LONDON — Nokia bolstered its Nokia Eseries portfolio of business devices with the introduction of the new Nokia E51 device.
The slim and elegant Nokia E51 adds greater simplicity, faster access and tighter integration to key applications, while maintaining the smartphone capabilities and stylish design that customers have come to expect in a Nokia Eseries device.
An all-round device, the Nokia E51 is ideal for business professionals who require reliable, real-time access to business and people, need to manage time effectively and value a single device that is easy to set up, maintain and use.
Nokia E51 users with Nokia mobility solutions can experience mobile telephony, mobile e-mail and messaging, office phone functionality, and cost savings — with the convenience of one phone number, one voice mailbox, one dial plan — in a single device.
“Business users increasingly need one device that they can count on to work productively and which offers them the level of efficiency that brings more freedom and balance to their personal lives,” says Antti Vasara, senior vice president of Nokia’s Mobile Devices Unit, Enterprise Solutions.
“With the new Nokia E51 device, we are responding to this need with a business smartphone that combines the latest advances in business mobility and a classic, stainless steel design, at a price that makes it perfect for company-wide deployments,” Vasara adds.
While expanding the rich functionality that business users require, Nokia continues to simplify the use of its business devices via the following:
– A home screen, including user-selected icons to the most used applications;
– One Touch keys with one-click access to key functionalities, including e-mail, contacts, calendar and the home screen;
– Set-up wizards offering step-by-step guidance for setting up e-mail accounts, configuring Internet calling and accessing wireless local area networks;
– Integration with a wide range of business e-mail solutions, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email and Mail for Exchange to communicate with Microsoft Exchange Server, and consumer e-mail;
– Streamlined e-mail reading experience with easy access to attachments; and
– Dedicated e-mail key on the front cover, indicator light for new e-mail, and a preview window to the latest e-mail on the home screen to help keep up with e-mail when on the move.
The Nokia E51 also extends business value to end-users and businesses through its ability to integrate tightly with corporate telephony systems (PBX) through Nokia Mobile Unified Communications solutions such as Nokia Intellisync Call Connect for Cisco and Nokia Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel.
These solutions deliver deskphone calling features — such as extension dialing, hold, transfer and conferencing — to a single, mobile device.
Companies can also reduce their international call charges by routing the call over the corporate IP networks.
The Nokia E51 is also ideal for any user wishing to leverage broadband connections to access mobile Internet telephony from homes and hot spots.
For example, Gizmo, a Voice over IP (VoIP) application, is available for Nokia Eseries customers free of charge, enabling them to make and receive inexpensive calls from their mobile phones and chat or talk with friends who are online.
The Gizmo application is available to Nokia Eseries customers through the Nokia Download! application on their mobile phone.
In addition to increased features and functionality for business use, Nokia E51 lends itself well to personal use and offers a polished look for both business and personal use.
The thin, stainless steel device is equipped with personal applications, including FM radio, music and multimedia players; a two-megapixel camera; Nokia browser, serving as the gateway to a variety of Internet services, including interoperability with Windows Live, providing mobile access to most popular Windows Live services such as Hotmail, Messenger and Spaces, available through the Nokia Download! Application; and via the Download! application access to Yahoo Go! WidSets, and a number of travel, personal productivity and entertainment applications.
The Nokia E51 is the latest offering in the industry-leading Nokia Eseries portfolio of business-optimized devices that support companies’ business mobility strategies by protecting their investments in workforce mobility.
Joining the ranks of Nokia E90 Communicator, Nokia E61i and Nokia E65, the Nokia E51 device enables business users to collaborate, communicate, and operate whether they are conducting business from their offices, working remotely or traveling — while also keeping in touch with their personal lives.
The Nokia E51 will be globally available during this fourth quarter.