Nokia E7

Truely Smart
With Nokia E7, Nokia is coming up with an interesting piece which takes a lot of cues from the latest Nokia N8.

Design
Nokia E7 has a beautiful, innovative design with a 4? AMOLED touch screen. It's big, high contrast and still seems to fit the overall chassis. The anodized silver frame which is available in blue, green, orange, Dark grey and Silver white is as attractive as the N8, and the depth of the Nokia E7 is more palatable given there's a QWERTY keyboard underneath. The QWERTY keyboard is released by pushing the screen up in landscape mode up on a hinge, although this is pretty stiff and not easy to do with one hand. However it feels very sturdy. In both portrait and landscape mode, the Nokia E7 fits nicely in the hand, although smaller palms might suffer a bit.

Connectivity
The same connections are present with the E7 too, with an HDMI-out, 3.5mm headphone jack, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS with Ovi Maps. All kinds of network connectivity options are at your disposal - GPRS, EDGE and 3G with HSPA. Web browser is great with multi touch and flash support.

Key Features
The operating system of the Nokia E7 is Symbian 3 and will be part of the next wave of Symbian smartphones - this offers multiple home screens, widgets and an overall 'faster' experience. One of the big highlights of the Nokia E7 is the QWERTY keyboard with keys that offer a premium typing experience. The camera is slightly less powerful at 8MP (but still with LED flash). The HD camera is a nice touch and the music player and video playback are both good enough to make this a PMP all on its own - even on top of the Exchange support and separate email accounts etc.

Verdict
Overall, Nokia E7 is one of the best offers for the Eseries lovers. It's a tech-packed device that adds in a QWERTY keyboard to an attractive chassis, so it should be right up there with the best.