I think it is obvious that my time with the E71 ended much sooner than expected, validating the opinion of my esteemed colleague, Yash, that I wouldn't be able to last 2 weeks with it. My SIM card is currently in my iPhone 4, and it will probably stay there for a while; I've spent the past couple of days rediscovering what actually makes iOS so appealing and I should have an editorial on that very topic on ...

My SIM card has gone back into my iPhone after a week with the Nokia E71. I just couldn't deal anymore. However, I wanted to share my thoughts about the E71's media capabilities before publishing my concluding writeup, which should be an interesting read. Arguably, the E71's most significant hardware limitation is that 3.2-megapixel camera on the back, simply because it just isn't very good. While I'm not a ...

Using the Nokia E71 has been a proper challenge, and I'm not really referring to S60 3rd edition being difficult to use. In all honesty, the real difficulty lies in getting the E71 to handle tasks that are considered typical of the modern smartphone. My semester break has ended. I've been back at school for a week, and things have been relatively busy from the get-go. We've all become very accustomed to the ...

I've spent 3 days using my Nokia E71 as my main smartphone, and I wanted to dedicate a post in the series to my experiences setting up the phone and preparing it for this 3-week stint. The initial setup process is an excellent benchmark of how much more user-friendly smartphones have become in the past few years, and the E71 genuinely feels like a smartphone from a different era even though its launch perio ...

There is something that Nokia does which has been irritating me for a while now. The company's insistence on branding what is rather obviously a line of feature-phones as smartphones is unmatched by any other company. Why is it irritating? Well, in my opinion, calling Asha phones "smartphones" is plainly incorrect. It does not take a great deal of intelligence to see that Asha phones are not even in the sam ...

Since the beginnings of Android, the homescreen experience is one aspect of the platform that has largely remained the same. Arguably, the concept of multiple homescreens comprised of freely-arranged widgets and shortcuts has become an instantly-recognizable feature of Android. While homescreens and widgets have evolved over time to become more powerful and flexible, the homescreen on a 2008 HTC Dream (the ...

Over the past two to three years, Android has exploded all over India. From a landscape dominated by Symbian and Blackberry handsets, to one where most smartphones being sold run Android, with iOS, Windows Phone and others in its wake. However, India was somewhat ignored by Google. Finally in the last six months, Google has really stepped up their game in India. Here’s a list showing how Google has begun to ...

The third Windows Phone 8 device to be launched by Nokia, the Lumia 620, is quite possibly the most interesting. CJ and Scott have already reviewed the 620, and Alvin has posted his opinion of the device too. As they say, 'Three Is Company But Four Is A Crowd', so I decided to refrain from doing a post on my thoughts on the 620. Instead, I decided to get the opinion of someone with different expectations fr ...

I am very fed up. Much of the online discussion I've seen regarding the HTC One so far has involved the Samsung Galaxy S4 in one way or another, based on how HTC performed last year in terms of sales figures compared to Samsung. The conventional wisdom seems to be that the HTC One stands absolutely no chance against the Samsung Galaxy S4 because the One will be utterly crushed by Samsung's humongous marketi ...

It has been over 2 years since Nokia announced their partnership with Microsoft and we have seen some great products come in since that announcement; Nokia N9, Nokia 808 PureView and Nokia Lumia 920. The ironic thing is, 2 of the 3 devices mentioned are devices that run OSes killed off by the partnership. The Nokia N9 redefined how interactions with a smartphone should take place. We now have devices like t ...

I have owned my Nokia Lumia 820 for a few months now. I absolutely love its flexibility. Not only can you change the back shell and swap colours whenever you choose. You can also get extra space when you run low, by adding a bigger MicroSD card. The HTC 8S comes second in this regard. Not only do I think the two-tone design is super cool, but it has better accessibility to the MicroSD. Almost hot-swappable. ...

Its no secret that I'm a bit of a Nokia Fanboy. Part of being a TRUE fanboy, is that you're open to other platforms, have used them, and still prefer your brand's product. In saying that, you need to also admit the flaws in that product. I was against Nokia going with Windows Phone (WP from herein), as it meant that my favourite OS, MeeGo-Harmattan, wouldn't be able to shine. Being a fanboy though, I still ...

Each time a criticism of Windows Phone 8 is uttered, it is not uncommon to hear the cry of an apologist. Windows Phone 8 is not for power users, they say. Windows Phone 8 will work just fine for the average user, they say. That might not be completely untrue, and Microsoft has never targeted any post-6.5 version of Windows Phone at geeks and technology enthusiasts. Windows Phone continues to have a very lim ...

So you got a new phone. It has a Gigahertz + Processor. Maybe it even has two, four or five cores. It has as much RAM as some old PC's. You paid a pretty penny for it, but were happy with your purchase. Until one fine day, not too long after purchase, you notice the company has slashed the price of your phone by quite a bit. Sound familiar to you? [quote_center] Does Your Phone Hold Its Value Over Time?[/qu ...

[quote_left]Platforms, they have problems too[/quote_left]Windows Phone 8 is deeply flawed. Its app ecosystem continues to lag far behind Android and iOS. There's no Instagram, Path or Grindr. There are no official apps for Pocket, Dropbox and Tumblr. Worse still, Google has publicly announced that the company will not be investing time or effort in building apps for Windows Phone 8. No official apps for Go ...