The New Nokia E55 ? Affordability for Mobile Computing

Launched last May at a €265 price point (before taxes), the new Nokia E55 lives up to its promise as an affordable compact messaging handset for the mobile executive with a flair for fashion.

It sports a QWERTY keypad that gives clear indication it intends to compete with similarly equipped but larger corporate mobile phones out there.  First impressions will tell you that on the whole, the E55 delivers a balance on looks, price and features that makes it difficult to overlook when shopping for a serious mobile phone with all the features we have come to expect at this price point.  Let’s take a closer look at these.

Elegant and Trendy

It weighs a mere 95 g, making the E55 one of the lightest smartphones with QWERTY keypads.  All its top rate features get housed in a candybar form that doesn’t shout, “look at me” with its elegant and classic simplicity. The 2.4” QVGA screen support 16 millions colors. A built-in accelerometer is standard allowing you automatic portrait or landscape display by just tilting the handset.

Multimedia at its Best

Talking on the multimedia heritage from its E Family, the Nokia E55 brings the serious executive the features of Nokia’s XpressMusic and all the E-series specific multimedia application we have become popular. Its media players deliver outstanding audio and video playback that is at par with the best in the Nokia product line.  It even has stereo FM with EDR.

The camera features may not be standout, but at its price point, the E55 can give others a run for the money.  Featuring a 3.2 megapixel lens with LED flash and 4x digital zoom, you get truly vibrant photos that make good use of its brilliant QVGA LED screen.  There’s also VGA recording at 15 fps.

A Great Value for Mobile Computing

The E55 offers A-GPS and Nokia maps, a browser with Flash support and emailing that allows you to access your corporate account with its integrated MS Exchange or IBM Lotus Notes Traveler support.  With 3G on high speed HSDPA/HSUPA, you can enjoy fast online connection for downloads and social networking. Offices documents from Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Adobe PDF can be viewed with your email attachments.

There’s microSD support of up to 16GB memory for all those office files and multimedia files to keep you entertained while on the road.  With a 1500mH battery, you would never know that this beauty can stand for 31 days with a generous talk time of 8 hours – something to be aspired for in many QWERTY mobile phones and even within the Nokia E stable of phones.

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