The new Nokia E75 has just arrived and I think that it is a step forward for the E-series franchise. Gifted with the latest gadgets from Nokia, it is a great follow up to the E71. Of course, it is not an E71 with a slide, it is much more than that.The Release dates for this Nokia E75 is different depending on the country, but it is now for pre-order at Nokia.

DESIGN. The three colors that the Nokia E75 come in are: brick red, black and light brown. Light and slim, it is only 139g, although it features a never before-seen sliding full-QWERTY keyboard.

On the right there are four buttons that unlike previous versions of Nokia phones, are for the camera controls for options such as zoom.

With a 2.4″ screen and a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA), also a 16 million color TFT(QVGA) display.

The e-mail shortcut button is also present as we have been accustomed with the new business phones.

On top of the phone we have the power button and a Nokia AV 3,5 mm connector, and on the left side the usual microSD and USB connection slot.

The main appearance is a bit glossy as is the case of the new design for the latest Nokia phones.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS. The guys at Nokia must have thought that all work and no play makes the owner a doll boy, so they gave the E75 N-Gage capabilities and an accelerometer.

The internal memory is 50MB and the phone comes with a microSD HC 4GB included in the package, however the memory can boosted up to 16 GB via microSD memory card.

Here is a thought for Nokia: how about a business phone with internal memory of at least 8GB? I mean, this is a business phone after all, it is going to need all the swap space it can get.

It is useless to talk about the Bluetooth and USB port as they have come to be a common trait on all phones.

The camera on this model is a 3.2 Mp with Carl Zeiss Lens but it is pointless to say that a VGA one would have suffice on a business class phone. Personally, I have had an E51 for almost 6 months now and I haven’t used more that a couple of times.

GPS with A-GPS is also present on the phone and I think that they have done a great job with this feature. Nowadays it makes traveling between countries and cities quite easy and efficient.

Furthermore the Symbian OS of this particular model is the new v9.3 that we have on the E71 with all its business features, such as the home screen with two different menus.

PROS&CONS. As I have said above, the main bug of this phone is the small 50MB internal memory. I am eagerly awaiting for an E-series phone with a much bigger one.

The GPS and accelerometer features are a plus, I guess they have been listening to the rumors about the accelerometer on the E7,1 and said “why not?”

In my opinion the sliding keyboard is a bit too… how should I say this… teeny. As in it makes you look more like teenager texting to his friends rather than a business man/woman. A touch screen or an open up QWERTY keyboard would have been way better and more business like. However, if you have to text a lot to your co-workers or friends, this is the phone for you. It has a very easy to use keyboard, and because it is a slide it is also easy to hold.

All in all it is a good phone and deserves a fair chance, and I think it is a great step forward for the Nokia phones in general, and particularly for E-series models.

Great design and a sturdy build, it is a worthy follow up to the E71, making the phone owner proud of owning such an innovating model.