
Well, who honestly saw that one coming? Rumours of a series 60 device with a Nokia 6822 style keyboard had been floating around for ever, but for Nokia to spring a surprise announcement at the Smartphone Show and announce it as one of a range of three new business orientated devices with 3g and WiFi, like wow!
The device of desire has to be the E70; hey baby, it’s got wings! It’s the only Eseries phone with a camera, a 2 megapixel device probably similar to that on the N70 and N91. After moving from the N-Gage to the 6680 I’m not going to make the backwards step to a blind device again.
But, that’s not going to stop some people, the Blackberry slaughtering E61 (killing doesn’t begin to sum up this niche destroying device) will be on most IT departments’ hotlists, even if it has the lowest resolution of the three Eseries phones at a mere 320 by 240.
And the office junior, the unassuming E60, on bare specs it’s not quite as interesting as the E61 or the E70, but it’s going to be the biggest seller, say night night to the elderly but near ubiquitous Nokia 6310.