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Nokia E61i takes over e-mail duties from the E62By Philip Berne, 12 February 2007
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With BlackBerry Connect e-mail and Wi-Fi, the slim Nokia E61i picks up where the E62 left off. Will we see it in the U.S.?

The Nokia E61i features a wide range of e-mail options, including POP, IMAP, BlackBerry Connect, Good Mobile Messaging, and Nokia's IntelliSync, though Microsoft's Exchange service is notably absent. Running the Symbian S60 series OS on a QVGA screen, the E61i looks similar to its predecessor, the Nokia E62, with its square QWERTY keyboard, but updates a few features beyond its e-mail capabilities.

Most notably, the Nokia E61i features a WCDMA radio for 2G networking, though its 2100 band probably means we won't see high-speed browsing here in the U.S. The quad-band GSM device does use the 850 band for GSM, so importers will still be able to take calls and perform some more basic (slower) data tasks. Without WCDMA, users will still be able to use the phone's Wi-Fi connection to connect to WLAN networks, and the phone will support VOIP for internet telephony.

The Nokia E61i features a 2-megapixel camera, as well as a music player for MP3s and AAC files. Media files can be stored on miniSD card in the phone's expansion slot. Even without Exchange e-mail support, the phone will still open Office documents, and Nokia claims the device will support the most common features of the mobile Office apps, though to what extent editing will be possible on the device remains to be seen.

The device represents the most recent updates to Nokia's business-oriented E-series line. The Nokia E90 and the Nokia E65 were also introduced today, both with WCDMA and WLAN access. All the phones feature screens with a high color depth of 16-million hues. None of them feature a touch screen, which would seem to aim them squarely at the Samsung BlackJack / Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition (now Windows Mobile 6 Standard) market.

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