The Nokia E7, or E7-00, caused quite a stir at this year’s Nokia World and is the second device (after the Nokia N8) to be powered by the latest version of the Symbian OS – Symbian^3.

We like the Nokia N8. it has features aplenty and lots of cool connectivity and storage, as well as a 12-megapixel camera. With the Nokia E7, it’s a similar ‘spec-tacular’ story with its 16:9 nHD 640 x 360 pixels AMOLED display, Symbian^3 OS, slide-out Qwerty keyboard and an 8-megapixel snapper.

But does the E7, along with Symbian^3 and the Nokia N8, have what it takes to re-establish Nokia as a name to be feared in the global mobile phone markets? We take a look to find out…

If you’ve seen any videos or shots of the E7 you’ll know that it is a very similar looking device to the Nokia N8 (113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm). In fact, their anodised aluminium chassis are pretty much identical in terms of style and shape, but the E7, at 123.7 x 62.4 x 13.6 mm, is slightly larger and has that slide-out Qwerty keyboard as well.



Key features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• Penta-band 3G with 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA
• Anodized aluminum unibody
• 4" 16M-color ClearBlack AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
• Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display
• 8 megapixel fixed-focus camera with LED flash
• 720p video recording @ 25fps
• Symbian^3 OS
• 680 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 256 MB RAM
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
• microHDMI port 720p TV-out functionality
• GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation
• Digital compass
• 16GB of on-board storage
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• DivX and XviD video support
• Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM Radio with RDS, FM transmitter
• microUSB port with USB On-the-go
• Flash and Java support for the web browser
• Stereo Bluetooth 3.0
• Good quality audio
• Smart and voice dialing
• Office document editor preinstalled