E5
KUALA LUMPUR: If you are looking for an affordable smartphone, the Nokia E5 should meet both your business and personal needs.
The E5 is the first smartphone to come preloaded with Microsoft Communicator Mobile, an application jointly developed by Microsoft and Nokia.
Communicator Mobile monitors the availability of a person on a company directory and allows you to reach them via instant messaging.
The Symbian-based smartphone also supports instant messaging services such as Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger and Ovi Chat.
The E5 has extensive e-mail support and works with Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Ovi Mail, MS Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler.
Also, the phone includes applications for accessing Facebook and Twitter social networking sites. Plus, you can view Facebook updates within the contact list (Phonebook) itself.
The phone, which has a 5-mexapixel camera with LED flash, also has WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
Other features of the E5 include a Qwerty keypad, A-GPS, 2.4in QVGA LCD screen, up to 250MB of internal memory and microSD memory card slot.
In terms of battery life, the E5's talktime is up to 18.5 hours and standby time is up to 29 days.
The E5 is available in five colours, namely Carbon Black, Chalk White, Sky Blue, Copper Brown and Silver Grey. However, only two colours are available for now - Carbon Black and Chalk White.
The E5 retails for RM830. - SUBASHINI SELVARATNAM
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