Coming soon? Nokia E51 - small candybar Eseries

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on September 6, 2007 3:06 AM | Permalink

There's another E-Series coming in for Nokia this year. With a publication of a user agent profile on the Nokia web site, we now know of this fact. The Nokia E51 will be expected by everybody. The phone runs on S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and offers GSM, EDGE, WCDMA, HSDPA and WiFi data connectivity, has a QVGA screen and a numeric phone keypad.

The E51 is likely a direct replacement for the the Nokia E50. S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 means the phone supports a range of new technologies compared to its predecessors. These include the A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth profiles for stereo audio over Bluetooth, the H.264 video codec and the second version of the S60 browser.

As seen in the photo, th S60 key icon has been changed from the familiar S60 swirl to a 'house'. This is likely, at least initially, to be an Eseries only change. The phone also includes hardware buttons for Calendar, Contacts and Messaging. Also of interest is the large central delete button, almost certainly aimed at improving the ease of managing email, and the central charging jack, implying that connectivity is via miniUSB.

Styling is very similar to the Nokia E90, which gives the top and bottom end of the Eseries a nice symmetry.

via: allaboutsymbian