Either as a bid to further compete with the now
free and clear Blackberry, or
merely as penance for their historical lack of QWERTY phones, it seems like Nokia is taking their
e61 form factor to the low-end with a new e62 phone that has
surfaced on the FCC site. The e62 loses the 3G and WiFi of its big brother, along with some other slight modifications
including the apparent lack of push email connectivity. But otherwise this phone should serve well those who want their
email anywhere, but have are willing to wait a bit longer to receive it.
[Via
Phone Scoop]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
The Undude @ Mar 6th 2006 9:18PM
This would be a Motorola Q-killer - except, erm..... there's no Q to kill! I wonder if Motorola wil ever release their little Q that looked so good on paper. By the time they do, it will start to look look a little Quaint. Maybe actually the "Q" stands for "Quagmire?"
Matt Swe @ Mar 6th 2006 10:33PM
Ok! great! NOW JUST RELEASE IT NOKIA, I want to give you my money :(
TS @ Mar 6th 2006 11:05PM
That is a wickedly large screen, but the design just SCREAMS square.
John @ Mar 6th 2006 11:21PM
ts:
>That is a wickedly large screen, but the design just SCREAMS square.
I'd say it screams 'nerd' but that seems like their target ... however, having seen the E61 in real life, I have to say that its actually sexy - in a girl with dark thick-rimmed glasses kind of way ...
john b @ Mar 7th 2006 12:12AM
my oh my...this thing cannot drop soon enuff....r they takin deposits by any chance? maybe i need a job in the FCC
John @ Mar 7th 2006 12:39AM
I like key pad layout better than many of the QWERTY phones. These numbers are in the center, so left and right handed people can use the product in the same way.
gooby @ Mar 7th 2006 1:24AM
Don't Nokia's Communicator phones have a QWERTY keyboard?! They've been around forever. Just because they haven't designed a similar phone to BlackBerry's, don't mean they haven't had that feature around in other forms.
achantra @ Mar 7th 2006 10:56AM
Of course they removed the wifi... its because cingular wants to force all of us to never leave their network and use only their data services.
Let's hope the e70 doesn't get the cingular treatment...bah!
John K @ Mar 7th 2006 11:51AM
Is this likely to be picked up by any major US carrier?
Nick @ Mar 7th 2006 4:19PM
E61 by T-Mobile, E62 for Cingular or Verizon? :D
SHAM @ Oct 22nd 2006 1:14AM
WHEN WELL THE NOKIA E61 BE COME OUT WITH T-MOBILE