77 million Symbian mobile phones were sold in 2007. That figure should be vastly increased over the next few months, as two phones will be taking it to new heights: the Nokia 5800 Xpress, and the mind-blowing Nokia N96.
Nokia and Symbian – long-time bedfellows
In truth, Nokia have a long history of using Symbian in their mobile phones, going all the way back, in fact, to their first camera phone, the 7650 (a huge beastie of a thing it was, too!). Some of the most powerful Nokia mobile phones ever made have run on Symbian, quite often using the patented Series 60 interface. In fact, it’s fair to say that Series 60 is the most important version of Symbian, since it’s the one that powers Nokia’s top of the range mobile phones: the prestigious, world-renowned Nseries. To this day, Nseries mobile phones have a reputation for being world-beaters, including probably the most well-known of them all, the N95.
Well, now, the Nokia N95 has evolved into a new form: the sleek, smart Nokia N96.
Nokia N96 – the ultimate Nseries phone
The Nokia N96 really is the next evolution of the N95, since you get the same high-end feature-set (but with loads more bits added on), but in a sleek new body. In fact, the body of the Nokia N96 is reminiscent of another one of the earlier Nseries mobile phones: the N81. The similarities are striking, so much so that you could put down the Nokia N96 and N81 next to each other, and not tell which one’s which. Not that that’s a bad thing, since the N81 looked nice, and so does the Nokia N96. Certainly one of the prettier mobile phones on the market, and the Nokia N96 backs all that up with raw power. A 5 megapixel camera… GPS… HSDPA… 16GB of memory… and the big feature, multimedia. You see, the Nokia N96 is the king of mobile phones when it comes to media, especially video. It even includes BBC iPlayer (can’t say that about many mobile phones!), and a little kickstand-type thing, to keep the Nokia N96 upright while you’re watching videos!
Nokia 5800 Xpress – the future of Symbian?
Meanwhile, another offshoot of Symbian has appeared on mobile phones. Well… on one mobile phone so far, the Nokia 5800 Xpress. It’s important for 1 reason: it’s made for touchscreen mobile phones, which is exactly what the Nokia 5800 is. Ok, granted, the Nokia 5800 Xpress might not be their first touchscreen phone, but it IS their best, with 3 megapixel camera, HSDPA, GPS and that all important touchscreen, with the brand new Symbian interface, not seen on any previous mobile phones. It’s fair to say Symbian is alive and well, and evolving still. With the Nokia N96 this Christmas, and the Nokia 5800 Xpress all set to wow us in the first months of next year, Symbian mobile phones are definitely on the up and up!
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Nokia’s Enterprise series phones cater mainly to the business professional, but anyone can appreciate the benefits of these phones. I love the Eseries phones because they seem much more practical than other phones. You’ll find useful features in these two latest Nokia phones that you won’t find in other phones. Best of all, the latest Nokia Eseries phones look quite sleek and attractive.
Nokia E62 Review
The slim E62 is an international roaming quad-band device which supports 850/900/1800/1900 bands. The screen features rich colors on a rather large screen (320 x 240), you’ll have no problems with image quality here. The phone itself is very light, weighing in at around 5 ounces – less than a 1/3 of a pound!
The latest Nokia E62 is perfect for e-mail with the handy QWERTY keyboard. Business users will also appreciate the dedicated e-mail key and flashing message alert light. Internal memory is a nice 90 MB, which leaves plenty of room for storing your messages and files.
Talk time is around 5 hours, with stand-by time a lengthy 14 days.
The Nokia E62 is packed with extra voice features that you’ll find very convenient. You’ll find hands-free voice dialing, voice commands for menu selections, push-to-talk, as well as a dedicated voice button for quick and simple voice recording.
Armed with the versatile Symbian S60 3rd Edition OS, the E62 can handle pretty much anything you throw at it. Pre-installed on the Nokia E62 is also a bevy of useful office software. You’ll find a word processor, a spreadsheet program, an innovative web browser, and more.
Available from Cingular Wireless the Nokia E62 is also very inexpensive when compared to similar devices. If you’re operating on a budget, then the E62 would be the perfect match for your business phone needs.
Nokia E70 Review
The Nokia E70 is a little heavier than the Nokia E62, but it incorporates a camera on the back (while the E62 has no camera) so the extra weight is called for.
The design is unique but very functional. Flip open the E70 to reveal a fully functional keyboard. The keyboard makes this phone ideal for business communications like e-mail and messenger. You can even send messages easily in the dark, a vivid white backlight will brighten up your keyboard.
The Nokia E70 features a wonderfully big rich display at 352 x 416 pixels. The phone operates on the slick S60 Symbian 3rd Edition OS. Included is the S60 Office Suite, as well as programs like Handy Expense and Zip Manager.
Since Eseries phones are mostly business oriented phones, most of them don’t have cameras. This is one of the only Eseries phones that actually has a camera. The camera is quality, 2 megapixels with 8x digital zoom. Record near-VHS quality video with the Nokia E70 in up to 3 different resolutions at 15 FPS (frames per second).
The latest Nokia E70 phone also features integrated Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is perfect to stay in touch or on the Internet anywhere in the world, as long as you’re within range of a Wi-Fi network.
Setting up your mobile e-mail is quick and easy right out of the box. Nokia likes to make this easy for their business users to sync their existing contacts, calendar, and other data.
The Nokia E70 is one of Nokia’s most robust business phones and offers all the features you’ll ever need in a phone.
Nokia’s Enterprise series phones cater mainly to the business professional, but anyone can appreciate the benefits of these phones. I love the Eseries phones because they seem much more practical than other phones. You’ll find useful features in these two latest Nokia phones that you won’t find in other phones. Best of all, the latest Nokia Eseries phones look quite sleek and attractive.
Nokia E62 Review
The slim E62 is an international roaming quad-band device which supports 850/900/1800/1900 bands. The screen features rich colors on a rather large screen (320 x 240), you’ll have no problems with image quality here. The phone itself is very light, weighing in at around 5 ounces – less than a 1/3 of a pound!
The latest Nokia E62 is perfect for e-mail with the handy QWERTY keyboard. Business users will also appreciate the dedicated e-mail key and flashing message alert light. Internal memory is a nice 90 MB, which leaves plenty of room for storing your messages and files.
Talk time is around 5 hours, with stand-by time a lengthy 14 days.
The Nokia E62 is packed with extra voice features that you’ll find very convenient. You’ll find hands-free voice dialing, voice commands for menu selections, push-to-talk, as well as a dedicated voice button for quick and simple voice recording.
Armed with the versatile Symbian S60 3rd Edition OS, the E62 can handle pretty much anything you throw at it. Pre-installed on the Nokia E62 is also a bevy of useful office software. You’ll find a word processor, a spreadsheet program, an innovative web browser, and more.
Available from Cingular Wireless the Nokia E62 is also very inexpensive when compared to similar devices. If you’re operating on a budget, then the E62 would be the perfect match for your business phone needs.
Nokia E70 Review
The Nokia E70 is a little heavier than the Nokia E62, but it incorporates a camera on the back (while the E62 has no camera) so the extra weight is called for.
The design is unique but very functional. Flip open the E70 to reveal a fully functional keyboard. The keyboard makes this phone ideal for business communications like e-mail and messenger. You can even send messages easily in the dark, a vivid white backlight will brighten up your keyboard.
The Nokia E70 features a wonderfully big rich display at 352 x 416 pixels. The phone operates on the slick S60 Symbian 3rd Edition OS. Included is the S60 Office Suite, as well as programs like Handy Expense and Zip Manager.
Since Eseries phones are mostly business oriented phones, most of them don’t have cameras. This is one of the only Eseries phones that actually has a camera. The camera is quality, 2 megapixels with 8x digital zoom. Record near-VHS quality video with the Nokia E70 in up to 3 different resolutions at 15 FPS (frames per second).
The latest Nokia E70 phone also features integrated Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is perfect to stay in touch or on the Internet anywhere in the world, as long as you’re within range of a Wi-Fi network.
Setting up your mobile e-mail is quick and easy right out of the box. Nokia likes to make this easy for their business users to sync their existing contacts, calendar, and other data.
The Nokia E70 is one of Nokia’s most robust business phones and offers all the features you’ll ever need in a phone.