Nokia have announced at CES 2009 in Vegas that their new Smartphone, the E63 will be let loose on the American market in the coming weeks. Expected to be priced around $279.00, it has seems like this has been coming for ages, November 2008 to be exact when it was first announced by Nokia.

It wull be availible in two lovely colours, ruby red and ultramarine blue. This QWERTY phone runs on the S60 Operating System. Also having 3G technology, it can have two homepages which you can easily switch to.

Being priced so low, this Smartphone will appeal to many people, not just because of the applications it has, but as it is so affordable and within reach of many people.

Key features:

  • Quad-band GSM support
  • 3G support
  • Landscape 2.36″ 16M-color display of QVGA resolution
  • Symbian 9.2 OS, S60 UI with FP1 (sprinkled with some FP2)
  • 369 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 128 MB of SDRAM
  • Wi-Fi
  • 2 megapixel fixed focus camera with LED flash
  • 120 MB of internal memory, microSD expansion
  • Standard 3.5mm audio jack
  • Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP support
  • microUSB v2.0
  • FM radio
  • Comfortable full QWERTY keypad
  • Convenient shortcut keys
  • Provider-independent VoIP support
  • Office document editor
  • Nokia Maps
  • User-friendly Mode Switch for swapping two homescreen setups
  • Great battery life
  • Remote Lock and Wipe feature
  • One-year free subscription for Files on Ovi

Main disadvantages:

  • Poor camera performance
  • Video recording maxes out at QVGA@15fps
  • No GPS
  • No RDS in the FM radio
  • 3.5mm jack protective bud is not attached to the body
  • No USB cable in the retail package
  • No preinstalled games at all
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