QUOTE(rySse @ Jun 6 2011, 09:42 PM)
Guys, I'm considering the E72 since the company I work for does not support email on Blackberry...sadly

I know E72 has been launched for some time and the OS is not the latest...the following are my requirements:
1. Sync Email, Contacts and Calender with Exchange server
2. Good battery life
3. Occasional web browsing.
I have a few questions which I hope E72 experts here can shed some light..thanks in advance bros..
1. How is the battery life performance with data on and using push email?
2. Can I set peak time/ off peak time so that my data is enabled for certain amount of hours only? Or do I have to set it manually each day?
3. Does email in HTML shows up properly in the phone?
4. When you browse through the list of emails in your inbox, how responsive is it? I tested in the Nokia store the other day and it's kinda slow...I'm not sure whether it's just a problem with that display test unit or it's like this normall...
5. Anything that I should know? Based on your experiences on business usage...
1) I'm still subscribing to a relatively old connection package so I'm not connected 24/7 - I can't comment on the impact of 24/7 data connection on battery life. Battery life depends on the frequency of your syncs with the Exchange server - the more you sync, the faster it drains obviously. I sync every 4 hours and the device stays alive for 2-3 days. If you factor in average duration for calls and such with hourly syncs, I'm guesstimating it'll be 1-2 days. If you leave your phone alone without syncing or long calls (just a call here and there and normal amount of smses over the weekend), a fully charged battery will survive for 4-5 days.
2) You can probably do that but I haven't found a way to set up a peak/non-peak schedule (I'm lazy) so what I did was set up my device to sync with the Exchange server at a determined interval - Total of 5 options for syncs (Manual, Always on, 15 mins, 30 mins, 1 hour, 4 hours and 12 hours)
3) Yes
4) Average to me. I don't find it slow or fast.
5) Business usage is fine, but Nokia's latest email client (Nokia Email 3.9) may be problematic (see:
http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/t5/Ese...-9/td-p/966053). The device handles business functions I need nicely, but it sorely lacks computing power when it comes to personal usage. Certain leisure sites (filled with pictures and videos) I visited caused plenty of "not enough memory to perform operation" messages. So bear in mind, it may cause similar problems if your work emails involve a lot of pictures etc. However if your work emails are mainly text emails, the device is a wonderful one to own.
This post has been edited by FollowN: Jun 7 2011, 11:33 AM