Motorola KRZR Preview./....

Motorola recently announced its new Motorola KRZR mobile phone, and PhoneDaily have managed to get a sneak preview. The phone itself is pretty unremarkable - actually, it's very unremarkable - but you can't deny it looks good. OK, it looks like a RAZR, but it's still good looking.

More pics and details of the Motorola KRZR preview after the jump........

Motorola KRZR preview

Interestingly, PhoneDaily point out the differences between the KRZR K1 (GSM/EDGE edition) and the KRZR K1c (CDMA EV-DO edition).

The K1, for example, sports a 2 megapixel camera, whilst the K1c only a 1.3 megapixeller. The KRZR K1 has a 260k colour TFT screen, whilst the K1c has only a 65k colour screen. Neither are exactly pushing the limits of technology!

Intriguingly, despite its lower spec, the KRZR K1c is a full 1mm (yes, a whole millimeter!) thicker than its brother (17mm for the K1c - 16mm for the K1).

Finally, the KRZR's user interface (both phones share the same interface) is apparently quite good and intuitive. You can manage your pics easily, play your Java J2ME games (they both come with Block Breaker Deluxe) and sync your contacts list with your PC via the built-in USB port (though oddly, the K1 has its USB port on the right, whilst the K1c has it on the left!).

Conclusion: the Motorola KRZR K1 and K1c are good looking mobile phones, but their features are already dated. Go for the K1 if you can (though obviously this will depend on whether your network supports GSM/EDGE or CDMA/EV-DO) - or better still, go for something else entirely!

Sony Ericsson C905 CyberShot phone - full details, pics and specifications....

The Sony Ericsson C905 CyberShot phone has at last been made official. Sony Ericsson's latest super camera phone is a technological tour de force, designed to take on and beat the best that Nokia's N-Series can throw at it. Not for Sony Ericsson a measly 5 megapixels - the C905 comes with 8.1 megapixels. Connectivity? While the average Nokia N-Series can manage Wi-Fi, HSDPA, USB and Bluetooth 2.0, the C905 features all that and throws DLNA into the mix too, enabling your phone's pictures to be beamed directly to your (DLNA-compatible) TV wirelessly at the touch of a button.

You also get a-GPS, built-in Google Maps, and a tonne of fancy-ass camera-specific features, too, making any N-Series phone look like an iPhone (well, at least in the features stakes anyway!)

Full specification and many more pictures of the Sony Ericsson C905 camera phone after the jump.

Sony Ericsson C905 CyberShot camera phone overview

The C905 is a hugely impressive piece of kit. Most top-end camera phone these days come with 5 megapixels, but Sony Ericsson decided to top the lot with a stunning 8.1 megapixels' worth. OK, so megapixels on their own mean nothing, but in marketing, size matters, and any camera phone with more megapixels than the competition is already off to a head start.

Along with megapixels, though, the Sony Ericsson C905 also offers the following features to enable you to take much better pics:

• Xenon flash
• Auto focus
• Face detection
• Smart contrast
• Image stabilizer
• Red-eye reduction
• BestPic™
• Digital zoom - up to 16x
• Photo fix
• Photo flash
• Photo light
• Picture & Video blogging
• Geo-tagging
• Photo feeds
• PictBridge printing

That's quite an array of features. According to reports from engineers who've had a chance to play with the C905, the pictures it takes are stunning (well, at least for a camera phone anyway). Sony Ericsson don't just release phones with features that are there purely for marekting purposes - their features are the real deal, and with 8.1 megapixels and this array of features, you can be sure that the C905 will leap straight to the top as the best camera phone on the market (though we will, of course, test this out in the future!)

It's not just the picture-taking abilities of the C905 that are great, though. Sony Ericsson have really thought about what should go into a great camera phone, so you get one-touch picture (and video) blogging to any of a variety of web sites, from Fickr to your own blog. You can even geo-tag your blog using the C905's built-in a-GPS unit.

Speaking of which, the combination of a-GPS and Google Maps makes the C905 an excellent Sat-Nav phone as well. In fact, with the combination of superb camera taking abilities, GPS, and unrivalled connectivity, the Sony Ericsson C905 is this year's Nokia N95: a truly superb high-end phone that blows the competition away.

Over to you, Nokia!

Sony Ericsson C905 Specification

Key features

• Complete digital camera experience on a phone – true digital camera styling and an 8.1 megapixel camera with Xenon flash
• Outstanding picture quality – complete with face detection auto-focus, smart contrast and image stabilizer
• From baby’s first steps to an amazing sunset; store them all on the 2GB Memory Stick Micro™ (M2®) included
• The USB adaptor (CCR-70) provided in-box allows for easy transfer of your photos to-and-from your PC.
• View high-quality pictures on the phones impressive 2.4” scratch-resistant mineral glass display
• Share your memories – send your photos wirelessly from your phone to your TV via Wi-Fi™ (using DLNA), or connect with wires using the TV-Out Cable ITC-60, also announced today
• Upload photos to your own online blogsite or print your photos with fantastic resolution up to A3 size
• Much more than a camera phone - GPS-enabled for geo-tagging of photos and navigation support.

The Sony Ericsson C905 Cyber-shot™ release date will be Q4 2008, and will be available in three colours (Night Black, Ice Silver and Copper Gold). It will support the following networks:

GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 UMTS/HSDPA 2100.

Technical specification

Camera

• 8.1 megapixel camera
• Xenon flash
• Auto focus Face detection
• Smart contrast
• Image stabilizer
• Red-eye reduction
• BestPic™
• Digital zoom – up to 16x
• Photo fix
• Photo flash
• Photo light
• Video light
• Video recording
• Video stabilizer
• Picture & Video blogging
• Geo-tagging
• Photo feeds
• PictBridge printing

Music/Entertainment

• Album art
• Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
• Media player
• Music tones (MP3/AAC)
• PlayNow™
• TrackID™
• 3D games
• FM radio
• Java
• Video streaming
• Video viewing

Web/Internet

• Access NetFront™ Web browser
• WAP 1.2.1
• WAP 2.0 XHTML
• Web feeds

Communication and Messaging

• Video calling
• Speaker phone
• Polyphonic ringtones
• Vibrating alert
• Email
• Exchange ActiveSync®
• Instant messaging
• Picture messaging (MMS)
• Predictive text input
• Sound recorder
• Text messaging (SMS)

Design

• Auto rotate
• Navigation key
• Picture wallpaper
• Wallpaper animation

Connectivity

• GPS and aGPS
• Bluetooth™ technology
• Modem
• Synchronization
• USB mass storage
• USB support
• Wi-Fi™
• DLNA™

In-Box:

• Stereo portable handsfree HPM-62
• 2GB Memory stick Micro™ (M2™) card
• Memory Stick Micro USB adapter (CCR-70)
• Media Manager software
• USB cable DCU-65
• Hand strap
• Battery

Sony Ericsson K800i review

The following Sony Ericsson K800i review is a little different from other mobile phone reviews across the Web (and certainly different from other reviews I've done here at Mobynerds). It's a long-term review, showing what the Sony Ericsson K800i has been like to use over the course of six months.

Sony Ericsson K800i overview

The Sony Ericsson K800i has proved to be a great all round package after 6 months of use. The K800i is one of Sony Ericsson’s first respectable cyber-shot camera phones with a 3.2 mega pixel camera that works well with almost every shot. The Xenon flash works far better than any other LED flash used on other camera phones, capturing good shots in the dark, although the flash can get lost in big open rooms. There is a setting for any environment that you could be in, from beach to sports; however I have never found an opportunity to use these and so they are often forgotten about. The picture quality is excellent and is superior to any other 3.2 mega pixel camera phone, producing photos that can easily be viewed full screen on a computer monitor without any pixellation.

One problem with the camera is the auto focus, which sometimes isn’t very automatic. Like most auto-focus mechanisms on cameras and camera phones, to get the best results you must push the shutter half way down and wait for it to focus before taking the picture. However, on the K800i this isn't exactly a quick process, and the response can become annoying especially if trying to shoot sports or wildlife pictures.

Music on the Sony Ericsson K800i

Although the K800i isn’t part of Sony’s Walkman series oh phones, it still has a reasonably good MP3 player, which I've come to use so often that it's now replaced my separate mp3 player. The sound quality is good enough not to complain about and several equalizer settings are included if you are that picky. If like me you just use the player to play a random selection of songs then this is perfect as you can just push play and let it get on with it. A nice feature is that it fades the music out for incoming texts and phone calls and then continues from where the song left off once the phone call has finished.

One downside, though, are the headphones that have to be used (theres no standard 3.5mm audio jack input), which are large and cumbersome and often fall out of your ear because of their weight. If you decide not to use the headphones and play music through the internal speaker you will be impressed at the volume that can be achieved while still keeping the quality.

Using the K800i's keyboard

The first thing that strikes you about the K800i is the noticeably small keypad. This certainly takes a while to get used to, especially if texting is a main priority. Once conquered, though, it can be used well with the main central control stick to navigate through the menus. Sony Ericsson’s T9 predictive text is a useful facility if you like to send quick, short texts as it learns quickly what you regularly type; however I don’t tend to use this as I spend far too long having to teach it abbreviations (you can turn T9 on or off by holding down the star key).

Built-in applications on the K800i

One of the most used features that the K800i has provided me with has to be the organiser and calendar function. With the option to set reminders, I have saved myself from forgetting to do many important jobs while having to juggle with a hectic lifestyle.

As far as Web browsing is concerned, having 3G on the phone can prove useful if you regularly find yourself away from a computer and need to quickly use Google, for example. However, like all phones, this is only useful if you have a mobile phone tariff that offers a large amount of data transfer each month. I don't have such a plan, unfortunately, and so have only used the browser once, which I found to be a rather expensive way of eating away at my credit! The same goes for video calls, a feature that I have never used; it feels as if it is mainly intended for a business situation and looks as if it could work well in this scenario.

Connectivity

When it comes to connectivity the K800i does well, having infrared to send media to ‘Bluetooth-less’ devices as well as having Bluetooth to connect to other phones and even computers, thus enabling you to quickly send pictures you have just taken to different devices. Bluetooth can also be used to provide a mobile Internet connection for computers, which is great for when you are on the move. Unfortunately, the USB connection to a computer is limited as Sony Ericsson have still not fixed a problem with installing the software on Windows Vista, making it hard to transfer data between the phone and PC – one important function that is required for quickly transferring music to the phone!

Looks and design

If you are looking for a slim, petite phone the K800i isn’t ideal. You can tell how they have struggled to fit the 3.2 mega pixel lens in as it protrudes from the back, unlike other camera phones which have flat backs. It is also a fairly heavy phone, but you soon get use to this, although you will have to wear a belt to stop it weighing your trousers down [don't most people's trousers fall down without belts anyway?! - Ed]. Although the phone does come with 64mb internal memory I strongly recommend buying a M2 memory card as it enables you to store far more songs and you won’t have to worry about running out of room for photos.

In terms of battery life, I have found, like most phones, if you are using all kind of applications like taking photos and listening to music the battery life can deteriorate fairly fast, so be wary if you have a low battery. Fortunately it charges incredibly quickly using the mains charger - fully charging the phone within an hour, far better than my old phone!

Summary

If you are looking for a great 3.2 mega pixel camera phone with great added features such as MP3 playback, then the Sony Ericsson K800i is definitely for you. This all-round package will not let you down with excellent reliability, and I'd recommend it to anyone who is keen to take a few photos here and there. However, if you are looking for a wow factor and like to be up-to-date I strongly recommend buying a newer model such as the Sony Ericsson K850, which has a 5 mega pixel camera! I will certainly be buying Sony Ericssons in the future due to the very few downfalls that I have encountered with the K800i.

Nokia E51 business phone announced

Nokia have announced the new Nokia E51, a small, compact smartphone designed specifically for the business market. The E51 is designed to provide all the features needed in a business environment, and to make it as easy as possible to access those features.

To this end, there's a user-configurable homescreen, enabling the user to place icons to their most-frequently used applications; One Touch keys to such applications as email, contact, calendar, etc.; and easy integration with a wide range of business email applications.

More details of the Nokia E51 after the jump.

Perhaps the most important aspect of the Nokia E51, though, at least for businesses, is the way it integrates tightly with existing business communication services, enabling the user to use one device to access email, voice mail, and a plethora of corporate phone options, including extension dialling, hold, transfer and conferencing.

You can even route calls over your company's IP network, ensuring you cut down on phone costs (particularly with international calls).

In summary, the Nokia E51 isn't particularly innovative, but for business use it'll be a hard phone to beat, as it does exactly what businesses want it to do, and does it extremely well.

Full details of the Nokia E51 smartphone

From the press release:

Nokia today bolstered its Nokia Eseries portfolio of business devices with the introduction of the new Nokia E51 device. The slim and elegant Nokia E51 adds greater simplicity, faster access and tighter integration to key applications, while maintaining the smartphone capabilities and stylish design that customers have come to expect in a Nokia Eseries device.

An all-round device, Nokia E51 is ideal for business professionals who require reliable, real-time access to business and people, need to manage time effectively and value a single device that is easy to set up, maintain and use.

Nokia E51 users with Nokia mobility solutions can experience mobile telephony, mobile email and messaging, office phone functionality, and cost savings - with the convenience of one phone number, one voice mailbox, one dial plan - in a single device.

"Business users increasingly need one device that they can count on to work productively and which offers them the level of efficiency that brings more freedom and balance to their personal lives," said Antti Vasara, senior vice president, Mobile Devices Unit, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia. "With the new Nokia E51 device, we are responding to this need with a business smartphone that combines the latest advances in business mobility and a classic, stainless steel design, at a price that makes it perfect for company-wide deployments."

While expanding the rich functionality that business users require, Nokia continues to simplify the use of its business devices via the following:

• A home screen including user-selected icons to the most used applications
• One Touch keys with one-click access to key functionalities including email, contacts, calendar and the home screen
• Set-up wizards offering step-by-step guidance for setting up email accounts, configuring
• Internet calling and accessing wireless local area networks
• Integration with a wide range of business email solutions, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless
• Email and Mail for Exchange to communicate with Microsoft Exchange Server, and consumer email
• Streamlined email reading experience with easy access to attachments
• Dedicated Email key on the front cover, indicator light for new email, and a preview window to the latest email on the home screen to help keep up with email when on the move

Nokia E51 also extends business value to end users and businesses through its ability to integrate tightly with corporate telephony systems (PBX) through Nokia Mobile Unified Communications solutions such as Nokia Intellisync Call Connect for Cisco and Nokia Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel. These solutions deliver desk phone calling features - such as extension dialing, hold, transfer and conferencing - to a single, mobile device. Companies can also reduce their international call charges by routing the call over the corporate IP networks.

"Nokia and BT share a vision that business mobility adoption will thrive when our collective customers and their respective end users, derive productivity improvements from mobile enabled applications," said Rakesh Mahajan, global director of mobility at BT Global Services. "For the BT Corporate Fusion solution, we chose the Nokia E51 for its classic Nokia business smartphone features and design, its ease of integration into our solution, and its affordability, making it more appealing for widespread use within companies of all sizes."

Nokia E51 is also ideal for any user wishing to leverage broadband connections to access mobile Internet telephony from homes and hotspots. For example, Gizmo, a Voice over IP (VoIP) application, is available for Nokia Eseries customers free of charge, enabling users to make and receive inexpensive calls from their mobile phones and chat or talk with friends who are online. Gizmo application is available to Nokia Eseries customers through the Nokia Download! application on their mobile phone.

In addition to increased features and functionality for business use, Nokia E51 lends itself well to personal use and offers a polished look for both business and personal use. The thin, stainless steel device is equipped with personal applications, including:

• FM radio, music and multimedia players
• 2 megapixel camera
• Nokia browser, serving as the gateway to a variety of Internet services including interoperability with Windows Live, providing mobile access to most popular Windows Live services including Hotmail, Messenger and Spaces, available through the Nokia Download! application
• Via the Download! application access to Yahoo Go! WidSets, and a number of travel, personal productivity and entertainment applications

Nokia E51 is the latest offering in the industry-leading Nokia Eseries portfolio of business optimized devices that support companies' business mobility strategies by protecting their investments in workforce mobility. Joining the ranks of Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia E61i and Nokia E65, the Nokia E51 device enables business users to collaborate, communicate, and operate whether they are conducting business from their offices, working remotely or traveling - while also keeping in touch with their personal lives.

The Nokia E51 release date will be the fourth quarter of 2007 for an unsubsidized retail price of approximately 350 EUR.

Nokia N82 - an N95 in sheep’s clothing

As promised, time finally to start discussing the plethora of new announcements from the mobile phone world that annoyingly happened just when I lost Internet connectivity! First up is the new Nokia N82, which as well as being announced by Nokia this week, has also been released by the company in time for Christmas.

By any measure, the Nokia N82 is a stunning mobile phone - 5 megapixel camera, full Sat-Nav functionality, Wi-Fi and DVD-quality video recording are just some of the features its offers. However, if all this sounds a tad familiar, it's because all of these features are present in the N82's predecessor the N95.

Read on to see what the Nokia N82 offers that the N95 didn't.

So what does the N82 offer that the N95 didn't, and is it worth upgrading? Well, the most obvious difference is the form factor. The N95 had an innovative dual slide feature, where the keypad would slide out from one side while dedicated music keys would slide out from the other.

The N82, in contrast, sticks to the more traditional candybar form factor, with no sliding at all. That said, it's a good looking device, but it doesn't come with the attendant wow factor that the dual-sliding N95 offered.

The other differences seem to be software related. There's a new user interface, which has obviously been developed in response to the iPhone. The new interface features a 3D multimedia menu, and the orientation of the screen flips between horizontal and vertical depending on which way round the phone is being held.

There's also tighter integration with Nokia's Ovi family of Internet services, including the Nokia Music Store and the new N-Gage gaming service, making the N82 work more closely with Nokia's latest service developments.

Other than that, though, there seems to be very little else that the N95 doesn't already offer. If you bought the first version of the N95, then an upgrade would at least get you a thinner phone with more polished features and a better user interface. However, if you bought the latest incarnation of the N95, the glorious-looking black version with 8GB of memory, then there seems little point in upgrading.

Alternatively, if you haven't got an N95 already, then the N82's cheaper price of 450 Euros for an unlocked version is something of a bargain.

The Nokia N82, then, isn't just a successor to the N95: it is the N95, albeit in slightly different clothing. Still, that's not exactly a bad thing, given the amount of N95s that Nokia has sold, and the superb quality and feature-set of the phone.

Nokia N82 announcement

Nokia unveils the Nokia N82, the latest multimedia computer optimized for photography, navigation and internet connectivity. With the tools to discover the places and moments worth capturing, and the capabilities to capture and share them instantaneously, the Nokia N82 offers photography enthusiasts an enhanced camera experience.

Discover, capture and share
The Nokia N82 enables you to explore your surroundings and find your way with navigation and routing; document your adventures with the high quality imaging capabilities; and instantly share your experiences with one click upload to the web.

Featuring A-GPS, 5 megapixel camera, Xenon flash, Carl Zeiss optics and internet connectivity, the Nokia N82 also incorporates all the multimedia computer features common to Nokia Nseries. Like its predecessor the Nokia N95, the Nokia N82 is the latest epitome of a truly converged device that is not one thing but is many.

"The evolution of camera capabilities in mobile devices has been extremely fast over the past years. With the Nokia N82 we have reached such a superior level in image quality, speed and ease of use that not only does it outperform any other cameraphone on the market, but it's also a very credible alternative for single purpose digital still cameras," says Satu Ehrnrooth, head of Nokia Nseries Cameras Category, Multimedia, Nokia. "In addition to the high-end camera, the Nokia N82 also enables you to navigate and discover new places, enjoy your music, browse the web, play games, chat online and be part of the global web 2.0 community wherever you go. Thanks to the wireless broadband connectivity, convergence and yet again increased performance, the Nokia N82 is all you need in your pocket!"

Discover the world
The powerful A-GPS and preinstalled* Nokia Maps help you explore and locate new places, whether in another country or just around the corner. All Nokia N82 standard sales packages come with a free voice guided navigation trial*, and you can purchase additional features, such as city guides and longer subscription to the navigation.

With access to more than 15 million points of interest, you can locate and navigate to the most interesting sights, bars or restaurants wherever you are. You can also send map excerpts and routes to friends by MMS or save map screen shots to the gallery.

Capture your experiences
With a 5 megapixel camera, powerful Xenon flash and Carl Zeiss optics, the Nokia N82 delivers remarkably vivid photographs, even in low-light conditions. Fast camera activation, autofocus with a dedicated autofocus assist lamp, fast reloading between shots and DVD-like quality video capture make it a truly convenient and credible tool for capturing and telling your life stories.

Thanks to the 2GB microSD card in the standard Nokia N82 sales package*, you can store up to 900 high-resolution photos or up to 84 minutes of high quality video on the device.

"The Nokia N82 gives the best ever camera and navigation experience in one stylish premium device. Just imagine what kind of possibilities this will open up and how much richer your every day life experiences can be! The sophisticated design and glossy looks appeal to men and women who are conscious of their style and want to impress with the latest in technology," Satu Ehrnrooth continues.

Share your stories
With high speed Wi-Fi connectivity and one-click upload to online communities, the Nokia N82 makes sharing your experiences and discoveries easy. When viewing a picture or video, simply one press of a button starts uploading it while you carry on using the device for other purposes.

Or you can impress your friends with multimedia slideshows - complete with music and effects - on the high resolution display or on a compatible TV.

The Nokia N82 comes with the new content driven 3D multimedia menu and includes a convenient orientation sensor that rotates the user interface automatically between horizontal and portrait mode. For quick and easy access to entertainment content, the Nokia N82 also supports the Ovi family of Nokia internet services, including Nokia Music Store, N-Gage games** and Nokia Maps.

The Nokia N82 is available now in key markets with an estimated, pre-tax, unsubsidized sales price of approximately 450 euros.

Five Nokia N-Series phones reviewed side by side

What do you do when you get your hands on five of Nokia's shiniest top-end N-Series phones all at once? Review them all, of course, and take tonnes of pics of the buggers! And that's just what the PhoneReport has done, lining up the Nokia N95 8GB, N78, N82, N81 8GB and (gasp!) the brand new Nokia N96.

Phew! As you can see from the pics (and they have dozens more on their site), it's quite an impressive line up, and the review makes for interesting reading if you're considering buying one of Nokia "multimedia computers". Frustratingly, the review isn't all that in-depth, covering only the dimensions and usability of the phones in terms of their form factors and a bit of the user interfaces, but a fuller review is promised sometime in the future.

More pics after the jump.

There are tonnes more pics over at the PhoneReport, so if you want see some more eye candy, go check out their review.

Nokia E71 and E66 - for business, pleasure, and being rude to people

Nokia have finally announced the Nokia E71 (above) and E66 (below), two business-oriented smartphones that have been talked about in the mobile phone world for what seems like an age. Replacing the Blackberry-like E70 and E65 respectively, the two phones are designed primarily for business use, and so come with such business-oriented features as one touch access to calendars, notes, todo lists, etc., plus email software that enables these phones to connect to any of over 1,600 email services provided by ISPs across the globe.

There's even built-in support for Microsoft Exchange, so your boss can get you no matter where you are at work.

The E71 is the more distinct of the two, featuring a full-QWERTY keyboard that makes text entry a breeze. In contrast, the E66 looks like a standard mobile phone, so data entry is going to be more difficult, but equally you have an arguably more stylish phone in your pocket. Other than the keyboard, the two phones are largely the same, except for one small feature: the E66 has an accelerometer, allowing you to block calls simply by turning the phone over onto its front. I like that - kind of like turning your back on the caller! Rude, but satisfying!

The E71 and E66 aren't just fusty old business phones, though. Nokia appreciate that your average smart-phone touting business-person doesn't just want a mobile email client, they want some multimedia fun too. So the new phones have been packed with enough multimedia features to make an N-Series blush. The E71, for example, comes with an MP3 player and 3.2 megapixel camera, as well as HSDPA, Wi-Fi, a-GPS and Nokia Maps. All this in a phone that's just 10mm thin - hugely impressive.

In other words, it's what a top-end phone came with last year, all packaged into a business phone that will cost around 350 Euros.

More details and pictures of the Nokia E71 and E66 after the jump.

The Nokia E71 and E66 business phones

From the press release:

Nokia introduced today the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 - the latest email-optimized devices from the Nokia Eseries product range. The sleek Nokia E71 with full QWERTY keyboard and the stylish, slide-to-open Nokia E66 easily mobilize a broad range of personal or professional messaging needs, including Microsoft Exchange, the world's most widely adopted corporate email solution. Both devices are expected to begin shipping in key markets in July. The Nokia E71 and the Nokia E66 are expected to retail at EUR 350, before applicable taxes and subsidies.

"The Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 were designed for people who lead a mobile lifestyle and want quick and easy access to their personal and work email. With both of these devices, we have responded to consumer feedback by making calendar and contacts available at the touch of a button," said Søren Petersen, Senior Vice President, Devices, Nokia. "Equally important, people want well-crafted devices that are as beautiful to use as they are to behold. Stainless steel was chosen as the core material for these devices, giving them additional strength and a touch of class. Furthermore, the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 offer all the latest multimedia features that people desire."

Easy, one-touch access to email

The Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 come fully equipped for easy-to-install and easy-to-use professional and personal email. People who use Microsoft Exchange at work can access their email using the Mail for Exchange mobile email client, which comes pre-loaded with the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66. With these Nokia Eseries devices, people can get reliable real-time access to their email, calendar, contacts and tasks, as well as download attachments like Word, Excel, Powerpoint or PDF files directly to their devices.

The Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 support email accounts from more than a thousand internet service providers (ISPs) around the world, as well as Gmail, Yahoo! mail and Hotmail. Additionally, the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 support the Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email solution as well as third party email solutions like System Seven and Visto Mobile. Both devices come with the new switch mode that allows people easily to switch between personal and work home screens.

"With mobile email penetration and access to wireless applications growing at a rapid rate, Nokia is well positioned with its extensive lineup of market leading handsets to address the needs of consumers, high-end users and mobile professionals alike," said Andrew Brown, Director, Wireless Enterprise Strategies Global Wireless Practice, Strategy Analytics.

Sophisticated tool, premium design inside and out

With a stainless steel case, etched graphics and available in two colors - grey steel or white steel - the Nokia E71 bears the hallmarks of Nokia quality and craftsmanship. The cool metallic finish is complemented by the bright colour display, which showcases the Nokia E71 device's brilliantly simple user interface. Designed for both one-handed and two-handed use, the Nokia E71 pays special attention to ergonomics, as evidenced by its narrow shape and specially designed keypad.

The Nokia E66 offers a premium look and feel with its stainless steel accents and smooth sliding design. Sharing the same key features as the Nokia E71, including an enhanced calendar, contacts and customizable home screen modes, the Nokia E66 offers unique additions, like an orientation sensor that automatically optimizes itself for full screen viewing or silences the ringer when the device is turned over. Available in grey steel or white steel version, the Nokia E66 leaves a lasting impression as a sophisticated business tool in a distinct design.

Always Entertaining

In addition to email and personal information management, the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 support the latest Ovi services including maps, music and media sharing that power users expect from their device. This includes fast and seamless browsing with HSDPA, wireless LAN and 3G connectivity, Assisted GPS (A-GPS) and Nokia Maps for navigation, a music player with support for up to 8 GB expandable memory and a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera.

Built for Businesses of all sizes

In addition to serving entrepreneurs and smaller businesses, the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 also come fully equipped with a robust suite of enterprise grade features, including a built-in encryption functionality for both the device memory and for the memory card. Both Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 also include integrated mobile VPN support that gives mobile professionals access to their company intranet, and device lock and wipe to protect corporate information. Incorporating underlying technologies that allow IT departments to effectively manage security settings, corporate applications, data and advanced voice features, the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 expand the range of Nokia Eseries devices that support enterprise-specific deployment.

Accessorize with Style

Also announced today were a number of Nokia accessories that support the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66. The Nokia Car Kit CK-100 and Nokia Display Car Kit CK-600 offer convenient handling, simplified installation and software updatability. The Nokia Car Kit CK-100 features Nokia Talk voice guidance and a remote control, while the Nokia Display Car Kit CK-600 features a removable color display and a remote control with illuminated keys for active call management. For increased mobility, Nokia also announced the sleek Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-212, as well as the Nokia Mobile Holder CR-106 and Nokia Mobile Holder CR-105 designed to complement the Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 respectively.

Mr Wong Soon Nam, Vice President, Consumer Marketing, SingTel, said: "Our customers will enjoy a superior, cost-effective wireless email solution with SingTel's Broadband on Mobile and the new Nokia Eseries devices. These will give them a competitive edge and the ability to effortlessly retrieve important information on the move, making their office truly mobile."

"The Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 carry the promise of the Nokia brand, which revolves around quality, reliability and usability," said Mr Golinelli, Executive Vice President, Sales, Consumer Domestic Mobile Services, Telecom Italia. "Our wide range of customers is interested in funtionality but also in design and the Nokia E71 is the right and new concept for a new way of working."

"With the growth of corporate mobility adoption, the users' demands for new solutions and devices get stronger. The new Nokia Eseries devices, Nokia E71 and Nokia E66, attend to our consumers' different profiles and needs, due to their design and features, which fit both users' daily work and leisure moments in this connected society," said Paulo Cesar Teixeira, VP, Operations, Vivo.