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The BlackBerry 8820 has been one of the best slab-style QWERTY smartphones for so continued now, it's adamantine to brainstorm annihilation overtaking it. Its aggregate of affluence of use, continued array activity and accomplished keyboard contributed to a best account of 10 out of 10 back we aboriginal looked at it aftermost August, and our assessment hasn't afflicted abundant over that time.

But times move on, fresh handsets are released, and accordingly - eventually - a fresh best comes along. That fresh champion, it would seem, is Nokia's E71 - the long-awaited almsman to the E61. Why? First, this is a artlessly attractive phone. With a solid metal rear, chrome-trimmed advanced and flat, about mirror-finish screen, it's one admirable allotment of design.

The Nokia E71 is optimized for messaging and e-mail with a full messaging keyboard and two customizable home screens, which let users switch easily between business and personal applications. Other features include one-touch keys, intelligent input (including auto-completion), Nokia Calendar, built-in A-GPS, Nokia Maps, 3.2-megapixel camera, music player and e-mail support, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email among others. Supported WCDMA frequencies depend on the region where the device is available.