The highlights of the Nokia World show were two mobile phones: the Nokia N8 and the Nokia E7. The Nokia N8 has already been covered in numerous articles, so in this article we will focus on the features of the E7.
The operating system and user interface of the Nokia E7 are almost identical to the Nokia N8, which was also demoed at the Nokia conference and is due to launch later this month. You’ll discover three home screens, each filled with customizable widgets as well as shortcuts.
Where the Nokia E7 separates from the N8 is its slide-out QWERTY keyboard and tilting screen. The slide itself is a bit of a hit and miss. It’s hard to get your fingers in exactly the right place to push it off in one fell swoop, though it could be a fault with the E7 prototype.
The fact that the screen always tilts will make it incredibly easier to type on the Nokia E7 when it’s sitting on the tray of your train or plane. This is a feature that other mobile phone manufacturers should consider using in their designs in the future.
This particular large 4-inch screen is very impressive. Even so, the 640×360 pixel resolution may not be as HD as you’d find on Apple’s iPhone 4, it’s even larger than most phones and will do a top notch job and benefit the owner greatly. shape.
Nokia’s new ClearBlack display technology should improve visibility outside the home in bright sunlight. This will be a marked improvement over the AMOLED screens often found in Android mobile phones.
The E7 also has something called the Web Kit in the Internet browser. A Web Kit-based Internet browser included with Symbian 3 definitely needs a mention in this review. It converts Internet sites very well, even those with Flash content. This allows users to see web pages the way the designer intended to see them and not in a fragmented version. It really is easy to use, as multi-touch gesture support will allow you to zoom in and out of pages with little hassle. It is quite easy to modify websites, include social bookmarking.
Nokia was very interested in highlighting the business package available for the Nokia E7. This is perhaps an attempt to catch up on Blackberry’s lost business. Business mobile phones aren’t usually known for looking flashy, but the Nokia E7 is different. The aluminum casing looks almost identical to the Nokia N8, with elegant, rounded edges available in orange, dark gray and green.
Other than heavier email, end users should be happy with support for about ten email accounts, just like Exchange products. Nokia has developed a completely new email interface for touchscreen devices that allows you to switch between multiple folders or even different email accounts easily and seamlessly. Little menus pop up from the file you’re in, whether it’s your inbox, outbox, or even your sent folder, so you don’t need to close the app.
