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Comment on E71x review by kelly black

kelly black — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:37:24 +0000

I’ve had this phone for a few months and on occasion will load a new app on it: opera, free solitaire games, and the nokia sportstracker. Today i put isms for threaded sms and it was relatively painless. Emboldened i attempted to load Python and have been stymied. I imagine it’s because I used 2.0 not an older build. It just seems like it should work I see it in my apps manager but it does nothing. It read like you were running Python on your phone any ideas? Thanks.

Comment on E71x review by Severine

Severine — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:33:28 +0000

Hello, Thanks a lot for this very informative review! I especially like the tip for the text editor and Email client. Have you written a review of the GPS program? Do you know if it would work in Europe (I live in Belgium).
My questions: Can you play books from Audible on this phone?
Have you tried the VoIP capabilities on the E71X?
How stable is the phone? Not too many crashes?
Thanks a lot for any reply on the site or off-line.

Comment on E71x review by Laura

Laura — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:17:33 +0000

My boyfriend is trying out mobile speak on a nokia e71x. He isn’t able to read text messages like you said. He’s also unable to get the “listen” option in the menu to work. It sounds as if the Nokia tts is going to start reading, and then mobile speak’s tts cuts in and interrupts it and says “msg.reader” and does not read the message. Do you have any idea what might be going on? I’ve used Talks before but don’t know nearly as much about Mobile Speak. Thanks so much if you can help.

Comment on E71x review by Kelly Brown

Kelly Brown — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:51:25 +0000

Great post! I’ll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software!

Comment on E71x review by Lydia Denali

Lydia Denali — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:40:32 +0000

Thanks for the review. I’ve played with the E71x twice at the ATT store and both times was frustrated by the fact that I couldn’t get a good sense of the phone since it didn’t have the software. After talking to a Mobilespeak dealer in my area I learned that I cannot get a demo of mobilespeak until I have a phone that would work on it. The problem is that I want a perfect phone and am irritated by all the imperfections, the constant crashing and incompatabilities… It’s nice to know that mobilespeak works with the E71x, though. I look forward to reading your review of the GPS.

Comment on E71x review by George Round

George Round — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:02:43 +0000

A very nice review of the phone. You’ve packed a good deal of information into a pretty small space. I especially appreciate the tip on listening to text messages. I text far more than I do anything else with my phone.
This Appears to be the best symbian phone to get if you want the discount on MS. The other option they are offering the Nokia 6650 has a completely flat keypad and I found it rather hard to tell what buttons I was pushing.
I am also testing MS on the Moto Q9h. I think MS works just a bit better on Windows Mobile. You have an independent review cursor that functions as a “jaws cursor” of sorts so you can use applications that do not read well by default. I have not found that same option on Symbian MS. The worst thing about MS on the Moto Q9H is that it will not talk on a call at all. That makes it rather hard to mute the phone. I believe this is a limitation of the moto phone and not Windows Mobile.

Comment on E71x review by admin

admin — Sun, 31 May 2009 21:13:35 +0000

I tried Talks and it didn’t seem to work as well in the mobile browser. I only used it for 10 minutes since I wasn’t going to pay for it unless it immediately blew me away which it didn’t. If I were buying an unlocked phone where I had to pay full price for a screen reader I would spend more time with it, but with brief usage it didn’t appear to be worth taking the time to learn as well as paying $210 extra for.

Comment on E71x review by Kenny Hitt

Kenny Hitt — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:29:24 +0000

I would be interested to know if you have other reasons for choosing mobile-speak over talks besides the price difference.