Nokia E61
Encyclopedia
The Nokia
E61 is a smartphone
from the Eseries
range, a Series 60
Third Edition device with a QWERTY
keyboard targeting business users in the European market. As of Q4 2006 Cingular and Rogers Wireless
have deployed a similar yet restricted version designated the Nokia E62 in the North American and Brazilian markets. The E62 is substantially similar but without an 802.11 WiFi chipset or W-CDMA (UMTS) 3G support. E61 supports 900/1800/1900 bands, while E62 can operate in 850/900/1800/1900 in order to support American networks.
On 12 February 2007 Nokia announced the E61i as a follow up product.
Media viewers:
Internet:
Office:
Left side : Loudspeaker, Up-down volume keys, Voice key
Bottom : Power jack, 14 pole pop-port connector, Microphone, Infrared transceiver
Back : Battery cover release
Battery compartment : MiniSD Card slot (for E61) or MicroSD slot (for E61i), 3 pole battery connector, SIM
Internal: Joystick, display (molex
)
The Nokia
E61i is a smartphone
from the Eseries
range, an S60 platform
third edition device with qwerty keyboard targeting business users in the European market. It's an update to the Nokia E61 released in 2006. This product was announced on 12 February 2007 at 3GSM World Congress and is now available.
The main differences over the E61 include:
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
E61 is a smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
from the Eseries
Nokia Eseries
The Nokia Eseries consists of business-oriented smartphones, with emphasis on enhanced connectivity and support for corporate e-mail push services. All devices have advanced office features...
range, a Series 60
S60 platform
The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic...
Third Edition device with a QWERTY
QWERTY
QWERTY is the most common modern-day keyboard layout. The name comes from the first six letters appearing in the topleft letter row of the keyboard, read left to right: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter and sold to Remington in the...
keyboard targeting business users in the European market. As of Q4 2006 Cingular and Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless
Rogers Wireless is a wireless telecommunications provider offering mobile phone and data services throughout Canada using Global System for Mobile Communications and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Communications...
have deployed a similar yet restricted version designated the Nokia E62 in the North American and Brazilian markets. The E62 is substantially similar but without an 802.11 WiFi chipset or W-CDMA (UMTS) 3G support. E61 supports 900/1800/1900 bands, while E62 can operate in 850/900/1800/1900 in order to support American networks.
On 12 February 2007 Nokia announced the E61i as a follow up product.
Additional features
- Base Band 5Base Band 5Base Band 5, abbreviated as BB5, is the youngest mobile baseband generation implemented on Nokia mobile phones and the replacement for prior DCT generations....
SIM lockSIM lockA SIM lock, simlock, network lock or subsidy lock is a capability built into GSM phones by mobile phone manufacturers. Network providers use this capability to restrict the use of these phones to specific countries and network providers...
ing software - Push to Talk over Cellular (PoC)
- PIM including calendar, to-do list and printing
- Optional Blackberry and other push e-mailPush e-mailPush email is used to describe email systems that provide an always-on capability, in which new email is actively transferred as it arrives by the mail delivery agent to the mail user agent , also called the email client...
service support - 117 mm × 69.7 mm × 14 mm, 108 cc, 144 g
- Vibrating alertVibrating alertA vibrating alert is a feature of communications devices to notify the user of an incoming connection. It is particularly common on mobile phones and pagers and usually supplements the ring tone....
- VoIP capable (integrated SIPSession Initiation ProtocolThe Session Initiation Protocol is an IETF-defined signaling protocol widely used for controlling communication sessions such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol . The protocol can be used for creating, modifying and terminating two-party or multiparty sessions...
client) - Loudspeaker
- Support for Java MEJava Platform, Micro EditionJava Platform, Micro Edition, or Java ME, is a Java platform designed for embedded systems . Target devices range from industrial controls to mobile phones and set-top boxes...
and native Symbian applications
Included Software
General:- Personal Organizer / Calendar
- File Manager
- Contacts Manager
Media viewers:
- Music Player (supports MP3, AACAdvanced Audio CodingAdvanced Audio Coding is a standardized, lossy compression and encoding scheme for digital audio. Designed to be the successor of the MP3 format, AAC generally achieves better sound quality than MP3 at similar bit rates....
, WAV, AMR) - RealPlayerRealPlayerRealPlayer is a cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, QuickTime, Windows Media, and multiple versions of proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo formats.-History:...
- Image browser
Internet:
- Web browser
- WAP browser (separate to web browser)
- Email client (POP3, SMTP, IMAP)
Office:
- Word processor
- Spreadsheet
- Presentation software
Included accessories
- Mono earphone with inline microphone and answer key
- CA-44 adapter converting former Nokia 3.5 mm power plug to the new 2 mm plug
- Data cable CA-53 from Nokia Pop-Port to USB-A type male connector
- Quick start and user's guide, errata, additional applications booklet
Interface and Connectors
Front: Indicator light, Earpiece, Power key, Quarter VGA landscape display, Left selection key, Menu key, Five-way joystick, E-mail key, Right selection key, Call key, End key, 10×4 keyboard also functioning as keypadLeft side : Loudspeaker, Up-down volume keys, Voice key
Bottom : Power jack, 14 pole pop-port connector, Microphone, Infrared transceiver
Back : Battery cover release
Battery compartment : MiniSD Card slot (for E61) or MicroSD slot (for E61i), 3 pole battery connector, SIM
Internal: Joystick, display (molex
Molex
Molex is a leading global supplier of electronic interconnectors. Molex sells over 100,000 products, including everything from electrical and fiber optic interconnect solutions to switches and application tooling....
)
E61i
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
E61i is a smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
from the Eseries
Nokia Eseries
The Nokia Eseries consists of business-oriented smartphones, with emphasis on enhanced connectivity and support for corporate e-mail push services. All devices have advanced office features...
range, an S60 platform
S60 platform
The S60 Platform is a software platform for mobile phones that runs on Symbian OS. It was created by Nokia, who made the platform open source and contributed it to the Symbian Foundation. S60 has been used by mobile device manufacturers including Siemens mobile, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Panasonic...
third edition device with qwerty keyboard targeting business users in the European market. It's an update to the Nokia E61 released in 2006. This product was announced on 12 February 2007 at 3GSM World Congress and is now available.
The main differences over the E61 include:
- 2 Megapixel camera
- D-pad instead of a joystick
- Additional buttons to access quick functions
- Slimmer case design
- Updated version battery
- Upgradeable to newer firmware
- MicroSD instead of MiniSD
See also
- NokiaNokiaNokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation that is headquartered in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki...
- Nokia EseriesNokia EseriesThe Nokia Eseries consists of business-oriented smartphones, with emphasis on enhanced connectivity and support for corporate e-mail push services. All devices have advanced office features...
- List of Nokia products
- BlackBerryBlackBerryBlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...
- Nokia E71Nokia E71The Nokia E71 is a smartphone from the Eseries range with a QWERTY keyboard targeting business users worldwide. It runs on Symbian OS v9.2, with a Series 60 3rd Edition, second generation Feature Pack 1. The Nokia E71 succeeded the Nokia E61/61i models, building on the base design and form factor...
– Successor
E61
- Nokia's E61 phone page
- Forum Nokia – E61 specifications
- Smartphone Reviews E61 review
- Nokia E61 Taken apart
E61i
- Nokia's E61i phone page
- CNet review
- Nokia E61i and Motorola Q9H head to head review from The RegisterThe RegisterThe Register is a British technology news and opinion website. It was founded by John Lettice, Mike Magee and Ross Alderson in 1994 as a newsletter called "Chip Connection", initially as an email service...
- Forum Nokia – E61i specifications
Reviews
- CNETCNETCNET is a tech media website that publishes news articles, blogs, and podcasts on technology and consumer electronics. Originally founded in 1994 by Halsey Minor and Shelby Bonnie, it was the flagship brand of CNET Networks and became a brand of CBS Interactive through CNET Networks' acquisition...
– Australia, U.K. - IT WeekIT WeekIT Week is a weekly newspaper for the UK computing industry, published by Incisive Media.It was launched on 18 May 1998 and was originally published by the UK subsidiary of American media company Ziff Davis. In late 2000, Ziff Davis sold all its UK print publications, including IT Week, to VNU...
– Nokia E61 review from a business perspective