
The Nokia Eseries is a discontinued line of business-oriented smartphones running
Symbian OS
Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones. It was originally developed as a proprietary software OS for personal digital assistants in 1998 by the Symbian Ltd. consortium. Symbian OS ...
, produced by
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1 ...
from 2005 to 2011. The Eseries brand became the partial replacement for the top-line products of the Nokia 6000 'Classic Business' range - the 6000 range itself would turn into a mid-range line with broad appeal beginning in 2007 mostly using the 'classic', 'slide' and 'fold' monikers.
The Nokia Eseries have emphasis on enhanced connectivity and support for corporate e-mail push services, as well as enterprise-styled products and many featuring
QWERTY
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keyboards. All devices have advanced office features through its
S60 platform. Phones equipped with
Wireless LAN
A wireless LAN (WLAN) is a wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, campus, or office building ...
also provide a
VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), also known as IP telephony, is a set of technologies used primarily for voice communication sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet. VoIP enables voice calls to be transmitted as ...
client (
SIP Protocol). Throughout the series' lifetime its main competitors were
BlackBerry
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products from
Research In Motion
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.
Models
On October 12, 2005, mobile phone manufacturer
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1 ...
announced what the company refers to as the Eseries, consisting of the three mobile phones, the
Nokia E60,
Nokia E61 and
Nokia E70.
On May 18, 2006, Nokia announced the addition of the
E50 to the series, which it refers to as a "business device" rather than a "smartphone".
On February 12, 2007, Nokia announced the addition of three new devices to the series;
E61i,
E65 and
E90 Communicator.
On April 11, 2008, Nokia Australia has advised that the E61i will be discontinued in May 2008 and be replaced by a more featured but smaller
E71. Later releases included
E72,
E52 and
E5.
The last Eseries device was the
Nokia E7 from 2011.
See also
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Nokia phone series#List of Eseries devices
References
External links
Nokia Eseries (Product Portal)Detail Information for all Nokia devices
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