Nokia E65
Available
now 21st February 2007
One of Nokia's announcements at last
week's 3GSM event, the Nokia E65 is a business-orientated
slider phone.
The Nokia E65 is a 3G device running
the Symbian S60 operating system, but overall the E65's
physical layout is very similar to the Nokia 6280
and 6288
devices. In fact, in terms of basic phone functionality,
the E65 really doesn't offer very much over these other
two 3G sliders - all of these handsets are roughly the
same size, have similar screens, have a multimedia player,
a web browser and an email client.
One key difference though is software
- the Nokia E65 is a Symbian smartphone, where the 6280
and 6288 run the more basic Series 40 operating system.
For many users, the lower cost of the 6288 and 6280
will be more significant than the more sophisticated
software on the E65.. after all, most people use only
a small proportion of a modern handset's features.
However,
the real point to the Nokia E65 is its support for integration
into corporate telephone systems such as Avaya, Alcatel
and Cisco PABX systems. In effect, this makes the E65
an extension of a corporate telephone system. The E65's
internal WiFi capabilities mean that it can be used
for VOIP (Voice Over IP) telephony too.
Although the closely related 6280 and
6288 sliders are popular with consumers, the slider
format is very rare in business. Despite its relative
novelty, sliders offer a larger screen and keypad than
similarly sized monoblock / candybar phones, which tends
to make them easier to use.
Overall, the Nokia E65 measures 109
x 19 x 16mm and weighs 115 grams. Talktime is up to
6 hours on GSM, 2.5 hours on 3G and 3 hours on VOIP.
The screen is a 240x320 pixel panel in 16 million colours,
and the Nokia E65 has a 2 megapixel primary camera with
a secondary camera for video calling. Memory is expandable
with microSD cards, and the E65 also supports Bluetooth.
The Nokia E65 is available now in selected
regions for around €400 before tax and subsidy.
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Nokia
E65 at a glance
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Available:
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Q1
2007
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Network:
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GSM
850/900/1800/1900 + UMTS
2100
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Data:
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GPRS
+ EDGE + UMTS (3G) + WiFi
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Screen:
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240x320
pixels, 16m colours
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Camera:
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2
megapixels (main)
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Size:
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Medium-large
slider 109 x 19 x 16mm
/ 115 grams
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Bluetooth:
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Yes
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Memory
card:
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microSD
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Infra-red:
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Yes
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Polyphonic:
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Yes
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Java:
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Yes
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Battery
life:
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2.5 hours talk / 14 days standby
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