So you may ask why not go for a “Blackberry” – personally I’m not a huge fan of these – the BIS (Blackberry Internet Service) is poor, to get the most out of them you really need a BES (Blackberry Enterprise Server) – and this transforms them into a really sharp business tool – but comes at a price and requires its own separate physical or virtual (better option) server (do not bolt this onto your Exchange server!!)

The E71 is a good phone – it comes with “Mail for Exchange” – which is easy (ish!) to configure by following the Nokia Mail for Exchange (MfE) Guide – what it doesn’t tell you is you have one opportunity of getting this right, otherwise if you come out of the settings you can’t get back into them and you have to factory default the phone via plugging it into your Laptop / PC and reloading the firmware and software – or as I found out on a forum later, type in *#7370# followed by the factory security code 12345 – and start again.

If you are thinking of buying an E71 – please do, only do configure your MfE first, when it asks for your Exchange Server (Exchange 2003 SP1 and Exchange 2007 SP1 required) make sure you type in your Public-Facing Mail Domain (e.g. mail.yourdomain.com) get this working and then add all your contacts and features!

If you are thinking of mobilising your business – please get in touch and see how I can help you.