Andrew Boxall, over at Dial-A-Phone, has reviewed the Nokia E71, looking at every feature and even how it fits in with Nokia’s lineup. Most of the review is also spent comparing the Nokia E71 to the recently launched Apple iPhone 3G, against which it actually fares rather well.

Despite the smaller screen and less intuitive web browsing, Andrew decides that the E71 bests the iPhone 3G in several areas, including the awesome QWERTY keyboard and GPS implementation.

What do you think? Have you had a chance to compare directly with the iPhone 3G? Unfortunately I don’t!!

The MobileMinistryMagazine.com has gotten ahold of the E71 now, though unfortunately for them, it’s the Euro version, so no 3G goodness. The initial reactions post covers how small the device really is, while noting that the battery is a monstrous 1500mAh powerhouse.

Antoine handed his E71 over to a friend who’s used to the BlackBerry Curve, and the gut reaction from her was ’small yet powerful.’

Following up is his 2nd post, where he looks at the design, usage, and initial conclusions, after several days of usage. I couldn’t help but notice that Antoine used the term ‘impressive’ repeatedly, showing that Nokia has come from left field to hit the enterprise market head-on with the Nokia E71.

What do you think? Is the E71 just another Nokia, or could it do some real damage to the BlackBerry market share in the U.S. specifically? ^^;

Thanks to the Truphone blog, I’ve confirmed that the Nokia E71 hasn’t a problem in the world allowing you to use Truphone for SIP calling around this globe. Truphone uses your phone’s WiFi or 3G data connection to place SIP calls (kinda like VOIP) at a much cheaper rate than your regular plan minutes, specifically when calling internationally. Calls to other Truphone customers are free, though.

Note that when you install Truphone, you’ll get a popup message stating ‘Application not compatible with phone,’ asking if you’d like to continue anyways. It’s reportedly safe to say ‘yes’, and rock on through the installation. The team at Truphone hopes to have an update to address this notification available soon.

You can sign up for your free Truphone account here.