The Mobile Office: Nokia E7 Review

Business as usual - Another smartphone from Nokia, the Nokia E7 the latest with its pleasantly different design. An eye catching 4 inch AMOLED display using Nokia's clear-display technology. Business users and messaging junkies could get good use out of the E7, though we can't say it'd be our first choice for either purpose. What elevates this package (somewhat) is the breadth of connectivity. Other smartphones will offer an HDMI option but Nokia will be one of the few companies to include all the accessories you need to use this straight away. The USB adapter is great for file transfers, but once you plug in a mouse you get a glimpse of the future. These aren't features to choose a phone on primarily, but they will make a huge difference in certain business cases.

GENERAL     2G Network     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
                        3G Network     HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
                
SIZE               Dimensions     123.7 x 62.4 x 13.6 mm, 104.9 cc

                        Weight             176 g


DISPLAY      Type                 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

                        Size                  360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches

             - QWERTY keyboard
             - Nokia ClearBlack display
             - Multi-touch input method
             - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
             - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate
             - Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display

CAMERA       Primary           8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash

                         Features          Geo-tagging, face detection

                         Video                Yes, 720p@25fps, video stabilization, 

                         Secondary       Yes, VGA

FEATURES      OS                    Symbian^3 OS

                          CPU                  680 MHz ARM 11 processor, Broadcom BCM2727 GPU

                          Messaging       SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

                          Browser           WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds

                          Radio               Stereo FM radio with RDS

                          Games             Yes + downloadable

                          Colors              Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange

                          GPS                 Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0

                          Java                 Yes, MIDP 2.1

           - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
           - Digital compass
           - TV-out (720p video) via HDMI and composite
           - Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI
           - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
           - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
           - Voice command/dial
           - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
           - Video/photo editor
           - Flash Lite 4.0
           - Voice memo/dial
           - Predictive text input

BATTERY                                 Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-4D)

                            Stand-by          Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 480 h (3G)

                            Talk time         Up to 9 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)