Hi everyone! It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to talk to you guys here. This year has been extremely busy for me. As most of you know I got married, got a new job, still have the old job, and launched a brand new site! No kids yet though. We’re not done partying! I hope you are all doing well.

Still using the Nokia E71? I know many of you have moved onto another phone or make the E71 your secondary device. If you still use the E71 that just proves how much of a great phone it is even years after it’s release. Rahul is doing a great job with the articles here to keep all of you informed.

But here is the latest scoop in the Fanatics world…

The Mobile Fanatics

Ever notice that icon I added to the top right column of this site? It’s the logo for the parent site to this one - The Mobile Fanatics. I needed a place to write about all phones and all companies – not just the Nokia E71. And that is exactly what The Mobile Fanatics allows me to do. We just launched it about a month ago and it’s doing great already. Kyron (@EverythingBlaxx) and Timi (@EdmondJDantes) are part of the team, along with others that have articles going up soon. We have a few reviews currently up including the unannounced Nokia C7, the N900, the Samsung Vibrant, and soon the Nokia E73 Mode for T-Mobile. And let me tell you the E73 is hot! The Mobile Fanatics will cover mobile news, reviews, tutorials, opinion articles, forums and so much more! That’s right – I said FORUMS.

Forums

The Symbian S60v3 Forums at TMF are already doing well. It has been linked at the top of E71 Fanatics for a few weeks now and I have a “latest Forum Topics” widget in the sidebar. Think of it more as a support forum than a generic discussion forum. You can ask questions and get help. If you have an application you’d like to show people – do it there. Same goes for themes. We also need knowledgeable people to get in there and help out others. There are currently plenty of topics that are “unresolved”. Your fellow Symbian users can use the help. Some of the questions are beyond my knowledge.

And if you already have another phone – check out the forums anyway! We have sections that cover every smartphone on the market.

Visit The Mobile Fanatics Forums now.

What Else?

Here are a few articles that are already up at The Mobile Fanatics:

• Nokia Tutorial: Send & receive text messages from your PC over bluetooth
• Simplification: Smartphone or basic phone?
• Wireless Waltz – A look at the wireless landscape in Canada Part I
• Nokia C7 – Hands On, First Impressions
• A “Vibrant” Thang! Samsung Galaxy S Hands On – Part 1
• Nokia E73 Photo Gallery
• My thoughts on the Nokia N900 & Maemo

Coming soon: Nokia E73 Review, The Mobile Fanatics Flickr Group Photo Showcase, a mobile tripod review, Nokia N8 coverage at Nokia World 2010, and so much more.

Enjoy the site and be sure to give me some feedback. Oh – and how many of you are interested in the Nokia N8 – or N9 perhaps. How about the Nokia E7? Oh wait – nothing has been talked about there.

Take care everyone!

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Hello all ! I hope you all are doing fine and still enjoying your E71 ! This time I am back again with some of my experiences with E71 and reasons why I still love my Nokia E71. I hope you all will like it and must be having some similar experience with it and had a good and happy time using this wonderful phone ever by Nokia.

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Hey pals! Hope you all are doing fine. Well, I assume that you have already hacked your firmware by referring to my previous post on hacking E71 firmware and now I am giving an awesome article about how to change the fonts of your phone ! I assure you that you are going to love this post too just as you loved my previous post and I thank each and everyone of you. So, the application we are going to use is named : FontRouter.

Without much delay, I explain you the procedure and as usual, I will try my level best to make it as easy as possible to understand.

Admin note: Hack at your own risk. If something happens to your phone we are not liable.

• Things you will need : Your Firmware Hacked Nokia E71, Fontrouter, .ttf font file (must be a .ttf file) and that's it !

1. Download and install FontRouter and restart your phone once.
2. After installing, one thing i would like you to notice is that you will not find it in your installation folder or anywhere in your phone except application manager
3. Now download the font of your need. I personally like Pristina font (download here) very much as they are stylish and decent.
4. Now here comes the main and a very important part. Connect your phone to PC in "Mass storage" mode and open your memore card folder.
5. I assume that your memory card drive is assigned as E drive, you may change it according to yours. Goto E:\resource and check if you have got any folder named "FONTS". If not, create it.
6. Copy and paste the fonts you downloaded or any of your choice in that folder. Once done, Restart your phone and see the magic !!
7. For more fonts downloads for free, you may check this article.

P.S. you must follow all the steps exactly as I mention here or I am not responsible for the result.

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Hello friends. I am Rahul Banker. A new author of e71fanatics. I am a chief editor at thecopypasteblog.com and i have been assigned as an author here by mike macias, the owner of this blog. So, today I am writing my first post here and I have got an amazing and a surprising article for you!

Well, there are millions of smartphone users and almost all have a similar problem sometimes while installing any unsigned application and only few of them have successfully got a solution for it. Many of my own friends keep on asking about how I can install any application on my E71 without any errors and to be frank, I have no time to explain each and everyone personally about how to do that. So here I have decided to write a killer article that would give you a pleasant experience while using your phone and also while installing any application or game! I am going to teach you how to hack your Nokia E71 firmware after which you can install any unsigned application without any haze.

Admin warning: Hack at your own risk. If something happens to your phone we are not liable.

I know there are hundred of ways available over the internet with which you can do it but I am showing you the easiest way possible as far as I know and I will surely try to make it as simple as I can.

Here is the list of things you will need : Your E71 (of course), Nokia PC suite, FreeSigner application, HelloOx2 unsigned and some patience, that's it! I am listing down the method so that it becomes more easier for you to follow.

1. Goto OPDA and sign up for an account and login to it.
2. Click on apply cer button on the right hand side of the page
3. Fill in the details as asked in that form and click on submit application
4. It will give a success confirmation once done and you will have to check OPDA again after 5 hours to download your certificate and key.
5. Now Download HelloOx2 application and save (don't install) in your phone.
6. Now Download FreeSigner and install it to your phone.
7. Copy the certificate and key to your phone. (may it be in internal or external memory)
8. Now run FreeSigner and goto options > settings and map your certificate and key file there and leave all the other fields as it it.
9. Now Press back and select Add Task and map your HelloOx2 file which you saved as per the point number 5 and select Self Sign Sis.
10. Press option > Go! . After few seconds go to the place where you saved your HelloOx2 and install and run it. It will do the rest of the work and you're done!

Now you may try installing any application or game which was giving you a certificate error previously and you will be happy to install it.

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You have to love Google’s constant updates to their Maps software. They never seem to forget about Symbian S60 devices when many companies pretend Symbian doesn’t exist. The newest feature coming to Google Maps on the E71 and all other Nokia smartphones is voice search. This new feature combined with street view, synced favorites to your account, transit times/directions, and much more makes Google Maps one of the most useful applications available for your smartphone.

My Thoughts & Results

Tell your phone where you want to go and you’ll get results. I’ve tested this new feature alot on my N97 and E71 and it’s amazing how accurate Google is at understanding your voice. And right now my voice is completely shot. I’m battling a cold so it’s raspy and horrible sounding. I’ve attended two LA Kings playoff games in the past five days, cheering wildly for the team. My voice is weak. Still, Google Maps had about a 90% accuracy rate in my tests. I even tried once with the windows down and radio on in the car. Granted the radio was not turned up loud but still there were outside noises and it didn’t have a problem. I even searched for addresses. Four digits and a weird street name, along with the city. Google Maps handled it well.

It seems a few small things in the UI have also been updated to give it a much cleaner look. I love the  way Google Maps now integrates with my Google account, showing my favorites both on the PC and phone.

How To Use

The Google Mobile Blog tells you how to use this feature:

Search by voice lets you easily search for anything by simply speaking your search terms instead of typing them. Just open Google Maps, press your phone’s “call” button, and clearly speak your search term like “Park Plaza.” Search by voice works with all the kinds of searches Google Maps for mobile already supports, including places, addresses (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway), specific businesses (The French Laundry), or types of businesses (sushi restaurants new york).

Go to m.google.com/maps from your phone’s browser to get the newest version. Let us know what you think and if you have similar results.

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There has been some big news for the Nokia E71 as of late. We recently told you about Ovi Maps adding free voice navigation for E71 users, and now we get another firmware update (if you're one of the lucky ones). This new firmware brings the E71 to version 410.21.010 with a few new functions and a handful of changes and improvements. Good times!

Not to mention Amazon just dropped the price of the E71 White to $199.99. Update: The deal is now over, back up to regular price.

Not a bad deal if you don't feel like spending cash on the E72 ($339.99) and have been itching for the white E71 version. Personally I've never had my hands on the white E71 but I know a few people who absolutely adore it. Might be a good pickup if you can get some cash for your old E71 (maybe $100) and pick up a new white one with a renewed warranty.

Back to the firmware update!

Daily Mobile got their hands on the changelog for the new E71 firmware. Here it is:

NEW FUNTIONALITIES:
Following baselines/functionalities have been upgraded.
• Nokia Messaging IM2.0.19
• Gimlet v9.6.0.16
• Mail for Exchange 3.0.50

CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
• Many functionality and Stability improvements in MfE. MFE3.0 has new features like HTML and Subfolders support.
• IM2.0.19 has many localization error corrections. IM installation has been moved to Phone Memory instead of Memory Card. IM response time has improved (Ex: entry/exit/edit/save options)
• Phone activation baseline upgraded
GENERAL
• Stability and functionality improvements
• Email and WLAN functionality improvements
• Email application freezes
• Samsung memory reboot issues
CALL HANDLING
• Fix for phone reboot issue when contact has Internet telephony detail
CALENDAR/CLOCK
• Fix for Chinese characters in Lunar calendar
• Fix for Western Sahara country legal issue
CONNECTIVITY
• Improvement in Connection establishment with slow gprs
• Fix for WLANsniffer scanning enabled in the background when it should be disabled
CONTACTS/PHONEBOOK
• Fix for contact search with space
EMAIL
• Mail for Exchange upgraded from 2.9.176 to 3.0.50
• Gimlet updated to v9.6.0.16
• Many functionality and stability improvements in MfE
• Fix for Gmail folder issue in UK and Germany for Gmail/GoogleMail configuration
• Fix for email application freeze
QWERTY KEYBOARD
• Usability improvements
• Fix for Backslash character for Portugese language
• Fix for missing characters in French/Italian languages
MESSAGING
• Improvement in sending SMS when memory is full
• Nokia IM chat response time improved. Lot of localization errors fixed

Visit Daily Mobile for a list of E71 product codes that got the update.

I can't get my Nokia E71 out of v20 firmware. It's still not finding any newer updates. I wonder how many of you are having this problem.

If you are able to update let us knhow how you like the new firmware. And remember to backup your data!

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All I can say is that it's about time. Back in January it was announced that new Nokia smartphones would come with free voice navigation in the Ovi Maps application. The E71 was not on that list. The N97 and E72 was initially included, along with a few other devices. This pissed off a lot of E71 users because it is such a popular device.

Just a few minutes ago I was checking my rss feeds and came across this post by the official Ovi blog, announcing that Ovi Maps with free navigation is now available for the Nokia E71 and E66. This is huge news for readers of this blog. You now can rely on Ovi Maps for turn by turn navigation. Prior to this I would only use Google Maps on my E71, but that didn't include voice navigation like Ovi Maps does.

From the Ovi Blog...

The latest Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation is now available for Nokia E71 and Nokia E66. Download it now for your Nokia GPS phone at
nokia.com/maps...

...After listening to your overwhelmingly positive feedback and feeling your love for your favourite mobile phone, we have now created a custom version that works on Nokia E71 and Nokia E66. However, because of technical constraints, it isn’t possible to offer premium content such as Michelin and Lonely Planet guides on these devices.

Although these two devices will also be the last of our S60 3.1 and older devices to
sport this version of Ovi Maps, all upcoming Nokia GPS phones will get free walk
and drive navigation. But we are already feeling your excitement: grab your Ovi Maps with free navigation now at nokia.com/maps!

Rafe from All About Symbian has some comments on this new version of Ovi Maps 3.3 running on the E71, with a handy tip about free memory...

Ovi Maps is a relatively large install and will be placed on the C: drive, so you will need to ensure that you have enough free disk space (recommended 10MB or more) before installing the new version. It will replace any existing version
of Ovi Maps or Nokia Maps that is installed on the device.

In usage there are occasions, as with earlier version on the Nokia E71, when Ovi Maps can feel somewhat sluggish compared to more recent devices. However the streamlined user interface is a significant improvement and the new version is a recommended install for all E71 and E66 users, not least for the availability of free car and pedestrian navigation.

For those of you who don't know much about Ovi Maps or haven't tried it I would tell you to give it a shot. I compared it to my sister's TomTom and I prefer Ovi Maps a little more. The directions are more clear and you have more views and layouts to choose from.

Don't forget that you can load up maps to your memory card when the phone is connected to a computer using Nokia Maps Loader. I highly recommend this to save time and data usage. Now the E71 won't have to connect to the web everytime you open Ovi Maps.

Visit nokia.com/maps to download Ovi Maps for the Nokia E71. Be sure to let us know your thoughts on this and your experience with this new version.

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