Nokias new E-series phones set to launch in Singapore in May
look to bring the power of mobility to office bound workers. The
Nokia E60, Nokia E61 and Nokia E70 support todays most popular and
newly announced corporate mobile email solutions like BlackBerry
Connect, GoodLink from Good Technology, Inc., IntelliSync Wireless
Email, Seven Mobile Mail, Seven Always-On Mail and Visto
Mobile.
As the new phones are targeted at business users, Nokia's
Enterprise Solutions General Manager Eric Tan the E60 and E70
phones will be sold through local systems integrators rather than
traditional channels while the E61 will be available from retail
stores. No plans are in place to sell the E60 and E70 through
traditional retailers to the mass market.
The new Nokia E-series devices are built on the latest edition of
the Series 60 Platform, the worlds leading smartphone software
platform. Series 60 3rd Edition together with Symbian OS v. 9.1
provide an identical application environment for the Nokia E60,
Nokia E61 and Nokia E70. They include a variety of GSM frequencies
and 3G (WCDMA) cellular network support for seamless roaming across
different countries, as well as a range of local connectivity
options such as WLAN, Bluetooth and Infrared and are USB 2.0
compatible. Additional memory for the E61 and Nokia E70 phones
comes in the form of the miniSD card slots while the E60 features
an MMC memory expansion capability.
The addition of email capabilities and support for Java script is
part of the convergence of data and mobile applications to meet the
demands of the modern office worker. To ensure that the phones are
compatible with whatever applications the modern and mobile worker
might use and need, Nokia has worked with technology partners like
Symantec, Check Point, Lotus Notes, SAP and many more to ensure
compatibility.
More and more office workers are becoming receptive to the power
that such mobile devices bring Tan said, quoting a 2004 IDC report
that said that 60% of respondents in South East Asia were happy
with the changes that mobility brought to their work and personal
lives.
Recommended retail prices for the E-series phones are SGD$738 for
the E60, SGD$738 for the E61 and SGD$748 for E70, all inclusive of
GST.
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