e61 and Nokia/s60 have to start looking at how their apps work,

no category sync with outlook in tasks, contacts, etc, poor lookup feature in contacts these are all things my old Palm Treo 650 had which Nokia cannot come close to yet.

Matthew, well thanks for the good comments :) and I have been following Nseriesus for a couple of days now, I honestly don’t remember how I ran into it, but you’re doing a crazy job there, aggregating everything into one video. It’s astonishing, keep up!

I think you nailed it with the Pretty/Retarded description of the E-series devices. I support an e61i, e62’s and e90’s (and Windows Mobile) at work, while I’ve got an N95-3 in my pocket. I’m astounded at how slow the E62 can be. How do they expect people to wait for such a slow phone?

I also agree that after being spoiled by an N-Series, it’d be tough to go back. TV out, camera with video, video editor(!), and great speakers are features I (ahem) NEED! : )

I enjoyed the post and the comments. Keep up the great work!

The E50 is my first smartphone actually and before that I was using a Sony Ericsson K750. I noticed something interesting while using the K750. See, I never had a dedicated camera, and the K750 was the first device I owned that introduced me into point-&-shoot photography. The onboard camera was a 2Mpix flash autofocus and a really good one at that ! In fact it was so good that it ‘ignite’ the need to take shots on the move in your fellow reader :).
And I really need to insist on that one: if the feature is well implemented enough, it CAN lead to the need of that feature. To put it in a simpler way, the need for a feature can be the consequence of a good realisation of that feature.
Crappy 2Mpx camera consequence ? No need for (such) a camera on your phone.
Astonishing 2Mpx (or more) consequence ? Absolutely need that camera on your phone and probably all your next phones too…

You were spoiled because you are used to many (very) convenient Nseries features (tv-out, a2dp, 3.5mm plug…), whereas the only things I was spoiled by (as far as Nokia is concerned) are the good (yet can be better) PIM features, the very good build quality, battery time & software expansibility.

Wait, that means…you’re an NSeries Girl and I’m an ESeries Boy !! :D

Always a pleasure to read your posts, keep it up… ;)