Walking around the Nokia World conference today I was very, very surprised by the amount of E61s I kept seeing. I had NO idea these phones were so popular. No idea at all.
In the UK, it’s far more likely you’ll spy Blackberries more than Nokia E-Series handsets, however today I reckon (rough guess) the Nokia E61 was in the hands of about 50% if the audience. Very impressive.
Obviously it’s a ‘home crowd’ — what other conference are you going to see that amount of Nokia handsets in one place, eh? — however the sheer number surprised me.
Carlo had one. Rafe had one. I had one. E61s everywhere!
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Comment by loopy on 30 November 2006:
Ewan,
It will soon be surpassed by the Nokia N80i. WLAN enabled VOIP handset [Gizmo project for the moment] that has a SIP stack that can be configured for other VOIP services, as well as email and a Mega high res screen for browsing.
Business users are going to move over to this type of device and make Nokia et al enter more into the D2C market. [Sod the operators Hurrah!!!]
I will probably have one with me the next time we meet - must play with this one.
I think if Nokia can make the E61 with WLAN and a SIP stack - then we will have a device that sells more than any playstation.
Speak soon
Comment by sjLondon on 19 January 2007:
Nokia E series is popular for many reasons, VoIP is one of them (I use E-60 with VoIP) but whish I had the E-61 because it is great for e-mail and SMS texting on the run, and easier than carrying PDAs or notebook. Now that aql are doing VoIP on the N80i as well as E-series that may help N80i sales, but I would rather try the E-61 for a few days before deciding thank you.