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The Nokia E65 was introduced in Barcelona, Spain at the 3GSM Mobile World Congress (now known as the GSMA Mobile World Congress), the world’s largest exhibition for the mobile industry, attracting mobile operators, vendors and mobile scholars around the world. It was one among the trio of E series smart phones introduced in the congress, including the Nokia E61i and Nokia EE90 Communicator. The Nokia E65 has been hailed as the most exciting unit among the three, sporting a slider-type phone, a rarity in the world of smartphones. E65’s offerings will give businessmen a wider perspective on the use of smartphones by instilling them the idea that they can have fun too.

The Nokia E65 is gorgeous on its silver and mocha casing while sporting a slim dimension of 4.1 x 1.9 x 0.6 inches and weight of 4.0 ounces. It is comfortable to hold and is easy to grip. Its 2.2-inch FTF screen displays 16.7 million colors at a 320 x 240 pixel resolution. The display is commendable although it’s not that bright as compared to the rest of the E-series. The intensity of the backlight and themes are all customizable. Navigating around and launching applications of the Nokia E65 is easy despite the absence of the touch screen.

Below the display are the set of keys. On the left side is where the control buttons are located; on the right side is where the voice recorder launcher, edit key and volume up/down buttons are situated. The navigation array also consists of the Talk and End buttons, a Main Menu shortcut, and a clear key. The alphanumeric keypad is easy to use, with its more spacious and large features. The camera lens is located on the backside, the power button on top and the power connector and USB headset port on the bottom. The misroSD card that accepts up to 2GB cards is located behind the battery cover.

While the lack the QWERTY keyboard signifies that E65 isn’t much focused on e-mail capabilities (although the phone has e-mail features), more efforts are put on the voice features. Being a quadband world phone, overseas calling is seamless in E65. it also supports speakerphone, conference calling, voice dialing, speed dial and VoIP.

In addition, it offers a number of wireless options. Bluetooth 1.2 can be used to connect to wireless headsets, hands free kits and keyboards. The Bluetooth enables transferring contacts and files and also for dial-up networking. It also includes Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), for fast connection to the web, and infrared. Some wish that 3G is also included.

The Nokia E65 operates the Symbian operating system. Among the notable applications that run in the OS are the QuickOffice for viewing Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents and Screen Export for displaying the screen through a compatible projector.

As mentioned above, Nokia E65 is among the best phones that converged business applications and media applications. The built-in music player supports MP3, RealAudio, and AAC music files and the songs can be sorted according to artist, album, genre or composer. The RealPlayer can play videos in MP4 and 3GPP formats. Its image viewer can open JPEG, BMP, BNG, and GIF files. It also includes a 2-Megapixel camera that also offers video options. Picture quality is good, but the absence of flash has incurred a number of limitations.

Overall, the Nokia E65 is a sexy slider phone which is recommendable for business and casual mobile users who use the voice calling features more than the messaging. Its productivity tools and wireless options are also big plus.

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