Pauses in telephone numbers on the E61?

I have just been asked a question and wondered if any of you knew if the folowing is possible. For people who need to dial into conference calls and through other work telephone systems a passcode is often required. It can be done on other phones, read on…

“With my old K700i I used to be able to save a number in contacts, complete with the passcode (e.g. 0870 24x 2xxx pin 3xxxx3#) so that when I select the number I didn’t have to input anything else on the keypad. The K700i would input a pause for “tone dialling” by pressing and holding the number 7 but that doesn’t work for Nokia’s.

I just wondered if the same is possible on the E61?”

Nokia E61: so close to perfection, so disappointing its shortcomings.

Nokia E61: so close to perfection, so disappointing in its shortcomings is an excellent article by Patrick- well worth a read whether you agree or not.

“It’s been 6 months since I purchased my E61, and although it’s a marvelous piece of hardware, I’ve tried to objectively enumerates the pros and cons of this smartphone in particular, and Symbian S60 OS in general.

After many years spent using various PalmOS devices, switching to another OS was a tough decision to take, but the PalmOS hardware was becoming increasingly technically outclassed (i.e. dull and boring) when compared to the competiton. I had been using WiFi at home for a while, and despite the relative rarity of free WiFi hotspots in Europe or France, I couldn’t picture myself using a non-WiFi enabled device, so I sold my Treo 600, and a couple of devices and almost two years later, here I am with my E61, happy to use WiFi yet overall frustrated by this Symbian experience…” The full article is here.

Finds

US_Tourist is new and works with the E61- “US_Tourist provides German / French / Italian / Spanish / Portuguese / English [UK] useful tourist translations from English [US] using your cell phone’s screen.  No air-time connections are necessary since everything needed is stored as an application ‘MIDlet’ on your phone.  Most phones manufactured in the last few years can be used, regardless of screen size.

After starting the program, select a category from the pull-down menu, then use your Right, Left, Up, and Down keys to go through the lessons. Change languages with one key-stroke at anytime.  Screen messages are shown in English [US], and on-screen translations are shown in your selected language for each of over 450 popular words and simple phrases. These are organized into eleven categories: General, Places, Foods, Objects, Transport, Directions, Calendar, People, Numbers, Colors, and Languages.”

Me and your E61 have a superb list of software available for the E61- it’s growing all of the time and could become the main source for new E61 apps.

What do you want from your blog?

I read this comment posted in response to a couple of articles pointing to reviews on All About Symbian-

“Why are you qouting AAS content ? Supply a link if you feel a need, but I think it looks better when you supply your own, original content..”

When I started this blog it was done on a whim and I expected it to be read by only a handful of people- over the past few weeks it has mostly been in the top 20 of blogs on WordPress with a high point of number 5 (sadly when I took the screenshot today it dropped a little to number 26:))

My history with the web is mostly with www.palm247.com and www.windowsmobile247.com which are obviously sites dedicated to rival mobile platforms. They have been much more successful than I ever expected and with a small amount of work I can trawl up countless bits of interesting news for owners of these devices.

With a blog dedicated to one single device on a brand new operating system that developers seem less than willing to support at this time finding interesting news and writing original content can be either too time consuming or more likely impossible to find. I also write for PDA Essentials and Palmtop User and thus time is precious, especially with a young family and a full time job.

I will continue to point this blog to articles that are E61 related on other sites as I feel that certain people like Steve and Ewan deserve as many hits as they can get. If you take a moment to think about the Symbian web presence these two guys are right at the top of the tree and do an awful lot to help out thousands of users.

The other reason is because there is not much software being released currently and sites like e61life, E-Series and Techmundo are doing a superb job of finding original content for E61 owners and useful tips that I simply don’t have the time to root out.

If there is something specific you would like to see on this blog please post a ‘constructive’ comment and I will do my best to include it or if you have some original content or reviews you would like to submit just drop me a line at .

Finally and nothing to do with all of the above- my E61 battery is now draining after only one day- no Bluetooth on, no constant GPRS connection and brightness at three quarters. Any ideas?

E61 v 750v

Steve Litchfield has written up a quick head to head of the Nokia E61 and Treo 750v- “You’ll have picked up from the comments above that both devices have their strongpoints and that picking an overall winner isn’t really possible. It’s fair to say that the Treo 750v really surprised me, though. It feels superb in the hand, is quick and responsive and has an acceptable camera. At the end of the day though, the clinching factor for most people is going to be keyboard size - if you’re going for a device with a qwerty keyboard then you want one you can use without continual mistakes - the Treo’s is perhaps just a little too small, but it’s certainly worth a try if you’re passing a Vodafone shop.”