Weight: 5 ounces
Dimensions: 4.61 x 2.76 x .63 inches
Display: 320 x 240 pixel active matrix display with up to 16 million colors
Price Range: $253.69 to $312.00
It’s an attractive device overall, with an all-silver casing that makes it appropriate for the business set. At 4.6 by 2.7 by 0.5 inches and 5 ounces, the E62 is slightly bigger than the Moto Q, and will take some acclimation to use as a phone because it has a wider, blockier body. There are three buttons on the left spine–Volume Up, Volume Down, and Voice Record–but nothing on the right side, where we looked instinctively for a jog dial and a Back button like those found on the Q and BlackBerrys. We missed these controls, and their absence made it harder to use the E62 one-handed. Also, a Hold button would have been nice, since it was fairly easy to trigger the voice record function, and we ended up with a handful of useless recordings.
The E62’s roomy keyboard is its biggest draw: It’s one of the most spacious arrangements I’ve ever seen on a candy-bar handset, with wide, flat keys that are beautifully sized and spaced. Setting up e-mail is a breeze, and sending and receiving messages are just as simple. The E62 handles attachments with aplomb, and its included office suite lets you edit documents easily. Though the included MP3 player is loud and clear, you’ll want to use the bundled headset in lieu of the tinny internal speaker.
The E62 comes with a POP3/IMAP e-mail program that handles attachments, but the smartphone also works with a dizzying array of push-mail software, including GoodLink, Intellisync, Visto, DataViz RoadSync for Microsoft Exchange servers, Consilient’s new push-POP/IMAP mail solution, and even BlackBerry Connect. Unbelievably, I loaded Consilient’s and GoodLink’s clients simultaneously without any problems. Consilient’s software is very basic—no attachment support or formatting—but it does push mail from POP and IMAP accounts and is very affordable ($5/month). GoodLink works much as it does on other platforms, including full integr
he E62’s Web browser built specifically for S60 has two unique features. One is a ‘mouse’ cursor that can be moved across a page with the nav switch. The other is a thumbnail version of the current page that appears when scrolling down or across long pages, making navigation easier. Hit the back button and you’ll get a timeline of recent page views shown as a series of thumbnail images. Very cool. No other phone comes close to E62 when it comes to rendering pages with high fidelity, but every other one boasts better speed; our throughput averaged 100Kbps.
Email and Messaging
- Support for personal and business email accounts such as POP, IMAP (with idle) and SMTP1
- Supports third party email clients: Good Mobile Messaging, BlackBerry Connect, Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email, Mail for Exchange (Microsoft ActiveSync) and Xpress Mail 1
- Attachments viewers and editors support the most common features of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel (Microsoft Office 97, 2000, XP and 2003). Compatible with Zip Manager and Adobe Reader
- Instant Messaging client (Yahoo, AOL, OMA)1
- SMS distribution list
- Email LED indicator, vibrate and tones to alert you of new email
- Full messaging keyboard for easy text and data input
Messaging and Imaging
- Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS, ver. 1.2) for text, voice clips, video clips and still images receiving, editing and sending1,14
- Distribution list
- Video and audio streaming (GPP and RealMedia: Real video and Real Audio)1
Connectivity
- miniUSB port
- Remote and local (peer-to-peer) synchronization over Bluetooth technology, IR or data cable
- Bluetooth wireless technology 2.022
- HTML browsing with Nokia Browser1,2,12
- EGPRS (Class B, MSC 10)1,15
- GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) Multislot Class 101,15
- GSM Circuit-Switched Data up to 14.4 and 43.2 (HSCSD) kbps
- TTY/TDD (requires HDA-11 adapter)
