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The Nokia E73 is a way to take specific T-Mobile on Nokia E72 was announced last year. He is responsible for the gills with features both popular for work and play. It has a tablet, with a QVGA screen, keyboard, 5 megapixel camera, and much more. The E73 mode will be released later this week for only $ 70 with contract.

• DESIGN & BUILD

One of the thinnest mobile devices of today (0.4 or 10 mm), the E73 packs a QVGA (320×240 pixels) screen and a keyboard useful in a well-conceived. It has been a while since put his hand on a smartphone with this form factor, and the E73 mode reminded me instantly that I liked what Nokia has done here. The hard plastic and metal casing feels very solid and high quality. And the keyboard – which was already highly rated on the E71 E71x models – is twisted a bit more for the E73 mode, adding features and improving overall meaning.

When you think of QWERTY smartphones, Nokia may not rank very high on your list. However, its sales in the world have proven to be better than most other manufacturers (second RIM), and the company has certainly had a loyal following.

What I did not expect to love the optical directional. The D-pad works something like a trackpad, just need something for the move, but it also has the ability to accept button presses for more direct interaction. Initially, it was disturbing, now I do not see using the device without it.

• PERFORMANCE

The Nokia E73 operates on Symbian Series 60 with the user interface. Although not as well known in the United States, it is very popular in Europe.

A typical configuration that I almost immediately is the “Profiles” application – an element that contributes to the name of this device. – Which allows you to create two different homescreen. This allows you to have a splash screen to work, showing e-mail, calendar entries, and everything on the clock, and a second home screen use, which displays messages SMS, your favorite games and other such. The only thing missing is that you can not configure it automatically switches to a deadline.

The mode E73 is supplied with wireless capabilities. Naturally, it supports 3G network of T-Mobile, and he also Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

This smartphone is reviving the tradition of Nokia to be packaged at the gills with the software:

• Nokia Web Browser with Flash support

• Nokia Messaging for email (HTML email)

• Mail for Exchange accounts for Microsoft Exchange

• Ovi Maps

• Visual Voicemail

• Quickoffice (view and edit documents)

• Psiloc Wireless Presenter

• Business Card Scanner Barcode

• Nokia Active Notes

• Ovi Files with File Storage Online

• and many other applications.

• Without speaking, he is also the Ovi Store (with carrier billing) on the device to download additional applications, games, themes, and other elements to make the E73 mode fit your lifestyle.

The E73 sports a 1500mAh battery. I only had a few days for testing so far, but I can already tell that the battery life is pretty good, even with a compatible 3G signal.

• CONCLUSION

I look forward to more time with the mode Nokia E73 not only to get an idea of how the improvement E71/E71x/E72 models, but also to see if I can give the battery a real test. Nokia E-Series models are known for being hard to beat in this department, and given that competition is a higher price (the E73 mode will be only $ 70 with a 2 year contract), it is a good chance of T- Mobile is a field on his hands.