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Finally RIM will have a run for its money. E-Series+Nokia Messaging+Ovi Maps = WIN

I have a E72 and I luuuv it.]]>May 19th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
Agreed, I have had one for about a month now and i love it! tons of people slate it for not being a touchscreen, the UI not being all slick and Appl-y - but it has tons of brilliant apps (gravity, nimbuzz and joikuspot to name just a few) and the battery lasts days- yes, that's days plural!]]>May 19th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
I had an E72 and what got me most was the lack of conversation-style sms texting. Sure they had a beta version called "Conversions" or s'thing...but it was buggy.
THAT was my biggest issue with the E72. Otherwise, Great camera, great flash, decent QWERTY, built like a tank and 2 days of heavy use and still battery to spare.]]>May 19th 2010 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
This is a KILLER device. Build quality is truly fantastic. I would trade in my BB in a second.]]>May 19th 2010 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/shouldn't you really be saying the CARRIERS are finally waking up to Nokia and Symbian? Nokia didn't sell because carriers wouldn't sell them. Now they are, and Apple and Android have to finally fight on even ground in the US.

Don't call it a comeback. They've been here for years...]]>May 19th 2010 7:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 20th 2010 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 20th 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
However, the more competitors there are in the market the better]]>May 19th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
If this thing is anything like E72 and E61i, which I previsouly owned, this is built like a TANK. My other phones have sustained some "tortures" and functioned till the time I had to give it back to IT support for me to get the new model (the company I work for always gives the newest E-Series for its employees).

]]>May 19th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/Blackberry > this for business, sry.
And I hate bb's :P]]>May 19th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
You are wrong, the E72, and most likely the E73, royally rape any Blackberry out there. I know, I have used Blackberries extensively, and they have nothing on these devices. Build quality alone, these are miles ahead. Also, BB does not have the business foothold in the rest of the world that it does in the US. ]]>May 19th 2010 4:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
BB is better?? HOW?!

Let's see... It could be a personal vote on the UI, so its a PUSH.

Email and communications WAS a BB dominated deal, but Nokia also has Exchange support, PUSH email, Ovi Chat, built in VOIP/SIP client, and Microsoft Office Communicator, making it a formidable foe itself. From my experience, email is just a sliver of the expected functionality of a device. I call that a near push as well, but give RIM the slight edge, but not enough to make it a selling point over the competition unless that is the main purpose for using the device.

As for app framework support, RIM is woefully lacking, and in today's app crazed US market, that is important. RIM supports Java and...not much else. Symbian supports Java, Python, WRT, Qt, Ruby, Mscript, Flash, and more. No OS is competition for Symbian in this regard. Advantage Nokia.

I see that both of these devices have strong points, but the larger ecosystem, open system, and better developer support put the E73 over the top for me. I'm interested to know your stance, and why.]]>May 19th 2010 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/Been happy with Nokia e71 for so long but you realise that its a great keyboard with no good browsing experience. S60 browser sucks. Hoped always that Nokia developed the webkit browser and just never happened. I had all updates and even had e72 for week, same deal. Best first contract but moved on to nexus one.]]>May 19th 2010 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 8:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/what firmware are you using? I'm willing to bet that the issue is the slower Flash content rendering, which can be turned off. But if one browser has Flash support and another doesn't, is it truly worse? Or does the addition of Flash just cause the slowdown. Remember, the E71 has low RAM for a Flash device, and the platform wasn't as optimized for it back then. It is a two year old device, for crying out loud.]]>May 19th 2010 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/13/nokia-c3-c6-and-e5-try-to-smarten-up-the-dumbphone-market/

As for this E73, i'd take a guess that this isn't much different to the E72 in spec (or at least I hope not having just bought one!)

]]>May 19th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
That's what I'm thinking.... what's the upgrade here to warrant a new release?]]>May 19th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
Well I am happy you are covering Nokia much better lately. Thanks.]]>May 19th 2010 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
They are not the same phone!]]>May 19th 2010 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 20th 2010 5:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
OK. You were quick to remove the last line which said: "-- and fortunately, it doesn't seem to look anything like the rumored "Mystic." "

Nice work :)]]>May 19th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
A series of bad business decisions on Nokia's part, namely the fact that they refused to strike deals with carriers for their smartphones, since some, like AT&T, wanted to alter features in the phones...

Nokia decided to sell phones unlocked, at full price, and in the consumer society of US, that just didn't work for the people. Americans rather be tied up in contracts and credits, just so they wouldn't pay a few more Franklins...]]>May 19th 2010 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/The E75 was never offered carrier subsidized in the U.S.]]>May 19th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
The 5230 Nuron is available through T-Mobile.]]>May 19th 2010 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
Until either LTE or WiMax actually wins the day, there will always be this divide, dimming the attraction of unlocked phones. When all the carriers end up on one standard, you'll see unlocked phones gain favor (as well as the dominance of one OS a la Windows in the computer industry).]]>May 19th 2010 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/"A series of bad business decisions on Nokia's part, namely the fact that they refused to strike deals with carriers for their smartphones, since some, like AT&T, wanted to alter features in the phones..."

You may consider those bad decisions, but sticking up for the consumer is exactly why they still have a loyal following. They could've allowed the carriers to pimp them, and made large profits, but Nokia's main mission is to remain profitable, but while bringing connectivity and computing to the entire world, and not as the carriers see fit, but as the market and innovation see fit.

We are lucky today. We have two fully open multitasking OSes with fully accessible APIs for background apps, the widest developer toolkit support in the industry, a cross platform framework at the heart of its strategy, and you can do anything on a Symbian or MeeGo device that you can a laptop. It could be all iPhones and Android, but some of us want more, and only they provide it.

"Nokia decided to sell phones unlocked, at full price, and in the consumer society of US, that just didn't work for the people. Americans rather be tied up in contracts and credits, just so they wouldn't pay a few more Franklins..."

No, the carriers decided not to carry Nokia phones because of apps like Gnutella clients, Torrent clients, VOIP, app stores, vast multimedia support, built in navigation, etc. They wanted dumber devices, and Nokia knew its customers didn't need or want that. So they stuck to their guns, and made devices available for sale online. Google wasn't successful at it, but Nokia has been, relatively.

Because of the carriers, we have a stunted market, and are catching up to Europe. The iPhone would probably have a much better feature set had they had Symbian devices to compete with in the US. Now that they are here, Apple will be stepping its hardware and feature game up.

Americans really perfer the prepay route, according to stats. Just saying...]]>May 19th 2010 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
It may have been a bad business decision on Nokia's part, but it was a consistent decision overall, meaning they had their own mission statement that superceded "pure business" decision making.

This is one of the reasons why people stick with Nokia and why I respect them as a global company/brand even though I use a WinMo device. Their brand stands for their belief and they are willing to lose money over that belief. Everyone knows the US is brimming with consumer spending.

Nokia's belief and mission is to empower the world's citizens through technology. This is evidenced by their willingness to spend effort on localization and catering services specific to each market. And through their business decisions, they have come the closest to spreading technology on a global scale and continue to do so even when more "revolutionary" companies reject markets altogether for being "not enough profit can be made there".

So when Nokia decides they will lose a market to ensure that their brand and products carry their mission statement rather than be superceded by another directive that will impede that, I stand with Nokia, even as I don't use their device.]]>May 20th 2010 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
The industrial design looks different from the E72. If it improves upon the awesome E72, it's going to be an excellent phone: http://tnkgrl.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/life-with-the-nokia-e72/]]>May 19th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
Nice review.]]>May 19th 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
You must be the dumbest person on here. This is a truly stellar device, direct descendant of the E71, which was the best phone of the year, over even the Iphone according to stuff magazine. Anywho, what is bothering you that makes you spread all this FUD all the time. Is life hard on you?]]>May 19th 2010 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/
And now there is a new E73? How does that fit it?]]>May 19th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/19/nokia-e73-mode-coming-to-t-mobile-next-month/May 19th 2010 2:48PM