Reply With Quoteyou can see active apps through task manager in android.. just as easy once you got the hang of it.. i NEVER thought i would like touch screen, loved my nokia e71... But now i swype like no tomorrow.. love it.. miss the e71 battery!!!
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Phone Collector
I do. I like the candy bar design with a phyaical keyboard. It really is well built and has the best keyboard of any phone I've used.
A physical keyboard is really important to me, as I mostly use my phone to message, email, etc. I have an ipod touch and the keys frustrate me.
I also like the battery life! All my friends with Androids have their **** die all of the time. I can go 3 days.
Plus, there are plenty of s60 apps out there to suit my needs (if you look beyond the ovi store / hack your phone).
Yes, symbian s60 is a bit outdated, but it definitely works fine. Its like using win xp vs win 7. You just have to learn the key shortcuts for the various apps you may be using.
I also heard that with Android that theres no clear way to see what apps are currently open. Is this true? One of my favorite features of my E71.
Once a good qwerty android comes out, that provides decent battery life, I'll consider switching... But for now, my nokia e71 does everything I need it to.
Phone Expert
you can see active apps through task manager in android.. just as easy once you got the hang of it.. i NEVER thought i would like touch screen, loved my nokia e71... But now i swype like no tomorrow.. love it.. miss the e71 battery!!!
Radiation is good
I used the e71 for over a year as my only device, it is perfectly fine for everyday communications. Opera Mini is so good on the Nokias it makes the difference between the phones being garbage on the web to actually usable. Over time though, the small screen caught up to me and I got tired of the endless scrolling. To each his own though, if it works for you then that is all that matters.
Mobile Pro
I use the n71. I also have an iPod touch and iPad. When i need features the nokia doesnt have, I use joikuspot on the Nokia to hook up the iThing to the Internet. Not as seamless as just having an iPhone, but cheaper! Since.the Nokia gives me what I need 90 percent of the time, it's mostly OK. Also, I don't know if there's an easier way to get data on the iPad. I don't think you can use an iPhone to do it. I like the navigation on the Nokia, and I like being able to hold down the message button and have it read my messages to me. It is a sturdy phone. Camera is decent, but not great.
My screen is bigger than yours
So can I, on a Samsung Precedent, if I don't sit on the phone for hours.Originally Posted by timmytucker
You can with Task Manager, but it's not that important with Android, since the operating system will kill apps that don't need to be running if it needs the space. (IOW, if you're listening to music, that stays running when you try to text someone, but your email program may get killed while you text.)I also heard that with Android that theres no clear way to see what apps are currently open. Is this true?
Phone Collector
when visiting chicago my friends prescedent constantly died using gps to walk, takings pics, and looking up info....my e71 fared strongly.
Also, the OS automatically closes programs? That's something I'd like to be in control of... just like on a computer, I wanna be able to see what is open and close it myself if need be....
Maybe I'm not understanding...
My screen is bigger than yours
How is the nokia email system working? It was very buggy for me and would only sync once in a while.
It is a decent piece of hardware, good radio, but poor software.
I am glad you like it, it has positives and some negs, but once you get on the touchscreen Androids and Iphones, you cant go back.
I've got more phones than fingers
Samsung, HTC, and others include a task manager in a lot of their phones, so you can see whats running and kill any program. Theres also third party task managers for Android that accomplish the same thing.
However the point of Android is that you don't need to worry about whats running in the background.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/02...dont-need-one/
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My screen is bigger than yours
Maybe you're not.
When your computer needs more RAM it swaps programs out to disk. When you start using a swapped-out program the operating system swaps something else out to disk and brings the program you want to run back into RAM. You have no control over that. (Many "Not Responding" messages in Windows actually mean, "Hang on and I'll get that program back for you - this will take a few seconds".)
Android saves enough data so the program can start up again in exactly the same state it's in, then it kills the program. When you need the program again it runs it again, giving it the state that was saved.
Just 2 different ways to accomplish the same thing, but the Android way is a lot faster. (And you don't have to waste the limited storage space on a swap partition.)
Phone Collector
Dunno, I don't use push email. I just check gmail on my browser.
Interesting. I was always under the impression that having data loaded into the memory hurt battery life. I know if I leave Google Maps on my E71 running in the background, it eats battery life, as its still tracking with GPS.... Would Android know to kill this application if I put it in the background so that it didn't eat battery life?
My screen is bigger than yours
There's "data" in every memory location in all the memory in the phone (or in any computer). Whether it's usable data or just garbage is determined by you. And it costs just as much to hold a program in memory as it does to hold a bunch of random bytes.
The GPS receiver needs battery if it's running. It's not the program being in memory that eats battery.I know if I leave Google Maps on my E71 running in the background, it eats battery life, as its still tracking with GPS
If Android needs memory for something you want to run, it'll kill some app. Whether that's LRE (least recently used), largest, smallest or something else I can't say, since I didn't write the algorithms. But I wouldn't count on it killing any particular app. If you don't want the GPS receiver running, don't kill the app, turn the GPS receiver off. Same with Bluetooth, phone data and wifi. I never turn any of them on unless I need it, and I always get at least 2 days per charge for what I'd consider moderate phone use - 1-2 hours a day. Of course that varies with the phone and the battery capacity. But I never worry about which apps are running. (And my weather widget is always running, even if it has no data source. Unless it's written to be wakened when there's data available - I don't know.)Would Android know to kill this application if I put it in the background so that it didn't eat battery life?
Phone Collector
If you stop using google maps, or the browser with data/wifi.... Will it automatically turn off the gps/data/wifi connection upon ''minimizing'' the app in Android? how do you turn a data connection on or off in android?
The way android automatically manages whats open or not does sound innovative.... But I feel that on my e71, its easy to end data connections by just closing my browser, or whatever program is using the connection
On my e71, I know if I exit out of google maps, the gps turns off with it, or if I close opera, then my wifi/data connection will go with it.
My screen is bigger than yours
If you stop using the app, the connection remains available (not open - the internet is a disconnected model). The only problem with leaving the connections open is that the radios remain on, so it drains the battery. You can turn off the radios in Settings/Wireless Networks. Or, depending on the ROM, in the task bar (pulling the top of the screen down). Or with the power widget (or any other power control widget you like better than the default Android one). But leaving the radios on doesn't "use" data in any way.
Phone Collector
I used the E71 for approximately 4 months while I saved money to get an Android phone (went with the AT&T Galaxy S 2).
It does have all the essentials, such as GMail, YouTube, Facebook etc. Battery life, keyboard and build quality are also outstanding.
In reality though, the OS is quite dated, and the phone is quite slow when using apps. For example, the Nokia email app takes awhile to load, is slow when refreshing the inbox, deleting emails, etc. The screen is also quite small and low resolution.
Phone fan
Which one will work on Tmobile 3G? Was it the e71-1 or e71-3? I still have the e71-2 but doesn't get 3G on Tmobile. Now I'm on the N9
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