However , if you could travel back to 2010: The combination of the E72's laser-focused business hardware and the social chaos of early Facebook Messenger was a unique vibe. It turned a work phone into a social device. It was laggy, ugly, and unreliable—but when you felt those chiclet keys click beneath your thumbs, you felt like a god of texting.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3/5) for its time facebook messenger for e72 nokia
In the era before WhatsApp dominated the planet, staying connected on Facebook meant either a painful WAP browser experience or a dedicated Java app. Enter for the Nokia E72. As a proud owner of the business-centric E72 with its gorgeous QWERTY keyboard, I wanted to love this app. Did I? Sometimes. Mostly, I tolerated it. The Good: Hardware Nirvana Let’s get straight to the point: The E72 keyboard makes this app worth installing. Typing on a touchscreen in 2010 was dreadful. On the E72, every press of a physical key is a joy. The Facebook Messenger app utilized the full keyboard perfectly. You could fire off replies faster than your friends on their iPhones. The tactile feedback turned long Facebook threads into a genuine typing race, and you usually won. However , if you could travel back to
Furthermore, push notifications were a gamble. Sometimes they arrived instantly; sometimes they arrived three hours later, causing social awkwardness ("Why didn't you reply?"). Should you install Facebook Messenger on a Nokia E72 today? Absolutely not. Facebook has long since killed the servers for these legacy apps. You will just get an "Update Required" error loop. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐☆☆ (3/5) for its time In the
The Nokia E72 deserved a native Symbian app. It got a Java port instead. A missed opportunity, but for pure text throughput, it got the job done.