My first smartphone was a Siemens SX-1, a Symbian Series 60 variant. This was a great GSM phone for check emailing and listening to music. So I jumped at the opportunity recently to spend time with one of the latest Series 60 phones, the Nokia E62. I had high hopes for the Nokia E62. When I first saw the phone during its prerelease period, I thought it could truly be the often talked about but yet to be produced “BlackBerry Killer.” Plus its WebKit-based browser has some of the sames feature found in the Apple iPhone.

The verdict: Series 60 continues to work well on smartphones and the E62 browser renders pages well, but the OS and this phone still lack the integration and utility of the RIM BlackBerry platform

Pro:

• WebKit-based browser
• Edit Words docs, including
• Nokia/Cisco-compatible VPN client
• Bright display
• Sturdy construction
• BlackBerry Connect client for BlackBerrry BES support

Cons:

• GUI is more clunky than functional
• Only EDGE, not UTMS or WiFi capable like the European E61
• No built-in storage encryption
• No camera
• Too chunky (but still pocketable)