Product DescriptionClassically designed with high-speed mobile browsing, email, multimedia features, a multitude of connectivity options, and convenient shortcut keys.
Amazon.com Product DescriptionIdeal for business-savvy globetrotters who require a full range of smartphone capabilities, broadband connectivity, and real-time access to your contacts, the stylish Nokia E51 brings it all together. This quad-band GSM/EDGE phone is also ready to run on 850 MHz/2100 MHz UMTS/HSDPA 3G networks (found in Europe, Australia and Asia), enabling fast downloads and streaming multimedia while on the go. It also includes integrated Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11b/g) for accessing open networks at work, at home, and on the road from a variety of wireless hotspots.
The candybar-style E51 is nicely slim at less than half-an-inch thin, and it features a large 2-inch LCD with support for 16.7 million colors for excellent depth. It's based on S60 software operating on the Symbian OS, enabling you to personalize the E51 by choosing from a wide choice of compatible applications that can be downloaded--including games, navigation, entertainment, and productivity titles. Other features include a 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity for both communication headsets and stereo music streaming, MicroSD expansion, MP3 player, FM radio, and up to 4.4 hours of talk time.
The slim Nokia E51 is loaded with features to help balance your business and leisure time. |
This unlocked cell phone can be used with a GSM network service provider and it provides quad-band connectivity (850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz). It does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider. Phone Features
The thin, stainless steel E51 has a 2-inch QVGA display (240 x 320 pixels) with an amazing depth of 16.7 million colors. It includes an ambient light sensor and an LED light indicator that can be customized to let you know of missed calls or incoming emails and text messages. It has a standard numeric keypad as well as several One Touch keys that provide direct access to functions, including email, Bluetooth, and the Home screen.
Getting on the Internet is easy with the E65, thanks to its EDGE data connectivity (and compatibility with 850/2100 MHz 3G networks). The integrated Wi-Fi connectivity (802.11b/g) enables you to make VoIP phone calls over an open network, and it offers a variety of security settings (WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal). When used with a carrier data plan and the phone's USB or Bluetooth data capability, the phone can also be used as a wireless modem for laptops and PDAs.
This phone provides Bluetooth version 2.0 wireless connectivity with EDR (enhanced data rate), and includes profiles for communication headset, handsfree car kits, and audio/video remote control. With the A2DP Bluetooth profile, you can stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones.
The E51 can also access mobile Internet telephony (Voice over IP, or VoIP) from homes and hotspots. For example, the downloadable Gizmo application enables you to make and receive inexpensive calls from your mobile phones and chat or talk with friends who are online.
This business-savvy Nokia E-series phone offers integration with a wide range of business email solutions, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email and Mail for Exchange to communicate with Microsoft Exchange Server. It's also compatible with POP3, IMAP4, and SMTP email accounts and provides the ability to view attachments. The dedicated Email key on the front cover, indicator light for new email, and a preview window to the latest email on the home screen will help you keep up with email when on the move. It also features SMS text and MMS multimedia messaging, as well as instant messaging capabilities via AOL, Yahoo!, and MSN.
Powered by the S60 3.1 Edition operating system, the E51 comes with the Nokia Office Tools 2.0 application bundle, which includes Nokia Team Suite, In-device Search, Quickoffice, Macromedia PDF reader, Zip manager, File manager, and Active Notes. The Nokia Team Suite provides easy to use UI for organizing and facilitating group conference calls, email messages, or text messages, while Quickoffice provides viewers for Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint documents. The in-device Search enables user to easily find data in device. For example, messages, email calendar data, and contacts can be searched easily via this application. And Active Notes enable you to create notes containing rich text and multimedia items (e.g. pictures, voice clips, video clips). Notes can be synchronized to PC and browsed there via any XHTML compatible web browser.
The 2-megapixel camera on the back has a 4x digital zoom, and it can also capture videos at up to 320 x 240 pixels and at 15 frames per second (fps). Video clip length depends on available memory. The phone has an integrated digital audio player, and the phone is compatible with real-music ringtones in a variety of formats (MP3, MPEG-4, AAC, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB). You can listen to your favorite radio programs via the integrated FM radio, and the Visual Radio feature lets you see information about songs or artists. Other features include:
- 130 MB internal memory, expandable to 4 GB with optional MicroSD memory cards
- Enhanced Active standby for business: gives you quick access to your favorite applications and a summary of the day's activities, right from your device's main screen
- Push to talk (PTT) capabilities, speakerphone, voice recorder
- Text-to-speech feature: hear your messages read aloud to you from your device
- 2.5 mm Nokia A/V connector, mini-USB 2.0 connector
- Video streaming and playback with H.264 (MPEG-4), 3gpp, and Real codecs
- Nokia Maps application integrated into device
- Contacts, calendar and to-do list: supports PC synchronization with Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes via Nokia PC Suite
- Bluetooth profiles: A2DP (stereo music streaming), AVRC (remote control), HFP (hands-free car kits), HSP (communication headsets), BIP (for sending images to another device), DUN (dial-up networking), FTP (file transfer), OPP (object push for business cards, calendar items, and pictures)
Vital Statistics
The Nokia E51 weighs 3.53 ounces and measures 4.49 x 1.81 x 0.47 inches. Its 1050 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 4.4 hours of talk time, and up to 312 hours (13 days) of digital standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies as well as the 850/2100 MHz 3G UMTS/HSDPA frequencies.
Nokia all-in-one (Rating: 4 out of 5) This is just the right phone for the low budget business person. At a price less than $250, its packed with audio, video, internet, office and loads of functionalities with useful quicklaunch buttons (though qhute tiny. Battery life on this phone isn't quite impressive as I have to charge mine everyday. But in all, it's a good phone and fits well into my pockets.
E51 (Rating: 5 out of 5)
Its functional, wireless works well, and phone layout is good. It looks cheap.
Dust in the screen!! (Rating: 1 out of 5) Also this phone from Nokia allows dust to enter in the screen. Just after a few weeks you have visible grains of dust in the lower part of the screen. Now, after months, it looks horrible. My previous phone, Nokia 6021, had the same problem. Stupid me to choose Nokia again.
Excellent Phone (Rating: 5 out of 5) Just wanted to point out that this phone will connect to wi-fi and will work just over wi-fi (if desired) for browsing, IM, mail sync, exchange mail sync and voip calls..
NOKIA E51 (Rating: 2 out of 5) Purchased this phone from Amazon based mostly on excellent reviews.But, to my big supprise this phone turned out to be quite a disappointment. Here is why: my sim card contacts (I have T-Mobile)were not recognized by this phone. My other phones Sony Erricsson, Motorolas, even my son's Nokia 9300 never had this problem. What am I suppose to do now? Reenter my entire list of all contacts and I mean at least 40 entries. But, this not all, I tried to make few calls and quality of voice reception is much worse than with my old Sony Ericsson. The voice of another person is difficult to hear because it's immersed into some kind of background sound.Lastly, if you have little bigger than small hands to operate this phone would be very uncomfortable. The buttons are vey small and quite cramped. I am sending this phone back to Amazon and for now sticking with my old Sony Ericsson. I will probably buy newer Sony Ericsson or Samsung, but not Nokia.