Geek is chic.
Somehow, the Nokia E71 got itself in front of some casting directors who declared that the smartphone was going to be a star. First it showed up as the phone of Sandra Bullock's character in The Proposal, and now Jennifer Garner was snapped with the E71 on the set of her new movie, Valentine's Day. So what's so appealing about the phone? It has an FM radio, a 3.2 megapixel camera (bonus: it has a Read more
This past weekend I happened to catch The Proposal on the big screen, and as captivated as I was by the hilarious plot line, I couldn't help but take notice at Sandra Bullock's character — Margaret Tate's — cell phone obsession. A big executive editor-in-chief of a book publishing company, Margaret convinces her assistant (Andrew, played by Ryan Reynolds) to marry her so she won't get Read more
When Cellphone 9 pointed out that Alicia Keys was rocking a Nokia N71 in her Superwoman video, I couldn't help but take a closer look. With a few good close-ups (thankfully front and back shots), I thought wait a minute, that isn't a N71 — a flip phone which came out a couple of years ago — it's actually a Nokia E71 smartphone! The E71 still has yet to make its debut in the US market, but Read more
