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Nokia E90 communicator first look
Designed for the business phone market and similar to the Nokia 9500 and 9300 the Nokia E90 Communicator is about to be announced. We have found a few unofficial shots and specifiactions so you can check it out before the official announcement. Built on the Symbian S60 platform and boasting a 3.2 megapixel camera as well as a huge display, possibly 800x352 pixels the E90 looks to be a very well equipped phone. Other features include HSDPA, WifFi, internal and external screens and a host of business applications. Via Engadget
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Nokia 9500
General
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Network |
GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 |
| Announced |
1Q, 2004 |
Status
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Available
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Size
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Dimensions |
148 x 57 x 24 mm |
Weight
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230 g
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Display
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Type |
TFT, 65K colors |
| Size |
640 x 200 pixels, 110 x 35 mm |
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- Second LCD (128 x 128
pixels) with 65K color
- Full QWERTY keyboard
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Ringtones
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Type |
Polyphonic, monophonic, MP3/AAC |
| Customization |
Download |
Vibration
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No
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Memory
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Phonebook |
Advanced contacts DB |
| Call records |
Advanced |
| Card slot |
MMC |
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- 80 MB shared internal memory
- Symbian 7.0S, Series 80 UI
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Data
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GPRS |
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps |
| HSCSD |
No |
| EDGE |
Class 6, 177.6 kbps |
| 3G |
No |
| WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11b |
| Bluetooth |
Yes, v1.1 |
| Infrared port |
Yes |
USB
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Yes, Pop-Port
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Features
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OS |
Symbian OS v7.0s, Series 80 v2.0 UI |
| Messaging |
SMS, MMS, Email, Fax |
| Browser |
WAP/xHTML, Opera HTML browser |
| Games |
Yes |
| Colors |
Tin Grey |
| Languages |
Major European languages |
| Camera |
VGA, 640x480 pixels, video |
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- Music player - MP3, MPEG4(AAC), RA, MIDI
- Java MIDP 2.0
- Office applications
- PIM
- Integrated handsfree
- Xpress-on covers
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| Battery |
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Standard, Li-Ion 1300 mAh (BP-5L) |
| Stand-by |
Up to 300 h |
| Talk time |
Up to 6 h |
E90 Carries Nokia Communicator Line into the Future
Ten years ago Nokia announced its first Communicator, one of the first mobile devices to ever be considered a smartphone. A few years later, in 2001, it introduced the 9200 series, the first to run on the Symbian OS. This device looked like a typical (if large) cell phone closed and a mini laptop open. It's been close to three years since the mobile phone giant introduced - the 9500 and 9300 - its most recent smartphones with that form factor, however. At 3GSM this week Nokia resurrected the communicator category with the introduction of the drool-worthy E90, which is now a part of the business-centric Eseries. It also introduced two additional new members of the Eseries, the E65 and the E61i. The E90 appears to pack it all ... and then some. While the E90 is a Symbian smartphone like past communicators, Nokia ditches the S80 interface for the far more popular S60 platform with this device.
Nokia E90 - does the keyboard live up to expectations?
Oh dear. Initial reports on the Nokia E90 are trickling in, and like a warm rivulet of liquid down your inner thigh it's not particularly great news. A bone of contention - and demonstrating just how subjective smartphones really are - is the keyboard. My Symbian readily heap praise on it: "Only good words can be said about the keyboard. It has the same height as the keyboard of the 9500 and the same width as the keyboard of the 9300(i). And, just like with the dimensions of the device, it's a PERFECT combination. What's more, in contrast to 9500's and 9300's flat keys, the keys in the E90 are slightly convex and shaped in the way that makes you clearly feel where each key begins or ends" This, however, stands distinctly at odds with The Register's hands-on report, where they find the keyboard to be too small to touch-type on and perhaps too broad to comfortably thumb-type with: "Alas, unless you have very small fingers indeed, you're going to be disappointed."
It gets worse, as their reviewer finds that accuracy when using the thumbs is sub E70 or E61. So far I've seen plenty of excited links to the My Symbian review - people really are happy to see a return of the Communicator styling, and there's no denying that the handset is a powerhouse - but very few second-opinions on the keyboard, and my worry would be that after the initial flurry of excited buying there'll be plenty of letdown-complaining that won't help Nokia one bit.
Dual Screened Nokia E90 First Pics: Fold Out Series 60 Fun
The first pictures of the Nokia E90 just hit the 'net and, if you have the patience to look at really blurry shots, you'll find out a few things. If the pics are real (we won't really know until next week's 3GSM conference), we can look forward to a fold out type cellphone, like the Nokia 9500. In addition to the pics, we've got a good idea as to what the specs will be: 3.2-megapixel camera, EDGE, Wi-Fi and HSDPA (woo!). The phone's two screens impress as well, with the external one coming in at 240 x 320 and the internal one at 800 x 352. Since it's a Nokia, it'll run on Symbian Series 60 and not that fancy Windows Mobile 6 we've all been drooling after for the past few days. The E90 seems decent, but I prefer to see pics that are better than the Zapruder film in quality.
Dual Screened Nokia E90 Firs...
Gizmodo has the first pics of the Nokia E90. They state that we can look forward to a fold out type cellphone, like the Nokia 9500.In addition to the pics, we've got a good idea as to what the specs will be: 3.2-megapixel camera, EDGE, Wi-Fi and HSDPA (woo!). The phone's two screens impress as well, with the external one coming in at 240 x 320 and the internal one at 800 x 352. The pics are not the best but if your interested head on over to Gizmodo to check it out. .
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