I've only had this running for 2 days so please forvige me if these things are easy to do but I've not found a way to do it yet so would appreciate anyones help:

1) I receive an email that has a phone number in it. I want to call that number? How the hell do I get this to work? I can highlight the number but I can't copy it, I can't add to contacts (it only adds the email address) and I cna't click on the green call button on it either. This is something the BB8700 does perfectly and is a major issue on the E61

2) I want to place a call to someone in my contacts, so far all I can work out is that I have to press menu, go to contacts and then search the name and call it. There is no shortcut / one button press to get you straight to contacts. A bit of an issue for a phone! (update, I found how to change the bottom left option (default is Notes) to go to contacts).

3) I can't get it to connect to my wireless. The wireless has a password to get in but I can't find anywhere on my device to type in the password to allow it to connect. It searches and finds the network fine. How do I enter the wireless password?

4) The top menu bar on the home screen, how can I add contacts to this list? I want to remove the clock from there and add in contacts.

5) Email, how do I change the default mailbox shown when presing the mesages button? I have BES for my work mail and BIS for my home mail. Both mailboxes show up fine and work, but when I click on the messages button it takes me straight to my home mailbox and I want it to take me to my work one by default.

6) Menu button, last night it stopped working and I had to turn the phone off and on again to get it to work. Anyone else had this?

7) Default mailbox for creating a new email. I set this as "Blackberry" but after typing a message there is no send option! I have to go to type a new message and change the default from Blackberry to ... Blackberry and then it works. Stoopid thing.

8) BB Connect synchronises all my contacts. If someone sends me a text though, the messages screen shows the senders number, not their name stores in my contacts. How do you change this as it is really annoying.

I've managed to solve the "Contacts" on the menu, and get my wireless working. But the caller ID is still an issue. What's up with this thing?

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5) Email, how do I change the default mailbox shown when presing the mesages button? I have BES for my work mail and BIS for my home mail. Both mailboxes show up fine and work, but when I click on the messages button it takes me straight to my home mailbox and I want it to take me to my work one by default.

Press the menu button, go to messaging, options, settings, email, change default mailbox.

Ah ha, thanks, that worked a treat. Just caller ID now...

(oh and another thing, does anyone else have a problem with the scrolling of emails and loosing your place? Why doesn't it scroll one line at a time? Can you change the amount it scrolls, or, can you change the font size so you can see more of a message at once?)

so sad.....so very sad...if only this device fit my needs..ah well there goes another chunk of money down the drain ...

Do you possibly have multiple contacts with the same number? I know some people have found that to be the issue with the caller ID.

I checked for duplicates etc and all ok. However, just 5 mins ago it started working fine. I didn't change anything, it just works now. Very odd.

I get the caller ID but the voice tags which announce the name of the caller are EXTREMELY low in volume. Can't figure out how to make them louder.

Ive had this thing for 2 weeks, and I am not too happy.

1) My email comes in and sends out just sometimes. this is only a problem in New York city (where I happen to work) No problems in Los Angeles or new Jersey. (I Use BB connect through BIS) I must power cycle to recieve new mail.

2) No great holster, any suggestions?

3)I am on Cingular, and for some reason when I put my Sim in the e61, callers dont get my voicemail, just a message telling them that I dont have voicemail.

4)No google.com. Says the device doesnt support it. what kind of thing is that?

Thanks in advance for all your help

2) I am using an iMate K-Jam side holster which works quite well.

3) check your diversion settings on the phone to make sure its diverting to voicemail.

4) Google.com works fine for me.

google works for me

Google works fine for me, try using Google if you keep receiving a non supported message. The standard browser only supports some wap sites, the "other" browser located in menu-->media called "services" supports standard wap sites.

Also using my MDA/KJam holster and works very well.

We currently have quite a few 7290's deployed in the company I work for.
The users tend to also get a Nokia 62xx for voice calls also as they tend to not like using the blackberry as a phone.
We have been evaluating the 8707v with the aim of replacing both devices with one device.
The device itself seems good but I've been disapointed with the battery life so far.
I also feel that the users "prefer" the nokia user interface for making/receiving calls and thus I'm interestd in the Nokia E61 and so I have a few questions:

1) Does the device sync all bes items (email/Cal/Contacts/tasks/notes etc)
2) Does the sync work both ways? eg if i edit a contact does it go back up to the bes and then into my exchange box?
3) How long does the battery last when using it for email for two hours a day?
4) how reliable is the 2G > 3G network switching?


Thanks in advance.

I came from using a 7290 and I have switched to an E61 using BB connect with my company's BES server. I can answer 1-3.

1) Only email and calendar are sync'ed thorugh BB connect. For contacts, notes, etc, you need to sync using the Nokia software on your desktop. I'm not constantly updating my contacts so using bluetooth or pluggin my e61 into my desktop every once in a while doesn't bother me.

2) For email and calendar, yes it syncs both ways. One important feature lacking BB connect on the E61 is the ability to send emails with attachements. You can read most attachements, but you can't forward or send new email with attachements. This might be a big deal for some.

3) Battery strength is excellent. I use wifi, email contsantly, and make voice calls and I can get 3 days on one charge.

4) Don't know about 3g since it's not available in my area.

-Jeff

I've sent my E61 back and gone bac to using my BB 8700. Much much faster and works perfectly. The E61 couldn't read email attachments, was slow, didn't sync contacts, but it looked nice and had good battery life.