The Nokia E5 is an Executive Smartphone - It Performs to a Professional Standard and Looks the Part

Nokia E5

The Nokia E5 has been equipped with 3G, Wi Fi and boasts a full QWERTY keyboard for messaging support. All pointers point to business users more than personal users; it is equipped with a 5 mega pixel camera and a 2.36 inch QVGA screen, you get a full web browser and an enormous array of messaging and e-mail services to boot. Nokia have made sure there is basic coverage for multimedia and entertainment but this device has definitely been focused on communications and professional usage.

Nokia have ignored Sony Ericsson's attempts at stealing there valued customers with the Vivaz Pro and gone for the throat with this potential Blackberry beater; the E5, aesthetically is very similar to the Blackberry Curve, the keyboard is very well sized for typing messages and the screen has been installed horizontally for a wider perspective on messages and web pages. The colour variety the E5 is available in is much ranged; it can come in Carbon black, white, grey, brown and blue, Nokia have tried to make it accessible but again, you cannot imagine seeing anybody younger than 35 with a brown mobile phone.

As standard the Nokia E5 comes with a 2GB microSD card, however this can be upgraded to 32GB if you so wish. Nokia have the device running on the Symbian S60 OS; Nokia fans will find themselves in familiar grounds, the menu system is simple and the home screen is packed full of useful information and handy shortcuts to your favourite contacts, e-mail and various other sections like the web browser and camera. The interface is application based software which gives you the opportunity to download additional content at the Ovi Store; you can select from thousands of apps, loads of games and plenty of themes to keep your E5 experience fresh.

Another benefit of the Nokia branding is the Ovi messaging support with there free Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat features. Setting up e-mail accounts from the E5 is very easy; accounts can be set up and handled with Gmail, Hotmail and other POP users along with Exchange ActiveSynch, the IM client can process information from popular sites too with GoogleTalk and WindowsLive the pick of the bunch. Nokia have set up the E5 with social network integration to satisfy the modern generation; Facebook and Twitter accounts can be managed along with others; a lot of this messaging support is handled by the phones 3G technology which is consistent through the phones online activities.

A tidy 5 mega pixel digital camera has been pre-installed for the snap-happy users; it manages stills and videos perfectly well and you can utilise the E5's sharing features to upload content to the web. The device is also equipped with a music player and video player respectively with them both handling multiple audio and video codec's comfortably. The entertainment section of the phone also has an FM radio so you can keep up with your favourite shows and the 3.5mm jack lets you plug in and listen with your own personal headphones. Lastly, Nokia have remembered to add there Ovi Maps application to prevent there avid followers from getting lost on there way to there local Nokia store.

The Nokia E5 is an executive smartphone; it performs to a professional standard and looks the part too. the screen provides you with a decent overview of web pages and messages and the phones entertainment area is packed full of goodies for you to play with, the Ovi Store has tons of downloadable content for you to wade through and the interface is a familiar field of play for many mobile phone users. Nokia have achieved there goal in creating a powerful 3G device which will provide its users with everything they need to keep an organised business and social life.