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I remember about 14 years ago upgrading from some Nokia phone to the Nokia 6200. I could not believe how great the phone was. It came with PC Suite & so I would never have to re-enter phone numbers of calendar entries on a cell phone again. The E72 is my seventh Nokia phone. I went from the 6200 to the Nokia E51 Unlocked Phone with 2 MP Camera, International 3G, Wi-Fi, MP3/Video Player, and MicroSD Slot--International Version with Warranty (Rose Steel), an absolutely great phone--my first Smartphone. I still have it. I use it as a spare/backup. However, needing more horsepower, I graduated to Nokia N95 Unlocked Cell Phone with 5 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, MP3/Video Player, MicroSD Slot--U.S. Version with Warranty (Silver/Red). This was, by far, the best and my favorite phone. It was also eyecandy to others. Like the E51, it was also my everyday/everywhere Mp3 player. It's hard to believe the number of audiobooks, music albums, data files, pictures and other things that I am able to carry around with me--always! I used up to 32GB MicroSD cards with both of them, although the E51 struggled a bit! When the N95 croaked, after three years, I looked at many different manufactures' models, but I still wanted to go Nokia. After much research, I tried the N97 Mini. It bombed. Actually, I was sucker to a Chinese clone rip-off (not on Amazon). I tried a safer choice approach, on Amazon, Nokia C6-01 Unlocked GSM Phone with 8 MP Camera, 720p Video Recording, and Ovi Maps Navigation--U.S. Version with Warranty (Silver). You can read my review there. I was not very complimentary about it, vowing never to purchase another Nokia. I returned it for a refund.Again, I looked at many highly rated phones, like the Samsung Samsung I9000 Galaxy S Unlocked GSM Smart Phone with 5 MP Camera, Android OS, Touchscreen, Wi-Fi, GPS and MicroSD Slot - Unlocked Phone - No Warranty - Black (the only brand for which Windows Phone accepts a MicroSD card-although you have to "marry" it to the phone-see specs!) and several HTC models like the HTC A9192 Inspire 4G Unlocked Phone with Android OS, 3G Support, 8 MP Camera, Wi-Fi and GPS - Unlocked Phone - US Warranty - Black. These caught my eye. Still, after more research, I found myself wanting a Nokia. For someone who favored them for almost 14 years now, it just seemed like a no-brainer. Reviews all tell the story of Nokia loyalty. I have not been on a cell phone contract for over eight years, so I just buy the phones I want (all Nokia) & change the SIM card. I have liked them for their simplicity, their many features and their ease of use. Anyway, hands down the E71 probably will go down as Nokia's best or favorite phone. In spite of that, I was attracted to the E72 which had high reviews and had improvements over the E71, in spite of what was said by the extreme E71 loyalists. And for the price that "BLINQ" was offering for "Open Box" models on Amazon, I thought I would take one more chance.When I first opened the box for this Nokia E72, I was pleased. Although bigger, it had the same feel as the E51. After charging and some initial setup procedures, I did what I have always done. I updated the software/firmware. Then I "synched" it with my Microsoft Outlook. It's a real easy procedure. I have always used Nokia PC Suite--I have not been very fond of the Ovi Suite software. I have done this for over ten years now. It's pretty basic stuff.As happened on the C6-01, from the time the sync was complete, I began to get messages: "Memory Full. Close some applications and try again." These were mostly when trying to use the Calendar, but it also happened for Contacts and for other things and at other times. I did a restore to factory settings, and repeated this process, before I went online looking for a solution. None of it worked.I thought, "Oh no! I'll be sending this back too!" I am usually able to get to the bottom of technical problems, but this was frustrating. I had visited so many forums for the C6-01 & got nowhere. So, I decided to once again to "Google" the above message and re-examine the forums, looking for a "clue" to a solution which might point me in another direction. This worked. I found a "clue!" One person wrote how "Memory Full" message was not related to memory at all, but was due to a corrupted Outlook file. It offered a three-step solution. 1) Reformat the phone using the *#7370# command. 2) Run the "Scanpst.exe" program on the Outlook file (supplied by Microsoft but must be searched for) and let it find and correct any problems (which it did). 3) Synch with Ovi rather than PC Suite (which seemed to go against my grain, but I did it). I am glad I did. This phone now works like a charm!I love it! I am sure already that this is the best phone that I've owned. I do however fault Nokia for the poor troubleshooting help that they are providing their customers now. Regardless, I still give this five-stars: I prefer Nokia over the others. This is true of so many other people too, incl

i got this phone in 2011, two years after its release. It was a replacement for an N80 (which was a fantastic phone in its day) and my first E Series. The QWERTY layout drew me in and i have never looked at any other form factor since this one. It is a shame it is vanishing from the market in the transition to all touch all the time.i still have this phone, and recently decided to pick it back up as my main device (the Nokia E6-00 had been my main phone previously - i got it as a replacement for my aging E72 when the screen died). My learning curve on this phone was practically non-existent - it is the easiest phone to get along with i have ever had. The auto-focus 5MP camera is nice, too, as i have missed that on the E6. The EDOF sensors in the E6 and E7 lack close-up capabilities, so QR codes are not readable and a feature on the E72 that allows you to copy a business card to your contacts was gone, too.The optical track pad i find easier to use than the E6's touch interface (mainly due to the size of the screen) and realistically, the only thing i miss moving back to this phone is the high-res display (VGA on the the E6 vs QVGA on the E72). Although Symbian^3/Nokia Belle have some nice shortcuts to many connectivity features that S60 does not, i find the settings in S60 are FAR more easily navigated and intuitive.Another feature i had missed in Belle (present in the E72 in S60) is a customizable graphic equalizer. There is really no reason that this feature should be missing at all. Even the N8 (which is a multimedia device) does not have this feature.Quick Office (editing support for Word, PowerPoint and Excel) and Joikuspot (WiFI hotspot) are loaded from the factory. There are still plenty of apps in Nokia Store available, too, so the ecosystem for this phone is still alive.

With one word: NO.After owning and E71 for over a year, which for me was by far the best phone that I have ever used, I was really excited about getting the new E72 since it featured a 600Mhz CPU which seemed to be my main and only issue with the E71. However the CPU was the only upgrade in this unit and almost everything else seemed to be in fact a downgrade. As mentioned by another reviewer this phone has serious stability issues. The FP2 OS is extremely buggy and crashes, reboots and freezes several times a day. Nokia really needs to work on a new firmware to correct this. Below is every quality of the phone that I could think of as compared to the E71.HARDWARE-----------------------------BUILD QUALITY: Definitely not as solid of a feeling compared to the mostly metal E71. The D-pad feels like cheap plastic and it has some free play. The back cover tends to move occasionally when you are holding the phone to your ear.SPEAKERPHONE: Very poor quality compared to the E71. There is very noticeable buzzing near the maximum volume, even with high quality music files. Calls on speakerphone at max volume are plain annoying due to the buzzing. On top of that the speaker is not as loud as the one on the E71.CALL QUALITY: Excellent call quality except at the maximum volume where the call speaker also becomes distorted.KEYBOARD AND TOUCHPAD: The keyboard feels slightly better than the one on the E71. The buttons seem to give out somewhat of a better feedback. However the E72 is slightly wider than the E71 which makes it a little harder to type on with one hand. The new track pad navigation provides a very inconsistent performance and it is not even close to the one on the newer blackberries. Scrolling up and down is perfectly fine but scrolling sideways becomes an exercise. The good news is that the original directional pad like on the E71 is still there so you can just disable the touchpad if you hate it just as much as I did after a week of usage.CAMERA: It is still a cell phone camera so keep your expectations low. It takes decent pictures and the quality is about the same as the E71 but with 5 megapixel images and slightly wider lens. The camera application now has built-in panorama mode. Video at 640x480 is plain horrible. The flash on this phone is actually pretty decent. One thing that was very annoying to me is that it uses a very bright focus light(AKA The flash) which makes focusing at macro impossible if you are trying to take a picture of something with brighter colors that reflect more light. There is no way to disable the focus light either, not even in macro mode. Nokia should think about this as well.BATTERY LIFE: There is simply nothing like it. Except the E71. The battery life on the E72 is also exceptional. I am able to get 2 to 3 days of very heavy usage on it, including 2 to 3 hours of talking, 2 hours of browsing and some text messaging. I have not seen any other phone in this category which gets even close to these stats.GPS: Works great and it gets a position fix generally within 5 seconds. It seems a little faster than the E71. The E72 also has a compass.SOFTWARE-------------------------This is the bad part.FP2: Aside from unifying various internet connections I really did not see much if any of an improvement in this version of the Symbian OS. In fact it features some ugly menu transitions and it has a lot of stability issues. You would get out of memory error with a subsequent freezing at least a couple of times in a day and reboots and total freezes which require battery removal are not uncommon either.APPLICATION UNLOCK: Yes, the phone is hackable with HelloOX 2 and up.WEB BROWSER: The browser is definitely improved from the E71 afar as rendering and navigation goes. However I was never able to complete even ONE single browsing session without this thing crashing and just exiting in the middle of something. It would have been great if it did not crash.E-MAIL: About as bad as the client available on my first T-Mobile Pocket PC with Windows Mobile 2002. Although that one was a little better than what Nokia has provided. It is almost 2010 and Nokia still does not have an e-mail client which supports in-line HTML. The Nokia messaging software and service is plain horrible. After 3 days of usage I just cancelled my account and went to using webmail. It is really that bad and this is unacceptable for a supposed "business" device. As an alternative, I would recommend Emoze. Their software even partially supports in-line HTML. If you have Hotmail, you can download Windows Live for Symbian. It works really well.PODCASTING & INTERNET RADIO: Missing!!!???! Very disappointing.SIP CLIENT: Missing!!! The SIP settings are there, but there is no client. So forget about gizmo or any similar service unless you are using a third party client like Nimbuzz or Fring.OFFICE APPLICATIONS: This is one positive category. Quickoffice features a free upgrade to open and edit Office 2007 documents. Nokia has also ad

The E72 is one of the best phones ever created.... I am a proud owner of tons of phones and tons more over the last 10 years. The Nokia E72 is a beast.... and I save that category for the rarest of gadgets. Let me explain why (briefly).Right now I have an Iphone 2g, Ipaq 910, Bold 9700, and the E72. All of my phones serve a purpose in my ever changing lifestyle.The Iphone is probably the best pda device ever made- emails, sms, mms (now), apps, shortcuts, games, and ease of use. But its still lacking, to me, in various areas- lagging, running multiple apps, camera quality, and battery. Most importantly, I hate going in and out of apps- when closed its closed.The Ipaq 910- is probably one of the worst devices ever purchased; yet when running, its the king of pocketpc's. It was tethering at speeds of 10.2 almost 3 years ago. Now everyone is trying to include 3.5g speeds. Sadly, the battery life sucks and it crashes more than a toddler on training wheels. I still have it and refuse to part ways.The BB 9700 is hands down bb's best effort to me; I would say its the best mobile device on the market. I even added the droid interface and the droid ringtone to spice it up. The track ball is gone and the track pad is even more addictive. It now has a 624 processor and all the bells and whistles, needless to say the best email system going. However, I just get bored with it. I cant figure it out.Now E72 is my second Nokia... I bought the N97 in June but the price wasnt worth keeping. Nonetheless, it was a quality device. I read about the E72 recently and fell in love with the specs.Pros-Battery life- is unbelievable! None of the aforementioned phones can last a day without dragging out a car charger or a wall charger. The E72 can last 2 days with running: emails, taking pics, creating videos, tons of sms, apps, and tons of phone calls.Camera- is great. I love the quality of the 5mp pictures. The quality changes at night I might add. I almost forgot the front facing camera too.Phone quality- unbelievable calls...with headphones, bluetooth, or device calls.sms- sure its not threaded sms but there are programs that can change the UI if needed.Operating system- yes its outdated but its solid as a rock...I will take that all day long. Whats worst than having no phone? A phone that crashes... the symbian 60 is like a old BMW, period.Track pad/clicker- track pad is not as good as the bb but combined with the usual Nokia E series clicker pad make a great combination.Web Browser- excellent.. The best in its class.Video Calling- recently Fring added skype video calling... I was blown away.Audio messenging- every now and then when I am in a hurry I like to record audio messages oppose to sms...great addition.Contacts, calendar interface- its smooth...if you can marry with google sync...its even better.tethering- no need to purchase a program, it does it for you. You can even add a 3rd party program to make it a hotspot....3.5g- its the fastest phone its class... and if you can buy it unlock, you can take advantage of the various network speeds. No need to buy wifi while traveling.3.5mm headjack outlet- I ran my jbl desktop speakers and last.fm... unbelievable.Nokia Office is a great program with Office and Pdf capability...GPS with OVI maps is superb... now that its free, its a must have with any Nokia.OTA upgrades,no more using the usb port to upgrade....Cons-*Email interface is cumbersome... but now that there is Nokia Email, its a lot better. However, I added Seven push email and its comparable to having BB push service.*Email Links from Browser- I hate that I cant email a friend a good article from a website... maybe I am missing it some how.*Nothing is in alphabetical order...when changing apps... Most are all over the place.*LED flash is on the keypad not the top...I kinda miss the blackberry flashing light.*On screen function icons too small-like sending a text or email, alarm, and bluetooth... are too small and if you need to know if a email is sent, you have to pay close attention to the sent icon or check the outbox...*Must use signed aps if not, you can forget it unless you spend hours trying to get it signed...*Usb jack and phone charger jack different....Overall I still say this is the best gadget phone out...its a thinking mans phone because a lot of the capabilities are hidden and require work. However, once you have mastered it, you have a mp3 player, an entry level 5mp hotshot, great phone, pda, pocketpc, video camera, great gps, social networker (Nokia Facebook and Twitter Gravity, video caller, and a hotspot.I highly recommend the Unlocked version oppose to ATT bloatware crasher versions....

Received the battery promptly with Prime shipping.Printing and holograms were the same but the battery itself was of a slightly different shade on the label side.Installed the battery, charged overnight and it worked fine. A few weeks later the phone began to shut off for no reason. It didn't turn back on with the power button, plugging in the charger didn't help either. Had to remove the battery, install it, plug it in to charge for quite awhile and then you could turn on the phone. This started to happen more frequently during the next few weeks.Troubleshooting during this time included tracking talk time, amount of charging time and I eventually found this battery was ever so slightly smaller than the original that came with the phone. Wedged the battery in the case with a sliver of card stock to try and make sure we weren't losing contact between the phone and the battery.This finally became unacceptable shortly after the return window had expired.Now I wonder if this is a real OEM Nokia battery as marked. I'm not sure how or where to order another battery if they're going to last for 45 days with a 30 day return policy.

This is an excellent smartphone with a qwerty keyboard and probably one of the best for any heavy texter. Speaking of which, the keys are very small, but trust me--you should not have problems with them. I have fairly large thumbs (I'm 6' 3" with appropriate size hands) and I had no problem (sure, it takes a little getting used to) since the keys are not flat but raised and... pyramid-like in shape which makes them easier to feel (and helps not press multiple ones at the same time). The one texting-related flaw is that this particular model does not support threaded SMS view (at least not out of the box). The phone overall feels very sturdy and looks very elegant. It's also good for light browsing, but if you plan to use the phone a lot for internet access, I would recommend something with a bigger screen (the only reason why I switched to a Samsung Galaxy Ace 2).

Coming from a Windows mobile phone (HTC tilt), I love this phone. I have been considering the Tilt2, but wanted to try something other than a WinMo (I didn't find myself using a lot of WinMo features/apps that called for another similar one). iPhone was out of question as I wanted tethering, better battery life and dedicated keyboard. I have been using it for 3 weeks now and liking it more day by day. Few things before moving to Pros and Cons of the phone - This phone is not for people that like simplicity of touch screen phones (like iPhone). There is a learning curve in using this phone's features and the shortcut keys. But, imo once familiar with the functions/shortcuts one can do things a lot faster than a touch screen phone.Pros****1. Looks sleek and professional. Call quality is excellent and plenty loud.2. Keyboard feels very good even though the keys are slightly smaller. They have a nice feedback when pressed.3. Shortcut keys! There are quite a few shortcut keys on QWERTY keyboard to control phone functions and inside applications. While this feature has a learning curve, I found it very useful once learned.4. Snappy performance. Very fast and responsive.5. OVI MAPS for Free! - this is simply awesome. Now you can have a GPS with maps for as many countries as you need, for free!. Below is a mini review for this feature to explain it better. a. The GPS locks on the position very fast while using A-GPS. Most of the time within 10-15 sec I have a lock on the signal. b. GPS interface is very good and user friendly (I have used the latest Garmin and Magellan). c. Features include lane assistance, auto zoom in/out based on turns/directions, voice guidance, Speedometer, 2D/3D maps, route overview etc. d. The map size while getting driving direction is a bit smaller on E72, due to smaller screen. Pretty much only 2x2 inch space is used to show the map and rest is used for other information. It might look better on Nokias with larger touch screens. In spite of this, the auto zoom in/out makes it easier to view the map details. e. I compared it side by side with my Magellan and found it to be pretty accurate. E72 was faster in getting the signals (perhaps due to A-GPS)6. Wifi - Works wonderfully and connects to my home network with WPA2 security without any problems. Once connected, I can turn off scanning to save battery Life7. Screen is very bright and readable in direct sunlight.8. Battery life - I can wait for 3 days (may be 4 if I wait for the phone to die on me) before I have to connect it to charger. I use Push emails (18 hrs a day) and stay connected to my home wireless network most of the time and occasional use of phone for talking. Even with heavy use I expect it to last at least for 2 days.9. 3.5mm headphone jack10. Comes with a 4GB micro SD card.11. Decent 5MP camera and nice outdoor photo quality. Indoor photos are just OK (most cellphone cameras are the same).Cons****1. Screen resolution is not great when compared other similar type phones (E.g. Blackberry bold). Would have been nice to have higher resolution on such a bright screen2. Speaker phone volume is not loud enough3. Mail for Exchange - The version on phone is not bad, but it could be better. This is the only application that runs slow on this phone. It takes good few secs for it to open a mail. As it does not load the mail in HTML format automatically, the readability suffers. I had to scroll 2-3 pages to read a few liner mails. Got Roadsync (version 5) for discounted price from OVI store and loving it. It addresses all the problems with Mail for Exchange.4. Optical trackpad is not very useful (even after setting sensitivity to high). I found using the D-pad quicker.5. Micro USB connector and shortest cable - the USB cable that came in the box is approx 7inch long. For such highly priced phone it would have been nice if Nokia included a good quality longer cable. Also, I would have preferred a Mini USB instead of Micro. Micro USB feels a bit fragile and I feel like I might break it if I'm a bit careless when connecting. Perhaps, the thinner case was a limitation to include a mini USB.The phone crashed only once till date and that was when using the Mail for Exchange. I blame it on the application for the crash and not the S60 platform. Browsing experience is not as great a touch screen phone/phone with larger screen. But, there is always a compromise on size vs. features.

Most reviews on the web compare the E72 with the E71 and whether it is worth the upgrade. This review is from the perspective of a first time Nokia smartphone user who previously owned Blackberry and Windows Mobile devices. Compared to my previous phones, this one is definitely more responsive. I rarely ever wait for menus to pop up or applications to open. Also, I am big on multitasking, which Nokia does very well. I agree that Symbian requires some time to get used to, but the shortcuts really help. For example, switching applications by holding down the home button is great for multitasking.The phone itself is sleek and feels good in the hands. It has some weight to it so that it does not feel "plasticky". The thin form factor makes it easy to carry in the pocket. I'm not going to deny it, the light leak does bother me. It is something I am willing to live with, though, because this phone still looks better than the others in the market. The optical nav pad depends purely on personal preference. I find myself switching between the optical and physical button depending on the task. The optical pad is functional. I just find it a bit slow when scrolling down a web page. And Nokia really dropped the ball in making the surrounding D-pad button too high. It makes scrolling optically uncomfortable as you are constantly hitting the edge of the physical button. I really like how the notification light surrounds the D-pad. The white light looks good on the black phone. Much better than having a separate red LED in the corner of the phone. Now, if only that can switch colors...Call quality is good and I have no had any dropped calls. The one complaint is that the speakerphone is not loud enough. Email on the Nokia is also surprisingly good despite the bad reviews. I feel that it is as much as "push" email experience as the BB. Setup was pain free even for the casual user. I also like how you do not have to open the html version unless you choose to do so using the link on the top of the email. The one thing I miss from the BB is not being able to get all my email accounts and SMS in one folder. Nokia should really consider that. Also the copy and paste feature is not as good as the BB. I still cannot copy text while reading an email. I have to choose reply so that I can get to edit mode before copying. If somebody knows a trick, please let me know.The Symbian interface is still relatively old-fashioned and boxy. However, that also means it looks less like a toy. I like how the home screen shows the calendar items and to do list. When on the Blackberry, I had to sift through hundreds of themes to find one that accomplished this task. In terms of apps, I still find that the Symbian apps are a step behind the other platforms. At least in the US. I find A LOT of apps out there, but the quality falls short. For example, the Bloomberg app was much more functional on my Blackberry. The Symbian version is just awkward, with no easy way to refresh the data. Nokia does score with Ovi Maps, which is easy to use and very efficient. Hopefully, Symbian won't die out and people will continue developing apps for it.I cannot say much about the camera as I like using real cameras for my pictures. I took a few as test shots and they came out pretty good. The shutter is responsive, but the flash is slow. When taken in good light, the pictures were crisp with good color. Low light pictures were noisy as expected.I hope this review gives readers an idea of the usability of the Nokia E72. I admit some compromises were made to switch from my Blackberry, but overall, I am enjoying my experience with the new phone. I think productivity will increase as I gain experience on Symbian. The responsiveness and appearance of the phone really won me over. Plus I cannot stand carrying the same piece of plastic as everyone else.

Excelente tel?fono! Me encantaba toda sus funciones y las comodidades que conten?a. L?stima q una sobrecarga me lo quemara! :(

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Works just as it should. Returns my phone to its original battery life. Cheap and works flawlessly - no complaints.

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I have used Nokia cell phones exclusively for the past 15 years. 18 months ago, looking for my next cell phone, I selected the E72 based on the abundance of positive reviews. My experience with it has been so poor that I am no longer a Nokia man.The core issue, to me, is global software flakiness. I never know when/ how the sw is going to malfunction. I cannot count on something as fundamental as a ring or a profile. With my phone set on a given profile and ring, I am never sure that it will actually ring - it might decide to only vibrate or beep once rather than ring. It will randomly change profiles without being prompted to do so - and I never know when that might happen... To reiterate, this phone is so unreliable that you cannot count on getting a ring when waiting for a phone call!Beyond the global flakiness, there are myriads of small, but unpleasant, usability problems. You still get the "Select Connection" screen every time you unlock the keyboard - even if you disable broad band, compelling you to press exit twice. Without shortcuts it takes 4 clicks to get into Contacts. The default call list shows only dialed numbers rather than both in and out calls... I could go on multiple pages. Some of these issues you can correct through customization - others are impossible to avoid.I spent multiple hours over the past 18 months on the user's manual, forums, and support calls. I have now given up on ever getting this phone to work properly. I was looking for a solid international business phone with access to email and GPS, and that did not need too many bells and whistles. What I got was totally unusable for my basic purposes. The hardware has been solid, but the incredibly poor quality software is simply enraging. This phone is simply unable to reliably provide basic telephony features. I would not spend $50 for this incredibly flawed phone, and neither should you.

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After much research I decided on the E72 and picked one up about a month ago. The iPhone data/voice plan is to expensive with AT&T and I could not find a good Android QWERTY phone (not interested in touch screen or keyboard slider phones). I looked at the E71/E71x and the camera was sub par and disliked the non-standard headphone jack. Enter the E72. The phone is simply awesome.Major pros:Camera/Video-takes great pictures and videos. More like an early 5mp digital camera, less like a cell phone.Stability-The phone flat out works well. It only takes a few moments to power on and it is rock solid. My old Blackjack II (Windows Mobile 6.1) crashed and burned at least once a day.GPS/Ovi Maps-The GPS takes about 10 seconds to get a lock, even inside my house. Free lifetime Ovi maps! Voice guided turn by turn directions (can even use different languages or accents). It took 5 minutes for GPS to fire up on my Blackjack II.Reception-has a signal in places where my old phone had no service.WiFi-Very good wifi radio; grabs a signal when needed and after a few moments you are surfing the internet.Display-24 bit display can be seen during the day.Symbian OS-There is a learning curve to it, but once you figure it out it makes sense.Looks/Build-The phone feels substantial in your hand and is well built. I like the added touch of the stainless steel battery cover.Battery Life-Yes! A smartphone that doesn't have to be charged everyday! I can go at least a couple of days on a charge and during that time be listening to mp3's, surfing the internet and checking e-mails. power to spare (be warned if you are using wi-fi and/or using bluetooth for extended times the battery does drop much faster).Nokia Internet Radio-now included with the phone. Listen to thousands of stations around the world for free.Flash Lite support-can watch You Tube videos using native browserMajor Cons (none of them deal breakers for me)No threaded text messaging. I do miss thisNo native support for Windows Media Streaming for video or audio (problem solved by purchasing Kinoma Play, which is an awesome product)No native Divx supportNot a lot of native customizing options out of the boxThe supplied USB cable is only 8" long-glad I have a laptop!Speakerphone and earpiece could be louderDifficult (but not impossible) to multitask while on a call, examples bringing up your contacts or reading a text messageCan slow down or get unstable with apps it doesn't seem to like; downloaded Fring and Auto We-Fi from the Ovi store and the phone started hanging and locking up; deleted them one at a time and the phone went back to normal (no loss with the programs, I did not like them much anyway).I recommend this phone to anyone looking for a QWERTY bar phone. It is second to none.Added bonus if you have AT&T: This phone is not classified as a smartphone at AT&T (they don't sell it). You can use regular Media Net unlimited or the family data plans and get unlimited data use-for almost half the price of the smartphone/PDA plans.