen makes such a regime friendly. Cache cache pages and addresses is accelerate work on the Internet, there is support for bookmarks, cookies, java, blocking pop-ups and so-called tabbed (ie multi-interface). Manager allows easy download files in the background. You can decrease the font size to the limit, which will make the text less readable and very small, but most of the pages fit on the screen.
Gallery - convenient and, most importantly, testimonials working annex to maintain order in the photos, audio, video, podcasts, presentations. Access is carried out quickly and conveniently. Pictures beautifully scrolled in full-screen mode, with vivid images even large open permits, for example, with the camera. Supported by the regime, when the top and bottom of the screen represent a sequence of miniatures 4, and the middle - increased 4-fold compared with miniatures information about it: the file name, date, time, lifting frame, the size and placement (memory card or phone) . Such an organizer - an integral part of modern mobile device. For more complex operations with files, you can use a file manager or multi-party programs usually have greater functionality.
This multimedia features smart not limited. Movie Program helps build several videos, add simple effects, captions. Hardly could be expected from these types of programs are acceptable speed on a mobile device, but too slowly implemented even simple functions. To also include multimedia player flash files, real player, visual radio (in our country works only conventional radio), the client instant messaging, voicemail management. Last worthy of special attention because of their excellent work. There is no need to write the names of rooms for notebook or call functions, it automatically synthesized. Russified menu richly cuts are automatically synthesized labels, of course, also produced in the abbreviated form: “Telef. The book, Voice. Mail, etc. «Surprisingly, it works as a function with the full title, and in abbreviated form. Contact written in Cyrillic transliteration and, equally well defined. Tests and voice functions were held in calm and in a relatively noisy atmosphere without using a headset. The results pleasantly surprised. Rarely similar functions are working properly.

Camera

It is no wonder the camera is a significant part of the hull; it is not wasted advertising company based model. It came out really good. And the thing is not in the number of megapixels (3 Mrh, permission to 2048 × 1536px), and speed work, the variety of settings and as the final image. The outbreak is effective within a radius of 2 (maybe a little more) meters. The distance to the object needed to get a sharp picture in macro mode, slightly different from that for conventional treatment.
Out of camera settings storyline survey highlights: portrait, landscape, sports, night landscape, night portrait, limited illumination. From the choice depends on topic extract value, the sensitivity settings and as a consequence, the quality of photos. In a poor light itself outbreak may include (depending on the topic), you can adjust the red-eye reduction mode. White balance can be automatic and user: sunny, cloudy, incandescent lamp, the lamp daylight. Brightness, contrast, saturation, luminance can be changed in a certain range of values. It supports color filters: sepia, and black-and-white negative. The number of camera settings and images in the N80 is comparable to the menu amateur camera. The function of increasing digital, but the facility can be closer to 20 times. Understandably, such an increase in sharpness lost very much, the quality falls seriously, but the function itself is impressive.
An interesting mode consistent shooting. You can do a series of personnel with a given period (1, 5, 10, 30, 60, 300, 600, 900 seconds), but permission will decrease to 1280 × 960. Speaking of the authorization. His itself, and no, there is a choice of image size. The close integration with the press and positioning services model and then left their mark.
Self can work through 2, 10 or 20 seconds.
For quite fit self-VGA camera, it is true, the quality will be worse.
Video Mode left the same positive experience. Primarily because of the normal authorization (352 × 288px) and the right codec (H.263). Script for video is not so much: automatic and shooting night with larger excerpts. The increase is also lower - only 5 x. However, the pictures mostly inherited from the regime of photos.

The resulting video on the screen smartphone looks great, on the computer, of course, is worse. In the first place, there is a low bit rate, resulting in pixelclocks and some fuzziness. Sound is encoded by an algorithm 48kbps AAC c quality, 16kHz. Weak side as photos and video is filming in a poor light, which is beginning to seriously matrix “make noise”. For photos can be used outbreak, but because of it often appear dispersion divorce.
Many functions N80 unique or very rare, for example, a home server based on the Wi-Fi UPnP, the ability to connect a Bluetooth keyboard, a full-fledged browser, and integration with photo printing services. By the way, and you can print the images on a compatible printer via infrared or Bluetooth. It was convenient opportunity to be connected in the flash-drive mode.
Disadvantages: noise matrix with insufficient coverage, a small time in the standby mode (with more or less intensive use of a wall outlet had to look twice daily), a bad sound headphones and poor settings in the attached player.
Nevertheless, a great number of functions perfectly realized more than outweigh all the shortcomings and imperfections.

Nokia N81 - is one of the newest Nokia smartphones. In sliders managed to accommodate a lot of functions, it is a quality player and dedicated keys for the games. In fact, the N81 is the first upstream oriented games and N-Gage platform.

Design

Carefully looking machine, you know that the engineers were no easy task. They have put an enormous amount of the controls and many components in a compact casing, umudrivshis leave a pleasant appearance.
Corpus rightly feels a bit fat, and massive. N81 weighs 140 grams, which is longer than Nokia N95 8 GB or even Nokia N80. By dimensions, it is comparable with the Nokia 6110 Navigator and other smartphones this form factor.
The upper halves slider very thin, slightly wider and higher bottom. Play between halves of almost none. Specifically, it is minimal and, in general, not critical. However, in a test sample, which falls to us earlier, the slider mechanism has been very badly eroded. Phone sold not so long ago, so the actual behavior through an impressive slider until the operation is difficult to judge. At kind of construction is sturdy, movements occur smoothly, and without tap the strengths of falls, therefore, assume that only a strong movement inherent in the test sample and has no place in the new devices.
Corpus is a metal chassis with lids from plastic markogo lacquer. Building and the overall ergonomics corps performed almost perfectly. Metal painted, but the paint on the resilience difficult to say. Plastic - with a black lacquer coating - relatively thin, but the quality.

The display, subjectively, it is better than the N95 or 6110 Navigator. The colors are very bright, lush, vibrant colors. Viewing Angle and other parameters are also images at the highest level.
Stereo speakers located on both sides of the hull. They covered the metal ribs and it looks quite impressive. Indeed, if this is not the best, some of the best and loud speakers ever proclaimed in phones. In the same 6110 Navigator installed loud dynamics and quality for the best playback quality voice support, but in this case the sound even louder and more qualitative. Even some multimedia notebooks may envy the volume of the earpiece.
The model used microUSB-connector to connect to the PC. For charging and connect the headphones are allocated interfaces.
A display on the small area located generally “constellation” buttons: two soft keys, buttons management challenges, four keys player, manager contour of the central Keys, keyboard multimedia menu, as well as buttons, and the abolition of the entrance to the main menu. Despite this abundant and close location of the elements cause inconvenience only one key. The whole big finger of fault, which when clicked, or the lower right-hand circuit manager hurt key player. Over time, this can be especially used to.
What is interesting, there is absolutely no discomfort when pressing to miniature silvery multimedia key menu towering middle of the sea the other keys. In the user manual, this button does not say, in every case where it is mentioned, it is drawn-out. But people close to Nokia, called this control button Anssi - in honor Anssi Vanjoki, the heads of Nokia multimedia unit, which invented the button and carousel menu that appears after clicking it.
Buttons “reception” and “Lights Out”, which ends keyboard nestled in the block, as Sydney without negative emotions.
Area around the circuit allows the administrator to manage player. Central hotkey combines the functions of the pad and buttons confirm the selection. In the latter case, the area is working as usual hardware key.
Navy Wheel functionality by default, it had to include a menu. Sensor works only in mediamenyu, galleries and player, and just to navigate through the lists. In the main menu or other programs is inactive.Even in the few cases where actual sensory panel, to use it is not always convenient. Area keyboard is very small, so the rotational motion of the resulting menu, perform inconvenient. Moreover, with the activated Navy Wheel is becoming more difficult to enjoy the basic functionality of central keys.
It would be much more relevant permit to use a touchscreen, for example, in your browser. Although in this case it is too small an area severely restricted the actions of the user. Perhaps the potential of the touch panel will be disclosed in future Nokia phones, but in this case, severely limited the user and disable function correctly - that is not hampered.
Except as described buttons, there are two more - loud and keys on the right end of the camera - as well as the inclusion and the slider button to turn off the keypad mounted on the upper front. He, like many players, completely blocking the keyboard. It is claimed when connecting headphones and remote control package.
Telephone keys are short but strong progress. They are plastic, not metal, as is often the case when such a realization keyboard.

Menu

Program Nokia N81 is different from all the latest smartphones company. Platform: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1, the operating system: Symbian OS v9.2. I need hardly tell once again the main points, so proceed immediately to innovation.
In the first instance, to describe the N-Gage. Before the release of the full game environment N-Gage presented a set of demo games and summary promises. In our case before football games, and arcade space race. Not able to say that the game graphics or enamored particularly interesting gameplay. Perhaps later appear more interesting games to correct the situation.
Games are automatically in landscape mode, with the active gaming keys marked with a circle and a square. Play is quite convenient apparatus confidently rests in the hands, buttons conveniently Sydney.
Music player is different special functionality. This is the standard solution, which we have seen in the Nokia 5700 smartphone and some others with music classes.
Audio quality is better than in the Nokia N95 and other similar devices. Bloginfo Samsung U-series, subjectively, sounded better. What particularly surprised N81 quite comfortable working with high-AKG K240 Studio and Sennheiser HD270. In both cases, the volume remained at an acceptable level.
In mouse installed Wi-Fi manager and UPnP client. Like the PlayStation 3, Nokia N81 can get data from household appliances or compatible computer (unless, of course, it is UPnP server).
Working with Wi-Fi has been volatile. After 5-10 minutes brouzinga started active network lost. We were unable to find out why, or under any of their resolve.
The set also has a customer Music Store, which will be useful only to residents of Britain, Adobe PDF and the Search 4.0. Office package or a separate Media are not available.
New version of the search service searches on the Internet or by phone Resources (music, contacts, calendar, messages, bookmarks, pictures, video card, applications, and notes). Search extremely convenient, searches by keyword or part of speech. The results are grouped by category, if it belongs to several results.
This program will be installed in all new Nseries smartphones and Nokia N95 and Nokia N95 8GB have already received the new version of its firmware.
Carousel multimedia menu presented six pages: music, games, gallery, contacts, and Internet card. In each case, there are bookmarks to the most popular features section. For a list of contacts favorite numbers for the browser - bookmarks, for the gallery - and access to the gallery last snapshot from the camera and so on. Pages could be regrouped for each secured room for easy access.

The map 7672 MB of memory is available, in the phone’s memory - 25 MB. Of the 96 MB RAM 42 MB user aside. This is a very good figure. As a result, you can run multiple applications of heavy, and all of them will work correctly and quickly. In addition, a large quantity of RAM positive impact on the work of the browser and the maximum number of open pages. Rather, history with the first iteration of N-Gage repeated again. Those devices, which will be officially endorsed by the producer for the Games, will be equipped with an adequate amount of RAM; the rest of the game demanding simply will not work anymore.
3D adapter built-no, but 332 MHz processor Freescale shows very good performance, close to the upcoming Nokia N95.
Manufacturer used capacious 1050 mAh battery, which even under the most active use withstand impressive two days. You can talk about confident 4-5 days with an average use of the work.
Data on microUSB place with little to 8 GB of memory speeds of 1500 KB / s, often falling to the level of 500 KB per second.

Camera

Photographs obtained by slightly noisy and blurred visible artifacts from excessive compression, but the color is very natural, colors are bright and natural. The edges are blurred objects, but not merge with the rest picture. In the dark places noises particularly visible, but not unpleasant green tide.
Overall, the quality of pictures above average. It is hardly possible to find a similar level of the camera, which could offer better-quality pictures. In N81 established budgetary decision, albeit a very good quality.

Conclusions

We had tests on Nokia N81 8GB different from Nokia N81 additional 8 GB flash memory card-and the lack of reader. In fact, everything said here applies equally to the two phone.
The developers have established a large number of functions in a relatively compact casing, with a negative impact on the overall weight and ergonomic keyboard. Perhaps some do not like the lack of HSDPA, and the average camera.
Staff worked very quickly, supported gaming platform N-Gage and qualitatively reproduces music. It is unlikely that it can be recommended for purchase at the current price, but at least a reduction to $ 500, Nokia N81 8GB might well be in the pockets of the advanced youth.
Set:
Nokia N81 8GB
Wired Stereo HS-45
Remote Control AD-54
USB cable CA-101
The battery-BP 6MT
Battery charger, AC-5
Instructions
Instruction Quickstart
Leaflet
DVD-ROM with a set of programs