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Nokia E90 Communicator

Written by Administrator Wednesday, 26 December 2007 16:15

Once upon a time when Nokia’s Communicators were truly a force to be reckoned with. There was little competition as far as Smartphones were concerned, and suited and business-oriented types simply loved the Communicators for their mini-mobile office attributes.

Today there are Smartphones and PDAs aplenty to choose from. Does the Communicator format still hold appeal?

Definetly if you are looking for a PDA device from a size and weight point of view you should be looking elsewhere, because this is a real beast of a thing. It weighs 210g and measures a massive 132 x 57 x 20mm. But those who choose it are going to be unperturbed by the size and weight because they’ll be selecting on the basis of its built-in screen and keyboard.

The E90 Communicator, you see, is a clamshell device. While the front fascia looks just like an ordinary candybar mobile phone, albeit a large one, you can open the handset up to find a mini QWERTY keyboard and a screen that is 800 pixels wide and 352 pixels deep. If you need to create text, browse the Web or read and reply to a lot of e-mail the combination could be ideal.

The keys are relatively large in comparison to others found on PDA style devices, and while we found them a little stiff to use, we were able to type fairly quickly with two thumbs or with two fingers when the E90 was sitting on a desk. Obviously we aren’t talking laptop typing speeds, but we did find the E90 faster and easier to use than some mini-keyboard devices.

This is a 3G handset with HSDPA support and it has a VGA camera for making video calls as well as a 3.2-megapixel main camera on the back of the casing. It also incorporates a GPS antenna and there is a copy of Nokia’s Maps software built in. With a little extra effort downloading maps from Nokia’s Smart2Go Web site, you can do route planning, and for a small fee you can get turn-by-turn navigation. You can rent this feature on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis.

There are editors for Microsoft Word and Excel documents, viewers for PowerPoint and PDF documents, plus contacts, diary and a music and video player. In fact anything you’ve seen on another S60 handset is here and you can use the supplied software to synchronise diary and contacts with a PC.

Wi-Fi is also built in and there is a ‘sniffer’ that can seek out available networks and display their accessibility on the main screen. If you need to save on data usage via your network operator, or have a home or office network you’d like to jump onto, doing so is easy.

Selected Features

• Browse the Internet and transfer media-rich files via HSDPA (up to 3.6 Mbit/s enabled) and 3G high-speed mobile broadband
• Increase mobile productivity with applications for viewing and editing documents
• Talk on every continent with quad-band GSM and automatic switching between bands
• Access voice and data functions quickly and easily with convenient shortcut keys
• Locate meeting venues, restaurants, and places of interest with the integrated GPS
• Send images captured with the integrated 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus

Operating Frequency

• GSM quad-band (850/900/1800/1900) MHz
• WCDMA 2100 MHz

Dimensions

• Volume: 140 cc
• Weight: 210 g
• Length: 132 mm
• Width: 57 mm
• Thickness (max): 20 mm

Display

• Inner: Active matrix color display (800 x 352 pixels), 16 million true colors
• Outer: Active matrix color display (240 x 320 pixels), 16 million true colors

User Interface

• S60 Platform 3.1 Edition
• Symbian OS Version 9.2
• Java™ MIDP 2.0

Imaging

• 3.2 megapixel camera with flash and autofocus
• QCIF camera for video calling

Multimedia

• Video calling
• FM radio
• Music player (MP3, AAC)
• Realplayer (streaming audio, video and MP4 video files)

Memory Functions

• Up to 128 MB free memory for user data and applications
• Expandable up to 2GB with microSD memory card

Messaging

• Supports POP3, IMAP4, and SMTP Support for mobile email, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email 8. and a variety of third-party email clients: Mail for Exchange 1.5 (delivered via Nokia Downloads! Application), Visto Mobile v5.5, and RIM BlackBerry Connect v2.1
• View, open, and edit email attachments with Quickoffice (documents, spreadsheets, and presentations), Zip Manager, and Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Text-to-speech message reader
• MMS and SMS

Applications

• Quickoffice tools with editors
• Maps application for location-based services
• Nokia Office Tools 1.1 (including Active notes)
• VoIP 2.1
• Download! Application to get more applications
• Support for Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite
• WorldMate, Wireless Presenter, and Global Race – Raging Thunder - available for download via Downloads! application

Connectivity

• Integrated WLAN
  • WLAN: 802.11b, 802.11g*
  • WLAN Security: WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal
  • WLAN Quality of Service: WMM, U-APSD
• Mini USB, USB 2.0 full-speed
• Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0
• 2.5mm Nokia audio jack connector with ECI
• Infrared (up to 115 kbps)

Browsing

• Web browser (x)HTML
• JavaScript 1.3 and 1.5 supported
• Flash Lite 2.0 supported

Data Transfer

• WLAN 802.11b, 802.11g*
• HSDPA up to 3.6Mbit/s enabled
• WCDMA 2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet data
• GPRS/EGPRS (Class A, MSC 32)
• 3GPP rel 5
• Dual transfer mode MSC11, SAIC rel v1

Voice Features

• Voice dialing
• Voice commands for menu short cuts, keypad lock, and profiles
• Voice recording for making notes or recording conversations
• Internet Call release 2.1 for making VoIP (voice over IP) calls
• Text-to-speech message reader
• Enhanced voice commands with speaker-independent name dialing (SIND), and voice aid for eyes-free control of core functions
• Integrated handsfree speaker
• Push to talk (PoC)

Personal Information Management (PIM)

• Nokia Team Suite
• Calendar attachment support
• Meeting requests to calendar
• Contacts with images
• Nokia Active Notes application

Other Features

• Integrated GPS
• Support for Nokia Intellisync file sync and device management
• Stereo FM radio

Sales Package Contents

• Nokia E90 Communicator
• Nokia Battery BP-4L (1500 mAh)
• Nokia Wired Stereo Headset (HS-47)
• Nokia Travel Charger (AC-4)
• Nokia Connectivity Cable (DKE-2)
• Memory card (microSD 512MB) - content may vary at country level
• Quick Start Guide
• User Manual
• DVD ROM including the Nokia PC suite application
• Leather Pouch

Price:

India: ~ Rs. 42000

Australia: ~Aus $ 990

UK: 650-750 Pounds

Europe: 900 Euros

USA: 800-900