Nokia E6 is the Nokia's first candybar device to feature both a full QWERTY keyboard and a touch screen. E6 is the first phone in the E series to run the latest flavor of Symbian and is also the first candybar in the series to come with an eight mega pixel camera. It is also choc-a-bloc with the usual E Series goodie, connectivity options galore (Wi-Fi,3G, GPS), easy e-mail set-up, and lots of bundled software, along with 8GB of internal memory (with support for a 32GB memory card) and a 2.44 inch display with an unusually high resolution for the size (640 x 480 pixels).
E6 is packed in a body that is definitely eye-catching. Nokia has clearly taken the best out of both the E71 and E72 in terms of looks, retaining metal accents on the front, a steel panel on the back, and serving up a spacious, four-row QWERTY keyboard (with a large spacebar, something we missed in the E72), in a frame that looks solid in spite of being just 10.5 mm thin.
The 2.44 inch touch screen (capacitive, incidentally) of E6 might seem a bit small to some but it is just perfect for tasks like selecting items, hitting login buttons and scrolling through options or screens (you start out with four customizable home screens on which you can park application shortcuts and widgets).
After improving the appearance of Symbian, the icons are more colorful and the interface itself is more touch-friendly. The browser has been improved significantly with support for tabs and better and faster page rendering, you can even scroll up and down by tapping the upper or lower part of the display.
After improving the appearance of Symbian, the icons are more colorful and the interface itself is more touch-friendly. The browser has been improved significantly with support for tabs and better and faster page rendering, you can even scroll up and down by tapping the upper or lower part of the display.
Nokia E6 has some excellent third-party software to sweeten the deal such as JoikuSpot, QuickOffice and the F-Secure security package. The bright display (326 ppi) is great for watching pictures and videos, call quality is very good, and battery lasts comfortably for a day and a half with widgets and mail in full cry.
The eight mega pixel camera of E6 comes with no auto focus and has no dedicated hardware button either. While it does take some very good shots in daylight, it does not exactly excel when one gets up and close to our subjects.
The display of E6 is a bit of a two-edged sword, the high-resolution and hundreds of pixels per inch make graphics look wonderfully bright and colorful but reading on it can sometimes become a strain, especially when you are online. Nokia has bundled a Font Magnifier package with the phone, but we still found ourselves zooming in and out quite often, which could be irritating given the small size of the display.
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