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Nokia E71,E66 – A Complete business phone

Nokia has two mobile phones with more or less same technical specifications and features but with some small difference in dimension and with the data input.Both of these mobiles are exclusively designed for business purposes with many features like sending Emails,connecting to the office intranet using phone as modem,built in GPS features and Ovi maps to find exact places,Document Viewer for Word,Excel,PPT and PDF available in E66 whereas all these files can also be edited in E71.Nokia E71 comes with Full QWERTY Keyboard which for some users make the data input very easy as they will already be used to data inputs using keyboard.

E71

E66

Technical Specifications for E71

Size and Weight

Dimensions: 114 x 57 x 10 mm
Weight: 127 g
Display Size: 2.36″
Display and 3D
Size: 2.36″

Keys and input method

Full QWERTY keyboard
Dedicated one-touch keys: Home, calendar, contacts, and email
Intelligent input with auto-completion, auto-correction and learning capability
Accelerated scrolling with NaviTMKey

Colors and covers

Grey steel
White steel

Security features
Device lock
Remote lock
Data encryption for both phone memory an microSD content
mobile VPN

BATTERY
BP-4L 1500 mAh Li-Po standard battery
Talk time:
GSM up to 10 h 30 min
WCDMA up to 4 h 30 min
Standby time:
GSM up to 17 days
WCDMA up to 20 days
WLAN idle up to 166 hours

Memory
microSD memory card slot, max. 8 GB
110 MB internal dynamic memory

Data network

GPRS Enabled
Supports WLAN
3G support

GPS and navigation

Integrated A-GPS
Ovi Maps application

Camera
Photography
3.2 megapixel camera
Image formats: JPEG/EXIF
Video using Main camera
Front camera
Video recording at up to 128 x 96 pixels (QCIF) and up to 15 fps

Music
Music player
Music playback file formats: .mp3, .wma, .aac, AAC+, eAAC+
FM radio 87.5-108 MHz

Others

Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
Micro-USB connector, full-speed
Supports Email
Supports webbrowsing
Personalization of themes

Comparison between E71 and E66

Topic E71 E66
QWERTY keyboard Yes No
Document Viewer Yes Yes
Document Editor Yes No
Weight 127g 121g
Dimension 114 X 57 X 107.5 X
10 mm 49.5X13mm
Five way ScrollKey Yes No
StandByTime 2G 410h 264h
StandByTime 3G 480h 336h
Talk Time 2G 10h 30min 7h 30min
Talk Time 3G 4h 30min 7h 30min

Apart from the above comparison all the other features are same with E71 and E66

Price of E71 is about $448 and E66 is about $475
In India E66 is costing about 18000 and E71 around 16000.
Since E71 is costing less and it also even QWERTY keyboard you can basically go for E71 itself rather than going for E66

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My Last day with TCS

To all the TCSers reading this..  I have quit TCS after a reasonably long innings (for IT sector), with this friday I have completed my mandatory 30 day notice period and will be moving on to a newer organisation. Will that be any better than TCS is for anyone’s guess.But atleast one solace that Im getting a 60% hike on my current package .

You might wonder why Im sounding  little sad at this, yes just like you I have complained about this company, rejoiced whatever good things they have offered, flaunted the brand name with friends and family and met some really moronic managers  here too. My overall experience has been happy.

People dont leave companies, they leave bosses (supervisors  more adept for us)

When I joined TCS as a fresher and after my confirmation I came very close to quitting TCS,  when my PM said “Your technical skills are unquestionable, but you argue a lot with your superiors” and threatened to screw my ratings, he never did and he ended up giving good rating. He taught me a valuable lesson “If u don’t question your supervisor, you can be happy”.  I have maintained a silent profile and a decent rapport with all my managers,that is before I got into this account by a twist of fate. Being in a large organisation like TCS  you will one day face people,  looking at whom you might wonder  “How the hell did he come to this position?? “,  I did meet a few err, umm many of them actually. And when you have personal ambitions, want release  etc.. things usually dont work out well with your supervisors. This guy is just the typical supervisor we have seen so many people writing in the comments section, So I guess I dont have to explain the details. After the appraisal discussion, or basically a bargain involving many irrelevant factors, I found that its not in my best interest to stick with this account/Manager, who wasn’t ready to leave me easily. And said goodbye to them the very next day.

HR who??

Our account HR is one of a kind (maybe not), when she joined  our account she met everyone individually and collected the grievances and said she will try to resolve them then  forgot all those like a politician. For every simple question the answer would “First talk to your supervisor”, “We cant do anything about that” or “This is a business decision, I cant do anything”. After sometime she was more like PA for the GL/PM.

Joining TCS again ?

Sure why not, there is all likelihood one might end up having Supervisors just like this guy in any other company. My overall experience in TCS is of a good one. Considering TCS treats its laterals much better than its own employees, joining TCS  later in the career maynot be  a bad choice at all.

Will we follow TCS here at Dexternights?

We have added 2 new authors who are from TCS, and TCS being close to my heart we will be following all the major changes and your own articles are welcome. Mail your articles/grievances  to  admin@dexternights.com .

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Sleek MP3 Player Samsung YP-P3 – Review, Price and Specifications

Hello music lovers! The world of music around you, the MP3 player that listens to you. With this MP3 Player you can download songs in seconds. As an added advantage the wide screen 3″ touchscreen helps you to choose your favorite tracks in a finger touch.

Features and Specifications

Physical Features

Storage Type – Flash Memory
Memory Capacity – 8GB
Display Type – TFT LCD
Display Resolution – WQVGA (480 x 272)
Embedded Speaker – Yes
Embedded Mic. – Yes
SD MMC Expansion Slot – No
Available Color – Black/Silver

Feature
FM Radio – Yes
View Picture – Yes
View Text – Yes
Line-In Recording – No
Voice Recording – Yes
View Video – Yes
Game – Yes
Special Functions (Bluetooth) – Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
Data casting- Yes
Tuner (DMB) – No
Wireless Internet – No
Etc. – Haptic (Vibration) feedback, Widget

Time
Battery Playback Time (Audio) – 30 hours
Battery Playback Time (Video) – 5 hours

Package spec
Dimensions for Unit W x H x D – 52.7 x 102.0 x 9.9mm
Weight for Unit – 96g

Functional Features

Format
File Format Supported – MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, AAC, FLAC, JPEG, Bitmap, PNG, SWF, WMV, H.264, MPEG

Recording
VOR (Voice Operated Recording) – No
VER (Voice Enhanced Recording) – No
Voice Enhanced Playback – No
FM Recording – Yes
Voice Recording(bit rate) – Yes
Video-In Recording (TV Recording) – No
MobileTV Recording – No

Additional Features

Adjustable Play Speed – Yes
Alarm – Yes
Album Art – Yes
Lyric Display – Yes
Wallpaper – Yes
Clock – Yes
TTS (Text to Speech) – Yes
STT (Speech to Text) – No

System Features

Connectivity
OS Compatibility – P: Windows XP or higher (Vista) UMS: Windows 2000, Windows XP or higher (Vista)
USB Connection(MTP/UMS) – MTP (Europe/North America/Australia) UMS (Other Countries)
USB Host – No
Connectivity (USB Version) – USB 2.0

File Management
Mobile Playlist(Favorite) – Yes
Library( Artist, Album,Genre,Title DB sorting) – Yes
File Navigation – Yes

Sound Effect
User EQ – Yes

Custom
Multi-language – DNSe 3.0

Price
The price of this Sleek MP3 Player is Rs. 14,990 /-