E90, the King of Communicators gets a Firmware Update after 8 months

The aging E90 Communicator has just received a firmware update from Nokia after almost Eight months and is now at  v. 400.34.93 up from v. 300.34.84 which it received in October 2008. The details of Firmware changes have not yet trickled out but as always one can expect the firmware update to make the device faster, more stable and fix some bugs. Continue reading “E90, the King of Communicators gets a Firmware Update after 8 months”

Nokia Oldie Photo Gallery E90, N81 8GB, N95

Everyone is looking at the newer Nseries and Eseries. “Oh the E66, the E71, the N85, the N96!” But what about the dated devices? Some of them are just one year old, others more than 2 years. But all of them still sport that stellar Nokia manufacturing quality. Great hardware, amazing software. These are the devices that created a milestone in Nokia’s portfolio, and are still, up until today extremely functional, highly relevant and very attractive.

So, did/do you own one of these? Are you looking into buying them because their price dropped since their initial release? Do you fancy some gadget lust? Well then you might want to feast your eyes on this gallery that I recompiled for you from my previous experience with them:

  • Nokia E90, the first S60-powered communicator, business and multimedia GIANT
  • Nokia N81 8GB, the first N-Gage handset with dedicated gaming keys, also a music BEAST
  • Nokia N95, do we really need to describe it?

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Nokia E90 Has Serious Microphone Problems

Is Nokia getting sloppy with its handset production, or is the entire list of faulty components just a bad dream? As if the battery issue was not enough, Nokia E90 seems to come with several other drawbacks, some of them serious enough to endnokiae90hasseriousmicrocu2.jpg

anger its production.

Many newly Nokia E90 Communicator owners have complained about microphone problems and scratches on the internal screen due to the keyboard. Such situations must have been overlooked in the development stage, as they are actually the result of minor slips. Moreover, an EMEA network operator which has been selling the E90 last month registered a 70 percent return rate. That’s a huge number which shows that there is the device has serious problems to solve before daring to show its face to customers again. Continue reading “Nokia E90 Has Serious Microphone Problems”

Nokia E90 Keyboard gets a makeover

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All the Enterprise Phone freaks out there are well aware of the big daddy of enterprise phone, the Nokia E90 Communicator. Nokia E90 is the best smart phone Nokia has ever come up with, leave apart the only drawbacks of being bulky and yeah, expensive. Nokia E90 users had a minor but major problem of the keyboard touching the inside of the LCD panel, which can be pretty damaging to the phone. Continue reading “Nokia E90 Keyboard gets a makeover”

Nokia betting big on E Series devices

I have never seen Nokia marketing the E-Series range of devices in India. But now, Nokia is Marketing E Series in Indian newspapers , TV Channels , Websites like never before. Though N Series is the major winner for Nokia in India , we can see that they also want to capture the professional / enterprise phone user.

May be India is just a part of the Nokia’s Asia Pacific market as the website which is promoting these devices is nokiaforbusiness.com/apac/eseries/

The E series starts from the E50 priced at Rs.8000 to the E90 Communicator priced at Rs.35000

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