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The full QWERTY keyboard on the E71 is pretty good, though I prefer the spaced out keys on the BlackJack II for the confidence they inspire. *

Resolution is very good while color capture is is about average. The organizer applications on the E71 are robust, offering full synchronization with your computer by USB connection, Bluetooth, or Exchange Server. Email is strong on the E71, with push capability support for at least 5 email accounts. Web browsing on the E71 is quite good, with a browser that renders pages as they appear on your desktop computer. *

The Nokia E71 is a great slab-style QWERTY phone, better than almost any on the market. It has a slimmer, cooler design than the or the and it can handle almost all of the business tools that those Windows Mobile 6.1 phones use. It doesn't have all of the carrier amenities that we usually ignore anyway, like over-the-air music downloads and streaming video clips, and it could be more localized for U.S. users. Still, we had no problem setting up the phone for our Exchange ActiveSync busine...

The keyboard is simply amazing, and only the larger Moto Q9 beats it (our #1 pick for keyboards). This makes one-handed navigation that much easier, and games more fun. Business email support is extensive: Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email, Mail for Exchange (Microsoft ActiveSync), SEVEN and Visto Mobile. Google Maps runs fine on the E71 and you can use 3rd party navigation applications like Garmin XT Mobile in the US and abroad and TomTom and CoPilot (Europe but no US maps available). *

The Messaging application itself is largely unchanged from earlier devices which is something of a dissapointment given that this is a key area of the E71, especially in the light of tweaks to the Contacts and Calendar applications. The keys themselves are terrific, despite the miniscule size, with good feel and travel. I'm fine with most of the keyboard layout, but have to take issue with 'Ctrl', whose use I get the impression Nokia are trying to deprecate. A new voicemail icon can be highlighted, to show a popup menu with common voicemail options at the start and then as appropriate thereafter, depending on what's waiting for you. *