Nokia E71

1sttimebuild

Hi,

I'm getting the nokia E71 on 3 tomorrow just seeing if anyone has advice on what applications I should download to it and what to do to get setup right from start.

Thanks

drunkmonkey

what applications are you looking for, there's loads bundled with it you can download through the download section in the phone....

1sttimebuild

My contacts and email and cal are all run through google whats the best to use to sync with these. I'd use internet radio and I use nimbuzz on pc so i'll hopefully use that on mobile to. its with three so i plan on using skype. Should i download the latest firmware before I do anything else and are there any themes you'd recomend

towel401

1sttimebuild wrote: »

My contacts and email and cal are all run through google whats the best to use to sync with these. I'd use internet radio and I use nimbuzz on pc so i'll hopefully use that on mobile to. its with three so i plan on using skype. Should i download the latest firmware before I do anything else and are there any themes you'd recomend

you know if you buy from 3 you will get crappy 3-branded firmware rite?

drunkmonkey

towel401 wrote: »

you know if you buy from 3 you will get crappy 3-branded firmware rite?

it's not crap on the e71, mine works like a dream and i've never upgraded the firmware... very light firmware... it's a bonus not an affliction...;)

one thing I can't figure out is how to get the camera flash light to stay on bright so I can use it as a torch, had to borrow a friends k770i last night to look for something....

strecker

Hava a good look at www.e71fanatics.com
Loads of tips, themes, apps, links etc!

Get gmail apps, gmaps, opera mini, skyfire and snaptu(if you use twitter and/or facebook);
And yeah, in menu go to downloads and see what's there, but careful: not all are freeware! Some are just trial!
When you set up email, the phone will automatically set up your accounts! If that fails, turn phone into offline mode and try again! The wizard will, obviously, fail to retrieve settings, and then it'll 'allow' you to enter settings manually!!!

jammer84

I just did a spur of the moment impulse purchase lastnight and bought one of these. Omnia isn't great.

Looked at wifi phones on the nokia site and this just caught my eye so purchased sim free. Hope it's worth it as didn't shop around and spent 370 on it.

Hopefully will be here on Monday so let us know how you find it when you get it and the app availability

strecker

jammer84 wrote: »

I just did a spur of the moment impulse purchase lastnight and bought one of these. Omnia isn't great.

Looked at wifi phones on the nokia site and this just caught my eye so purchased sim free. Hope it's worth it as didn't shop around and spent 370 on it.

Hopefully will be here on Monday so let us know how you find it when you get it and the app availability

You won't regret it!!!
Great phone!

jammer84

strecker wrote: »

You won't regret it!!!
Great phone!

Hope so.

Hate that impulse purchasing though. CC burns a hole in my wallet:eek:



EDIT:
I'm raging. I just got off the phone from UPS to check on the status of the phone that I purchased on Wed evening. They said I won't expect it until Tuesday at the earliest.

God damn phone site stating they had the phone in stock and then the phone gets shipped from their distributor in the UK. How's that in stock? Since when is a distributors stock "in stock" in your warehouse? If you had a physical shop would you state to a customer that walked in that a product was in stock just cause your distributor had it in stock in another country???? No.

Sorry about the rant but really P****D over this delay.