E61 Gripes
Here's a quick list of Nokia E61 gripes and moans as I find them.
Hardware
The SIM slot is a bit odd, nice and secure when you've got the SIM in there, but I had to check the docs to work out how to insert it! The battery cover is rather tough to slide off The comma key seems to have a life of its own, sometimes it decides to be an apostrophe instead, which would be very useful if I could work out how to toggle it back and forth Smileys are a pain to type, shift ":" blueshift "-" shift ")" on a UK keypad - blueshift ")" on a Swedish layout The volume keys on the side are just crying out for more use
Browser
Why, oh why, doesn't the back command go back? Yes, the History style thumbnail view is pretty, but I generally just want to go back to the previous page Is there an easy page up/down mechanism? Hell, there's plenty of available buttons... Joystick is unidirectional, horizontal or vertical only, why not diagonal? The behaviour with edit fields on forms is very nasty, if you switch focus to another app and back again, it loses what you've typed It's almost impossible to edit on large edit fields like this page (disappointing) Getting the browser to ask you which access point to use is difficult - it wouldn't do this for me until I set up an access point group in Menu - Tools - Settings - Connections
Joystick
It's a bit of a nasty little stick, I much prefer the Nokia 6680 or Nokia N-Gage's pad, it looks like the E61i is a bit better
General
Very first thing I had to do was turn off keypad tones, they're annoying and antisocial, and there's no reason for them to be that loud by default - Menu - Tools - Profiles - General (personalise) Nokia tune on startup, why can't I turn this off, or at the very least chose a tune that doesn't cause my teeth to grate? Red key closes apps, wtf! Not nice for long term S60 users, and annoying for newbies in a "wtf did my app go?" sort of way The IM app is a waste of rom, does anyone really use Wireless Village/IMPS? Throw it away and get a proper xmpp/Jabber client instead, Jabber Inc's Symbian client is pretty slick, it'd certainly be more useful...
Gustaf's gripes
doesn't seem to be a way to select and copy text. I.e. no pen key. Update: instructions here. Basically, use Shift + joystick to select, Ctrl+C to copy, Ctrl-V to paste. can't define an access point from the WLAN selection if the AP is protected. WTF?! I'm having trouble using a WLAN connection if the encryption is WPA/WPA2. Some people suggest assigning a static IP to the phone. I'll look into this asap. Update: may be fixed, look at the E61 Setup page. sorting in the address book is incorrect, Ã… is sorted as A. Maybe this is locale-dependent? after 2 days the left softkey is very loose, like a loose tooth, wiggly. the phone is rather large and quite slippery. A rougher texture would help. hard to see the difference between the call/end call buttons and the softkey buttons. no keypad navigation in menu mode, why not? The blue number keys are in a 4x3 grid, just like the app grid. Why do you have to use the joystick for this? The wifi is rather weak, but of course the antenna is much smaller than a laptop's If you set your own wallpaper it doesn't cover the entire screen (when using active standby) keyboard backlight doesn't seem to work on my phone. This may be a hardware issue.
