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Stylish Nokia E51 announced

Whilst everyone else is being dazzled by the iPhone, Nokia quietly announced today the upcoming release of a new addition to the enterprise range, the Nokia E51.

Very often it is the less hyped phones that tend to do really well. Back at the 3GSM conference in Barcelona, the Nokia stand was populated with much anticipated handsets such as the N95, N93i and N76 as well as the E90. Over in the corner, almost neglected by all, was the Nokia E65. A nice looking slide phone that just wasn’t capturing the imagination but did give you a sneaky suspicion that it was destined to sell in big numbers. And it did. Not only to the business market but the E65 has also sold well in the consumer market.

And now we have the Nokia E51. The E51 is a small handset, slimmer even than the 6120 classic. However, as with any handset that calls itself a smartphone, the E51 is packed with features.

The E51 offers WiFi connectivity, stereo Bluetooth support, 3G and HSDPA. It is a quad-band GSM handset, dual band 3G and has a mini USB port for connecting to a PC.

Other options include:

- A home screen including user-selected icons to the most used applications
- One Touch keys with one-click access to key functionalities including email, contacts, calendar and the home screen
- Set-up wizards offering step-by-step guidance for setting up email accounts, configuring Internet calling and accessing wireless local area networks
- Integration with a wide range of business email solutions, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email and Mail for Exchange to communicate with Microsoft Exchange Server, and consumer email
- Streamlined email reading experience with easy access to attachments
- Dedicated Email key on the front cover, indicator light for new email, and a preview window to the latest email on the home screen to help keep up with email 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 desk phone 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.

For pleasure and leisure the E51 also has a 2.0 megapixel camera, MP3 player and an FM stereo radio.

The Nokia E51 is expected to be available during the fourth quarter of 2007.