A friend gave me a new mobile phone. He said he didn’t like it. It was actually given to him by his aunt as a birthday present. Unfortunately for him (and fortunately for me), he was set in his ways and is quite satisfied with his current mobile phone. He didn’t want to use a QWERTY keypad on a mobile phone because his thumb has already memorized the keys to be pressed when texting, without even looking at it. And since the mobile phone was a Nokia E71, which sported a QWERTY keypad, he didn’t want it. But without hurting the feelings of his aunt, he accepted it, then gave it to me. And since I am quite a good friend, who never turns his back on a gift, I happily accepted. Who in their right mind wouldn’t, right? (except my friend of course)

So here I am with my new Nokia E71, but still holding on to my trusty Nokia 6085. I find it quite hard at first to use this phone for sending text messages. It’s not that I do not know how to use a keyboard. It’s more of my pudgy fingers cannot seem to type on the keypad properly. Because of its compressed size, I keep hitting the wrong keys, which makes me type a standard 400 character text message in double the time I can do one with my old mobile phone.

Don’t get me wrong. I am definitely not complaining, lest you get the wrong impression and ask me to give you my Nokia E71. I would not want to trade in or even give away a mobile phone with 3G capabilities. Although my Nokia 6085 has Bluetooth capabilities, just like the Nokia E71, the latter can take better pictures as compared to my puny mobile phone. Other features of the Nokia E71 is that it can play FM radio, it has GPS, and it is WiFi enabled, allowing me to check my email even if I am always on the go. It also allows me to call home even if I am out of the country, with its global roaming capability. Unfortunately, there is something that I do not like with the Nokia E71 that my friend gave me. The color. It came in white. I want something in silver or black. But aside from this, I would never give up my Nokia E71. How else will I be able to afford a mobile phone that is priced at over $400.

So, right now I am still practicing and getting more acquainted with that QWERTY keypad. I am thinking of getting a larger keypad or getting surgery to shrink the size of my fingers. (the surgery costs more so I would settle with getting a larger keypad). Or I am thinking of getting a stylus and using that instead, except that I still have to memorize the letter placements since it is not arranged alphabetically. At least, my pictures have more definition and this carries more features. It is not considered to be a top of the line product, but it still has capabilities that make it quite a unique piece. And I would never let it go… unless someone comes along again and gives me a newer model.