Comments on: BlackBerry rival Nokia E61 now shipping

By: Mackarus

Mackarus — Sat, 27 May 2006 04:38:31 +0000

It’s all over eBay now. The price has dropped significantly since it first came out.
http://fonegrabber.com/106/nokia-e61/

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 05 May 2006 15:43:19 +0000

I am afriad I’ve been convinced to go with E61 than 8700 for my next phone. Wi-Fi, miniSD, and good media (AAC) support (albeit no camera) push me over the fence.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Fri, 05 May 2006 03:40:31 +0000

dp,

I wrote an entire post about not being able to talk and send email at the same time on the BlackBerry. I agree, that is a very cool feature. Hopefully next-gen 3G BlackBerries will have this feature.

By: dp

dp — Thu, 04 May 2006 18:27:04 +0000

I like the fact that you can send and receive e-mails while talking on the phone.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 04 May 2006 16:20:27 +0000

Does anyone know when the E61 will be available to purchase in the USA? and what carriers will be selling it? Thanks, Jon

By: acnst

acnst — Wed, 03 May 2006 20:50:19 +0000

Nokia is now promoting the IntelliSync Mobile Suite, NBC seems to be dead
The E61 will support multiple email push solutions. NBC, BlackBerry Connect and GoodLink are just some of the clients. But most of the clients will be released later this year.

By: carpetbagger

carpetbagger — Wed, 03 May 2006 15:49:53 +0000

i know you guys don’t want to hear it, but the e61 will use good’s goodlink email delivery system…at least that is what it has said on good’s website for almost a year.

By: Robb Dunewood

Robb Dunewood — Wed, 03 May 2006 15:05:52 +0000

Jeff,

I couldn’t agree with you more. Because the ESeries phones don’t run BlackBerry Connect out of the box they would never be an option for me.

Honestly, I think that Nokia would rather you use Nokia Business Center anyway. The probably offer BlackBerry Connect in a effort to pull some BlackBerry only share away from RIM. Once you get a BES user onto an ESeries device, it becomes much easier to pitch an alternative delivery system.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 03 May 2006 14:17:53 +0000

But the real issue is that I cannot get the BB push email today on this device. Until then this seems to be less compelling versus the BB8700 or other BB device.