Comments on: Nokia E63 Tries to Challenge My S60 Device Perception

By: dan

dan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:15:42 +0000

Divx mobile
Coreplayer
Joikuspot
IM+
Mobbler
Youtube S60 App
X-plore
SMSPreview
PythonForS60 ;)
Symtorrent
Nokia Audiobook

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:30:24 +0000

Looks very helpful to me; thanks! :)

By: Dodot

Dodot — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:24:00 +0000

Hi Kevin! I’m an E63 owner from the Philippines. A bunch of us (regular participants in one of the local tech forums) have put together a wiki about the E63 (it’s a work in progress) and we’ve listed down some of the apps that have been tested to work on the phone. Most of the apps we’ve tested are freeware/free-to-use. :)

http://tipidcpe63.wikispaces.com

By: Tarik

Tarik — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:11:08 +0000

Nice, finally someone from the US using symbian S60 in public :-). In europe an emea it´s like Blackberrys in North America. For most because of the huge base of apps and you don´t need any kind of bis/bes to use mailing,turn by turn (a)gps, tethering … Nimbuzz is a nice Multi IM. You can also use facebook and SIP (voip) with it.
Did nokia stop exchange support?
Symbian is maybe “ugly” but only on it you can have apps like Joikuspot!

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:12:58 +0000

Yup, I almost bought an E71 about a week ago for $280. It’s back up to $320, so I’ve held off. I may not have my AT&T SIM much longer, so as an investment, the E71 might not be a good purchase for me; even with the features it offers over the E63. Same with GooSync: it may work really well, but the phone is a review unit. Buying a yearly service for it isn’t in my best interest at this time.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:11:07 +0000

Correct, it is 3G, but as slow as you can get and still technically be 3G. I’m spoiled by my EV-DO Rev. A. :)

By: Al

Al — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:05:03 +0000

You should really take a look at the E71 as I’ve mentioned before. It has US 3G, as well as GPS. Its thinner, and yes GoogSync does work, for everything, Contacts, Notes, ect…its really quite nice to be honest.

By: Scoopster

Scoopster — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:48:04 +0000

Besides HSDPA, the 3.2MP camera and the IR port, as Buckinator pointed out, the E71 also offers the extremely rugged metal frame and 10mm of thickness (vs. 13mm for the E63).

By: Scoopster

Scoopster — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:37:49 +0000

Buckenator, I hate to get technical, but it’s worth setting the record straight: The E63 DOES have 3G. It has UTMS. However, it does not have “3.5G” (i.e. HSPA) as it is often called. The 384kpbs up/down speeds are most definitely considered 3G.

By: Buckenator

Buckenator — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:35:16 +0000

The E63 doesn’t have 3G. The 3G, Infared and a 3.2 Mpixel camera are what you get when you step up to the E71.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:06:06 +0000

Hi ! You can find almost all Symbian apps here: http://my-symbian.com/main/index.php !

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:31:38 +0000

Funny that you mention this. After I wrote the post, I got the idea to try Mail for Exchange and use the Nuevasync solution I’d written about previously. I have it working with multiple calendars right now, but perhaps using Google with Mail for Exchange directly is the way to go. Thanks!

Update: actually, I hit up the comments in the link you provided and it looks like Calendar sync doesn’t work or isn’t stable, nor does it work with multiple calendars. The Nuevasync solution I have working does, so I think I’ll stick with that for now. :)

By: vasanth

vasanth — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:26:23 +0000

Google’s ActiveSync sync of Contacts and Calendar works with S60. The only issue is that only the default calendar is synced. http://blog.lanthaler.org/2009/02/nokia-e71-gmail-calendar-and-contacts.html