| If you are using a touch screen phone, it is probably | | | | and other file formats. |
| difficult if you move to a device that does not have a | | | | Most importantly, the E72's battery is a truly heavy |
| touch screen. Even if you are using an old HTC Touch | | | | duty lithium ion device that will keep your phone running |
| or a BlackBerry and you are looking to upgrade, then | | | | for hours on end. This is a smart phone, and you |
| the newest line of touch screen smart phones may be | | | | should expect all the basic features of the smart |
| tempting to get but are too expensive. Fortunately, | | | | phone in this device and more. |
| Nokia provides a viable alternative in the form of the | | | | Hello Hardware |
| Nokia E72. | | | | If you are unimpressed with the 2.36 inch screen on |
| It is not a touch screen mobile phone; instead, it uses a | | | | the Nokia E72; that is probably because you have not |
| physical QWERTY keyboard and the innovative | | | | tried to see how much quality it can give. The |
| optical touch pad technology which allows you to have | | | | resolution is a good 320 x 240 pixels and it can display |
| the same amount of touch versatility but with a | | | | up to 16 million colours. It's pretty high quality, which you |
| cheaper substitute. The result is a fully dedicated smart | | | | will need for the various media and web applications |
| phone that combines a great price with excellent | | | | that you will get to use on this Symbian mobile phone. |
| features and powerful hardware. This device is made | | | | The processor is a fast and solid ARM 11 running at |
| just right, we ourselves could not think of any other | | | | 600 MHz, that's more than enough speed and power |
| way to further improve this phone's functionality. | | | | for the Symbian and most applications. This device |
| More than Touch | | | | also has A-GPS (supported by Nokia apps no less), |
| The optical touch pad is truly amazing, but that alone is | | | | not quite a good in-car GPS device, but it works well |
| not the sole reason why this mobile phone is so good. | | | | as a handheld alternative. The Bluetooth accessory |
| The original E71 did not have a touch pad or a 5 mega | | | | compatibility allows you to use your Bluetooth headset, |
| pixel camera, but I found myself raving about it. The | | | | or if you want, pop in your favourite headphones on |
| mobile phone features and functions were just too | | | | the 3.5mm audio jack on the device. |
| good to pass up. | | | | Battery Life |
| Now, the E72 brings back all the great things about the | | | | The batteries on this phone deserves special mention, |
| E71. This means all the functionality given by the | | | | at 1500 mAh, there is no other battery out there that |
| Symbian operating system is still present. Nokia Maps | | | | delivers this much power and of course, operating |
| is still accessible and with the A-GPS feature, planning | | | | lifespan. The E72 will run for over 500 hours of |
| routes is still quick and easy. It also has the built in | | | | standby and 12 hours of talk time. |
| applications for viewing and editing documents, media | | | | |