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My cellphone plays an important role in my job, it allows people to wake me up at early hours of the morning and to interrupt me during work or play. Without these two crucial things I might actually be able to get more done, needless to say, this is unacceptable. So what happens when my old service provider, who thinks that microcell coverage is overrated, and my old Nokia 6230i, who thinks that battery life is overrated, team up on me? I run off into the night screaming, randomly murdering homeless people, as well as getting a new phone and a new service provider.
Enter the Nokia E65. While my old phone was just slightly thicker (and narrower) than the E65, it was enough (when combined with the other stuff in my pocket) to make everyone think I was happy to see them. The 6230i was also excruciatingly slow at doing the most common tasks. Series 60 is a reasonably impressive OS and not too chunky, although it does a good few things that I have no intention of ever using. I'm pleased by the fact that I don't have enough tasks to saturate all the special keys and shortcuts, so I can pretty much get to anything I want in fewer than 3 key presses. Visually, the E65 has a pleasantly simple appearance (mostly due to the fact that it's a slide phone) and attractive two-tone colour scheme.
I'm not usually one for gimmicks but the conference call features are rather cool. The most interesting use of this is when you are dealing with multiple calls. For example, I call Joe to find out if he wants to go kill homeless people with me and then (while I'm still busy with my call to Joe) Patrick Bateman phones me, I press the conference call button, the two calls are merged into one and we all discuss in a 3-way conversation how to get the most fun out of our evening.
I'm grateful to Nokia for leaving stupid things out, like front-facing cameras, and all in all I'm happy with it so far. Only time will tell whether I stay happy with it or not.
