The
E63 just broke the shackles of the rumor monger to become Nokia's latest messaging device. With a pre-tax, pre-subsidy price of just €199, Nokia hopes to see the Symbian S60 device generate some mass-market appeal. So let's see: WiFi, physical QWERTY, choice of ruby red or aquamarine blue, standard 3.5-mm audio jack, camera with video recording, and the ability to switch from an E-series business mode (corporate email, appointments, intranet) to personal mode (pictures, personal email, and browser shortcuts) with a single key press -- sounds like a winning combination to us. Nokia's even tossing in 1GB of Ovi file storage for free when the E63 begins shipping in the coming weeks -- where, is Nokia's little secret for now. We'll update you with the hard details just as soon as Nokia releases them. Until then, check the blue version after the break.
Update: We were able to hack forth the following detail from the bowels of Nokia's website: 113 x 59 x 13-mm / 126g form factor, 320 x 240 pixel display, quad-band GSM / EDGE with 660 minute talk / 432 hours standby, microSD memory slot with 110MB internal memory, 2 megapixel camera capable of QVGA video @ 15fps, and of course, Bluetooth. It'll also be released in WCDMA 900/2100, 850/1900, and 850/2100 configurations. Sorry, no HSDPA data or infrared like that found on the E71.
posted Nov 12th 2008 3:15AM
The folks about mobile industry review have one in hand and they said it has 3G
of course it has 3G
Operating frequency
* E63-1 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/2100
* E63-2 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900
* E63-3 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/2100
Not according to the above source, no 3G and 320x240 screen. This is like a cell from 2000.
Which one is usable in the US and which one is usable in Europe? Sorry I can never keep the frequencies straight.
It has 3G (UMTS) and no 3.5G (HSDPA).
The price point is amazing but I don't see myself pulling out a red or blue candy phone in a business meeting, which presumably is the market aiming for since it's an E-series handset.
It would be amazing if this came with HSDPA 1700/2100MHz. But of course that's too much to ask.
I'm definitely digging the 3.5mm headphone jack...that was the only thing missing from the E71! And while normally you wouldn't have colored phones in the business world, I think the blue one would be excusable. After all, even Blackberries come in different colors.
Its got Edge and 3G but no HSDPA
Shame cos i have the E71 and i would buy this for the wkend if it had gps too.
And i dont get why no high speed data, it gives you 1gig of storage and nokia wants you to buy tunes from Ovi, without hsdpa, this is going to be a painfull experience.
It does have the chip for hsdpa but its software limited, so maybe some enterprising hacker can free this little chappy.
Nice great alternative to the Propel and the Quickfire. I'm looking for something that's got a full keyboard and that's not a smartphone. I really want something that makes using the $15 data plan a little easier.
"Nice great alternative to the Propel and the Quickfire"
No, this is more of an alternative to the Samsung BlackJack II, Pantech Duo, BlackBerry Curve, and Motorola Q
it looks pretty sweet... like my original moto q, but nicer... shame there's no wimo... no good apps for it i'm sure
What?
Of course there are good apps for it. It runs Symbian os, there are thousands of apps avalible for that architecture.
JFGI.