Nokia E52

Nokia's E-Series handsets tend to be unexciting but practical business workhorses. The new Nokia E52 certainly fits into this category - it's a phone that looks unexciting on the surface, but it is much more impressive when you look more closely at what it can actually do. First the headlines: the Nokia E52 is an S60 smartphone with a 2.4" 240 x 320 pixel display, a 3.2 megapixel "full focus" camera with LED flash, 3.5G support and WiFi, a multimedia player, an FM radio, microSD expandable memory, Bluetooth and a standard 3.5mm audio socket. In fact, the E52 is almost completely identical to the recently announced Nokia E55 apart from the more traditional keypad. Delve a little deeper and some of the E52's strengths become apparent. The large 1500 mAh battery gives up to 6 hours talktime and 18 days standby on 3G, and a whopping 8 hours talktime and 28 days standby time on GSM. Then there's the handsets's HSDPA support with maximum download speeds of up to 10 Mbps, plus maximum HSUPA upload speeds of up to 2 Mbps. Of course, your carrier will need to support those speeds.. but potentially it means that the Nokia E52 can pull down data quicker than many ADSL connections. One other useful feature is the inclusion of a 1GB memory card as standard, and the standard sales package also includes a data cable and wired headset.

The E52 also comes with GPS plus a compass, and the Nokia Maps application is preloaded. You could also potentially use Google Maps or another S60 based navigation system, although the 2.4" screen is not really well suited to use as an in-car satnav.

Included is support for several push email protocols plus various document viewers and other applications. If you really need to know about the OS, then the E52 has the S60 Edition 3.2.3 UI running on top of Symbian OS 9.3.

Specification :

Technical Specifications

Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 / WCDMA 850 / 2100
Form Factor : Block / Symbian OS v9.3
Dimensions : 116 x 49 x 10 mm
Weight : 98 g
Antenna : Internal
Navigation : 5-Way Keypad
Battery Type : 1500 mAh Li-Ion
Talk Time : 8.00
Standby Time : 672
Memory : 60.0 MB
Expandable Memory : microSD / TransFlash

Imaging

Main Screen : 16700000 colors (TFT) 240 x 320 px
External Screen : No
Camera : 3.2 MP / Flash / 4X Zoom / Red-Eye Reduction / Landscape / Self-Timer / Video Recorder / Video Calling

Audio

MP3 Player : MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WAV / Stereo Widening / Nokia Music Store
FM Radio : RDS Radio
Speakerphone : Yes
Push-To-Talk : Yes

Multimedia

Wallpapers : 240 x 320 px
Screen Savers : 240 x 320 px
Ring Tones : MP3
Themes : Yes
Games : J2ME / N-Gage
Streaming Multimedia: Yes

Messaging

SMS : Yes
EMS : Yes
MMS : Yes
Email : POP3 / IMAP4 / SMTP / Mail for Exchange
Chat : Windows Live / Yahoo!
Predictive Text : T9

Applications

Phonebook Capacity : ???
Calendar : Yes
To-Do List : Yes
WAP : 2.0 (HTML / Mini Map / Nokia Mobile Search)
Voice Commands : Yes
Calculator : Yes

Connectivity

Bluetooth : 2.0 (A2DP / AVRCP / DUN / HFP / HSP / OPP / SPP)
Infrared Port : No
High-Speed Data : HSDPA
Wi-Fi : 802.11 b/g / UPnP
GPS : Nokia Maps 3.0
PC Sync : USB 2.0 (Intellisync / ActiveSync)