Fido to get QWERTYified with Nokia E62?
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Nov 30th 2006 at 11:53PM
Hey Fido customers: where do you go when you're looking for a QWERTY smartphone? What's that you say, you don't have one? Sorry, we didn't mean to rub it in -- but we thought you might like to know that the Nokia E62 may very well be coming your way. The QWERTY S60 3rd Edition device -- a WiFi-less version of the E61 sold overseas -- has been met with some decent reviews here in the States on Cingular, and we wouldn't be surprised if a Canadian or two were to welcome one into their lives if / when this thing really comes to Fido (the ones that haven't already picked one up from parent company Rogers, that is). We'll pass on more details as we hear them![Thanks, Ian]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
malingerer @ Dec 1st 2006 12:47AM
this is so old. it was presented month ago to all in fido and to outside resellers. delay has to do with ASP issue.
Frank @ Dec 1st 2006 1:29AM
sweet mother of god yes. and my renewal is coming soon. all those goddamn fido dollars are finally come to use.
Fido's lineup is horrible. its about 1 year behind. Especially in the nokia department.
Francis Robichaud @ Dec 1st 2006 9:45AM
Been using a E61 in Quebec city (imported from China) since July and it is quite an amazing device. E62 really lacks the Wifi of the E61 wich allows you to retrieve web content for free in MANY locations. Nokia recently updated their connectivity application "PC Suite" to fix many issues with stability. The application still hangs from time to time and the phone still needs some hard software reset (good thing they have a 100% working backup utility now !).
E61-2 are good devices for people that feel confortable in a "non-microsoft windows ce" environment. Symbian is great and does have some good API for developers but the S60 series still has stability issues and I am pretty sure they can manage to get a better power management to increase significantly the battery life.
I am currently using this phone without a SIM card. It is only connected to my VOIP provider via the few wifi networks I usually am connected to. The second usage of my E61 is for email retrieval via wifi and web browsing. I also use my E61 as a mp3 player with a 2gb minisd card.
It's only missing a basic digital camera and that would be the all-in-one device. (Gps like on N95 would also be cool but maybe a little too much exageration).
Current firmware of the E61-2 is version 2.068 wich STILL has many issues. Voip is NOT working as well as it should (no STUN support, totally ridiculous). Every time a track changes in the music player, you need to press volume up-down to restore the regular Equalizer (it is lost between every track). Search Google for other known issues...
In the FAQ of E60 phone (a similar S60 serie device), nokia affirms it should handle STUN by the end of 2006. We can therefore hope a new firmware will be out before christmas fixing most of the current known issues. Current firmware is already 5 months old (July 2006)...
Francis
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