33 posts tagged “e75”
So, we're nearing the end... one last chance to impress. Are you up to it?! Once upon a time, there were few ways to get a message to a large number of people. The best you could manage 1000 years ago was standing on a rock and shouting. Later on, Guttenberg allowed the written word to spread far and wide, before cinema and finally the internet let anyone able to use a mouse dive into an ocean of information.
Why not make your voice heard, and spread your views on the E75's email capabilities far and wide? Grab a camera and post a video on your coach's site - you never know who might be watching!
I took this photo while avoiding the extreme heat outside... it's taken inside of UO's Lillis Business Complex, and features plenty of lines to inspect for lens distortion. Quite unusually, my Kodak Z812 IS actually will bend these lines but the E75... doesn't? The E75 does have a decent amount of noise, however.
The humble postcard: it carries on its front anything from a startling landscape, to a crudely rendered cartoon crab; on its back a heartfelt homesick ballad, or a list of what the weather was like over the last seven days.
These days, however, you don't need a postcard to let others know where you are and what you are up to. Email your coach a photo of yourself- and even a link to a map- showing them where you are. Maybe somewhere that will make them smile... remember, you're trying to outdo your fellow technophobes, so keep focus (with this, as much as with the photo).
The end of the Teach the Technophobe campaign is fast approaching. And with it, I shall be returning the E75 devices and resuming use of my E71. This is a bit of a sad moment for me... I have begun to adore the E75. It's capable multimedia features coupled with bulletproof business traits make it a rather perfect device for everything I ask of my handsets. It's side-slider isn't exactly my idea form-factor, but Nokia's take on this design style have certainly opened my eyes to many of the benefits to be had. It's true that I find the keyboard a little quirky, and don't especially appreciate the keys on the outside. But with the time I was given, I grew accustomed to the E75's peculiarity and no longer find myself frustrated to use it.
Granted, switching back to the E71 will remind me of many things. Namely, the more tacticle keyboard, crisper performance, and more sleek design (making pulling the device out of my pocket a lot more smoother). But then I'll be constantly reminded of the E75's better imaging every time I take a picture, of the E75's newer icons every time I open a menu, and the E75 as a whole every time I see someone with an E71x (I like having a unique phone).
By this point, you're probably wondering why I've begun this post with a giant picture of an N97. Quite simply: I'm currently trying to get myself one. And by get myself one, I mean one to keep. The N86 is my dream device, this I know, but so was the N85 and yet I landed myself an E71. More importantly, it's because an N97 is the device that is available for me to obtain, while the N86 is nowhere to be found. (Although I just now set myself a goal of getting an N86 by this time of next year, which hopefully will be the time I'm travelling in Europe if everything goes to plan.)
Didn't I bash the N97 originally? Yes, I did. And do I still bas the N97? Yes, I still do. It's resistive touchscreen will be thoroughly bothersome. The fact that it has a touchscreen at all, actually, will bother me. But lessons learned along the way from my original N82 have gotten me to soften my original hard-lined requirements of a dream phone. Form-factor is not so much of an importance so long as it's not a (badly designed) flip phone. Xenon flash isn't important as it's more a bragging right since I tend to never use it. Megapixel count is important but more so is quality (think N96's photo quality). And a QWERTY keyboard is actually quite useful, especially with my recent trends towards increased-size messaging.
With reviews saying that the N97 has E71-like speed, and N-Series quality hardware, it sounds like a safe bet to tide me over until I can give the N86 a spin. Afterall, we're still talking about phones that easily trump even the most recent of iPhones, so any direction I go with a Nokia, even if temporary, is still leagues ahead of any Apple device.
Sadly, I will be completing the third challenge on Monday, a full two days behind schedule. The DHL guy took his sweet time today coming by to deliver the challenge, and so I missed out on receiving it before I left for Portland. It's a shame, really, but what should I expect anyways... DHL doesn't even officially recognize a deliver center in Eugene. (I just looked it up... perhaps I am able to pick up undelivered packages myself and avoid a similar mishap next go-around?)
Sadly, I managed to miss the arrival of DHL this afternoon. It seems I was in-class at the time the deliery courier stopped by, meaning I shall be receiving the package (hopefully) tomorrow. This is quite a shame really, since I was quite looking forward to having this challenge tucked away neatly before heading home for the weekend. Now there's the possibility that this challenge might not even reach me before Monday, especially if another badly-timed delivery occurs.
At any rate, my technophobe appears to be growing restless, as he sent me the picture seen at the head of this post. If I had the third challenge to give to him, I'm sure he would have accomplished it by now. Sadly though I haven't, so it looks like he's going to have to entertain himself somehow. (I suggested he install and play around with Fring a bit, but I don't think he's very interested in that.)
At any rate, I'm hoping to capture some interesting pictures this weekend, and maybe even compose a video blog post while thundering southward on I-5 when I return on Monday. For now, I have no news to report other than I won a battle with an iPhone user simply by asking them how many megapixels their phone has. (It's a been-there-done-that sort of thing, that's why I'll spare you the details.)
(Post composed on the Peek "Classic".)
