Recommended Apps
Well since the Nokia E71x has been stripped of some of the cool functions that the Nokia E71 has. Here are a few apps that will help you get some of it back.
Home/Standby Screens
Epocware Handy Shell ($19.95) - This will give you an alternate standby screen. You can still access the normal standby screen, with a push of a button. When setting it up I disabled all Active Pages options other than today. I set the Red key cycle to Shell-Standby, set the Menu key cycle to Menu only, and the Red key action to Send to background. Also setting the Right selection key to Menu in Config.>General>Personalization>Idle screen mode>Shortcuts well keep the right selection key consistent between the two screens.
There are other apps you can get that works well with Handy Shell like Handy Alarm, Handy Calendar, and Handy Weather
Calendars
Epocware Handy Calendar ($29.95) - This is an awesome calendar program. This will display the calendar like the Nokia E71 but it also offers a few other view options. Its a little pricey but worth it if you use the calendar a lot. It is also integrated into Handy Shell so when you open an upcoming event Handy Calendar will open instead of the built in calendar.
Others
Magic Key (Free) - You will be able to remap keys with this program. I have my phone to open the camera with the voice command key(Using Tracker), and once the camera is open Magic Key changes the Volume Up to Up and Volume Down to Down and the Voice Command Key to Ok. This allows me to zoom in and out using the vol up/down and I can take pictures with the Voice Command Key. You can also Remap the Calendar, Contacts and Mail keys as well. Detailed instructions on this can be found here.
Smartphoneware Tracker ($11.95) - Tracker for the most part is a Application Launcher. It is advertised as a Desktop app but its usefulness(at least for me) comes from being able to set single and multi button shortcuts. It also allows you to set programs to open on long and short presses. You currently can not use the long and short press feature on a single button so you cannot have one button open two separate apps. I was told the developer was working to add this feature in a later release, I am hoping it would be soon so as of version 1.03 you can't open two apps with a single button(using long and short presses).
You can find more helpful/recommended apps at E71xApps.com and NokiaExperts.com
