Just bought myself a nokia e 71 and is the third nokia e that i am using. What i found interesting is that compared to two years ago the choice i had to make was huge. The main difference was the availability of having touch screen phones with a huge feature set. 2 touchphones that i got to play with were nokia 5800 xpress and the iphone. To be completely honest i think both had some plus points. I also did not feel like both were phone material. also the iphone might have been a strong media device but as a phone its ease of use was highly questionable. i think the huge screen watching videos and surfing were definately the best on this device. Yet i would not buy a phone to do this as i usually expect my phone to be a quick communication device — sms, rss, mail, CLEAR phone calls. The Nokia 5800 – I actually found the touch interface super to use (and easier to adopt to than iPhone). I felt browsing was better in the iphone though. I thought they were both equally difficult to sms even with the virtual keyboards opened up. I still think traditional physical keyboards are the best. After peeling open my e71 and configuring podcasts, rss, mail and everything else on it I am ready to go. Coupled with a good battery life the phone is quite feature packed. blackberry connect would have been a plus but seven is the alternative i guess. Along with the Nokia SIP stack and mobile vpn this phone has covered almost every angle. Lets see how this device performs as the unified communication tool