e61 Nokia

e61 Nokia Review

The E6li stands out from other Nokia phones with its fresh new look and super slim profile.

After years of churning out functional but mostly chunky and staid-looking cellphones, the designers at Nokia have finally caught on to the trend of going super slim with their latest smartphone - the E61i.

The E6li joins the likes of Samsung's i600 and the BlackBerry 8800 with its trim profile, landscape screen and qwerty keyboard, but it is easily the best looker among the lot: a mocha-cum-stainless steel casing spells chic.

Measuring 13.9mm at the top and just 11.5mm at its slimmest end, the E61i looks way better than its boring-looking predecessor launched over a year ago, the all-silver E61. But don't expect major improvements in features - the two phones are mostly similar, except for the addition of a 2-megapixel camera in the E6li.

The E6li is also mostly similar to its competitors when it comes to other features, such as 3G and Wi-Fi capabilities, a 2.8-inch landscape QVGA screen, a built-in memory of 60MB and microSD memory card support of up to 2GB.

What's missing, though, is 3.5G connectivity, which some phones, such as the Samsung i600, already offer.

Like the Samsung i600, the E61i's screen isn't a touch-sensitive one. Fortunately, I had no problems with navigation, as the four-way button is easy to use.

The qwerty keyboard is of a decent enough size, but I found the keys lacking in tactile response. I liked the large 2.8-inch screen, but the onscreen icons are unnecessarily small, given the generous amount of real estate available.

The E6li runs on the proprietary S60 Platform 3rd Edition operating system, and I'm happy to report that this version is much more responsive compared to previous Symbian-based models.

What matters most to people who purchase smartphones is probably the suite of business features, and the E61i does not disappoint. For e-mail, the phone supports e-mail protocols such as POP/Imap and SMTP, Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email 8.0 and a variety of third-party e-mail clients like BlackBerry Connect v2.1.

For browsing, the Nokia Web browser comes with a mini-map feature that shows you which part of the webpage you are at.

There's also Quickword for editing Word documents, Quicksheet for editing Excel spreadsheets, Quickpoint for viewing PowerPoint presentations and Adobe Reader for PDF files.

Look out, too, for a fancy application that reads aloud your SMS messages in a rather robotic voice.

The MP3 player holds its own against any standalone MP3 player in playback quality.

Photos taken on the E61i were barely passable, though. Make sure you have good lighting conditions when using the camera, and even so, use it strictly for impromptu or urgent situations.

Voice quality does not disappoint, and the speakerphone is one of the loudest I've tested.

As for battery life, it is decent. With minimal multimedia and Wi-Fi usage, the E61i lasted just over two days before I had to recharge it. That's slightly better than other smartphones that I've tested recently.

- By Melvin Seah, who works in the IT industry.

FINAL SAY
Highly recommended. The E6li is not only a good looker, it has substance, and is relatively affordable.

Wi Fi Services

The below article enlighten us on wi fi services, it addresses what is Wi Fi or Wi-Fi and its security

Wi-Fi, short for wireless fidelity refers to a set of wireless networking echnologies more specifically referred to as any type of 802.11 network, 802.11b and 802.11a, dual band.

The word Wi-Fi was built by an organization called the Wi-Fi Alliance. They overlook tests that confirm the production.

A product that undergoes the alliance analyses is given the name “Wi-Fi certified”. In earlier times, the term “Wi-Fi” was used only in place of the 2.4 GHz 802.11b.standard. It rapidly gained in fame with access points across the Unites States.

These standards are generally in used around the world, and allow users that have Wifi capable device, like a laptop or PDA to connect anywhere there is available Wi-Fi access point.

There are three standards referred to signify the speed of connection. Both the 802.11a and 802.11b are the ones capable of 54 MBPS with 802.11a additional capabilities.

802.11b are the most common of the three standards because it can transmit at 11 Megabits per Second even though the faster WI-Fi standards are quickly changing it. However, all these Wi-Fi standards are fast enough to generally allow a broadband connection.

Wireless Fidelity is an appearing technology that will probably be as common as electric outlets and phone lines in a few years. It adds great levels of convenience and high level of production for workers whose offices have a Wi-Fi access.

It is intentionally planned to be use for wireless devices but is now often used for Internet access. You can connect computers anywhere, in or out your home or office without needing wires.

They are just connected to the network that uses radio signals. Even travelers can progressively equip Wi-Fi in airports, coffee shops, Internet cafes, malls, and hotels around the world.

How does W-Fi work?

Wi-Fi is the wireless way to handle networking. Wi-Fi allocates a worldwide Internet connection to be transmitted through radio waves. Radio waves are the ones that make Wi-Fi run and exist.

They permit Wi-Fi networking occurs between many people. These waves are transmitted from antennae and Wi-Fi receivers are picking them up. The moment a device receives signal within the range of a Wi-Fi network, an internet connection is produced without a chord and with the use of a Wi-Fi card that reads the signal. The user will be incited with login screen and password if needed once the connection is established between the user and the network.

How secure is Wi-Fi?

Wi-Fi maintains and continues to have numerous security issues. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is used in the physical and data link layers. It was planned to provide wireless security by protecting the data while it travels from one point to the other. Contrasting with the wired LANs, their networks are usually inside the building.

Even if it is protected by wireless LANs, they are more exposed due to the fact that the data travels over radio waves which are much easier to capture. One of the reasons why WEP is vulnerable, some other corporations do not even change their shared keys for a long time. The keys are too long to be used. With that much time, the key can get into other hands and use it in a wrong motive, which could be disastrous for the corporation.

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