[getbetter]

Hi Nokia and Nokia Fans.

E71 is a masterpiece but I believe there's much room for improvement. My E71 is indispensable to me. I wish Nokia will strive to thrive the E series and in particular the E71.

Here's my wish list / features to add:
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1. A Task Manager for Symbian that's Nokia naively developed is absolutely essential as it's required to manage all aspects of applications, processes and threads, especially the misbehaving ones.

2. Use better GPS Chipset with better sensitivity as the current one is really slackly.

3. High-Speed WiFi connection to access and manage the phone including the mass storage instead of fiddling with wires.

4. Secure zone for creating password-protected notes/memos/etc, previously called "wallet".

5. Add SMS "Listen" feature for sent messages.

6. Add "Timed" Profiles.


My feedback / Issues to fix:
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1. "Memory card in use" Error. Despite proper removal of USB connection when using PC Suite or Mass Storage data transfer.

2. Configure to display "Firstname Lastname" format .

3. Configure Date display to American format (Wednesday December 03 2008).

4. Save current "configurations and user preferences" for future deployment after firmware upgrade or maintenance routine.

5. When receiving a Bluetooth message with (.sis or .sisx) attachment, provide save to memory card option rather than launching installtion process.

6. Setting up "WPA2 Only" mode on WLAN Security Settings for a particular Access Point will not allow communication despite the access point router/gateway is configured to work on this particular mode.

7. Camera is another isssue. Fix color fidelity and picture clarity issues.

Thanks
.......To be revised as needed.

[fdilbar]

camera must be Carl zeis optics or something, with xenon flash. There must be built-in security aspects like Advanced Device Locks PRO etc.

[veljudzic]

Fine work on wish list!
Do you think all of this can be fixed with new firmware or we will have to buy new phone eg. E-71i? sorry for bad English!

[jabbafat23]

Nice wishlist, willing to front up the extra cash to have these features? Got to remember that until these feature become more common they will stay as premium items and that you need to pay the extra money or move to a higher priced plan for them. Getting something like device locks would be great though but then what would device locks do for a customer base? and they do have the data encryption built in....
I would like to see a 16:9 aspect ratio in the next version of the phone myself. A holster pouch w/ belt clip rather than looking for and buying an ill fitting pouch cos I really don't like the pouch it comes with and cant find a nice one. The ability to have more than just the plain 6 applications on the screen, it used to scroll if I remember correctly in the older ones. The ability to skip music tracks when pressing volume up or down. 3.5mm audio jack. Time and date or at least time shown on the top strip of the display when going through the menu (there are a number of time I want to know the time and have to program juggle to find out what it is. More symbols on the other keys rather than just on the right hand side, I do have 2 thumbs available to use and fairly dexterous with either hand.
Less "download - **bleep**" in the web menu it takes me to a link with useless stuff on it.....
That GPS chip needs to be replaced, it has me walking down the road or in my neighbours house when I'm just lying in my lounge.
This wish is for all Nokia Symbian devices, I would love to see a Nokia App store. I'm sure it'll come around once they get the symbian foundation off the ground but i'm impatient and a lil lazy and haven't always got the time to find an application for something I have thought up. Blackberry and Apple have got something of a centralised store up and running, C'mon Nokia! Get a move on!

[danniuk08]

1 - the camera opticks to be sorted out as it is very bad and the auto focus only works in daylight (at times),
2 - 3.5mm headphone jack so all popular earphones will fit,
3 - better email software as seen in some other nokia's.

[danniuk08]

by the way other than above i think the phones is pretty much sorted and i am very pleased with at.

[len7]

First of all... A GREAT PRODUCT! and a good job on the wish list.  Just want to add in my bit.

1. Access Point Groups - the ability to have a combination of preferred access points, wifi and wap. Like the E61i

2. Full screen caller ID

3. More compatible printer drivers

[kambod]

My addition to the wishlist would be:

1- WLAN: Ability to automatically connect to any available WLAN without each time asking the user (just like any PC's WLAN).

2- Bluetooth/IR transfer: Ability to SAVE the transferred items in a folder, before it comes to the SMS Inbox.

3- On-the-fly Firmware Update: Ability to backup files inside available memory card and on-th-fly firmware update via phone's own Internet connection (No PC Suite required).

Thanks Nokia.

Kambod

[redshark313]

Regarding your Point 1. (Wi-Fi then GPRS data connection), check this application out (solved the issue for me):

Information:

http://ericscorner.blogspot.com/2008/11/birdstep-smartconnect-for-s60.html

FAQ and Download:

http://www.birdstep.com/Products/Birdstep/SmartConnect/SmartConnect-FAQ/

[kambod]

Thanks redshark313. But I don't think E71 is capable of Automatic detection and connection to the available accesspoints. With this application you can have only ONE accesspoint to choose rather than a list of all your accesspoints.

Cheers,

Kambod

[redshark313]

Hi Kambod,

After installing SmartConnect on my E71-1, I have created a group "accesspoint" which has two wi-fi connection accespoints and a GPRS WAP connection - in that order (you can change the priority of each), and as far as I'm aware if it doesn't find the first accesspoint, it moves down the list until it connects, seems to work for me.

See the info. links I stated in my last post.

Regards

redshark313

[thundertiger]

Yes that is how Smartconnect works.  But what kambod is referring to is the ability to switch between WiFi connections without having to define the connections all the time.  With smartconnect you would always have to be going into that access point setup and defining WiFi points as you come across them.  It's really annoying. 

I thought at one time I came across a pay software that would automatically switch between 3G/WiFi/Edge on the fly without having to go into the access point and define things.   I can't remember the name of the software sadly.

[redshark313]

Ah, got you. Yes, that would be nice.

[len7]

Thanks redshark,

Smartconnect was exactly what I was looking for.  Major improvement on my connectivity now.

Len 

[edwardhill]

on my e71 the gps chipset is amazing it works inside and out without a problem, better that that of the likes of n96, blackberry bold, sony ericsson c905

the fact that it doesnt have 3.5mm jack is annoying

 and regarding the email service i dont know what you guys are moaning about, i have the nokia email installed and that works fine, true it isnt as fast as blackberry, but ive used blackberry connect before and that just doesn't allow large emails to be sent or recieved

the only problem i have with it is the menu icons, if i move them around, after a week it casues the phone to crash and to just allow me to do everything apart from access the menu, and when i restart the menu icons are back to factory settings 

[thundertiger]

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thundertiger wrote:

Yes that is how Smartconnect works.  But what kambod is referring to is the ability to switch between WiFi connections without having to define the connections all the time.  With smartconnect you would always have to be going into that access point setup and defining WiFi points as you come across them.  It's really annoying. 

I thought at one time I came across a pay software that would automatically switch between 3G/WiFi/Edge on the fly without having to go into the access point and define things.   I can't remember the name of the software sadly.

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Ok I found the software I was thinking of. It's called Psiloc Connect.  Supposedly will automatically switch between WiFi and 3G without havint to keep defining access points.  But I suspect this will eat up battery since if you have it set to continually switch you to wifi as much as possible.

http://shop.psiloc.com/en/Application,262325,Psiloc+Connect

Wonder why Nokia didn't think of this idea themselves. I don't use the data connection while I'm moving so this isn't a big deal for me.  But I suspect this would be handy for others.

[kambod]

Thanks thindertiger. It seems this app is a better version of Smartconnect as it can connect to the best available accesspoints around, however, I'm afraid this app can not "automatically" connect as well to the best accesspoint as it says in its description: "REMEMBER TO CHOOSE "Psiloc Connect" AS THE ACCESS POINT IN ANY APPLICATION THAT YOU WISH Psiloc Connect TO HANDLE." this means still you have to choose the accesspoint when using applications. Anyway, I guess it could be a good idea if Nokia does the trick through a firmware upgrade in a manner that we don't need to manually choose any accesspoint while using applications that needs Internet connection.

Thank you guys.

Kambod

[thundertiger]

You are misunderstanding the instructions for Psiloc Connect. Once you have it installed it will create an access point called "Psiloc Connect" in the list of access points.  Then you can configure your programs to always use that access point for their internet access.  Once you do that your programs will no longer ask you to choose an access point.

If any of your programs still ask you to choose an access point whenever you use them.. then they are set to "Always Ask". You will have to double check their settings as most programs allow you to define 1 access point to use all the time and never ask you again to choose an access point.

[redshark313]

I see the trial for this software runs for 10 days, does anyone know how much it costs once trial expires?

[redshark313]

sorry, I didn't search hard enough 10 euros......might be worth it, although Nokia really should include this feature within the phone, I mean really.

Message Edited by redshark313 on 15-Apr-2009 02:20 PM