Nokia E71 Launched in the U.S.

Nokia just launched its new cell phone Nokia E71 for the US market:

An eager crowd greeted the official arrival of the highly anticipated Americas version (GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 850/1900) of the Nokia E71 at a private event in the Nokia Flagship Store in midtown Manhattan on the evening of Thursday, July 24th. Attracted by its balance of style, features and services, the invited guests had each signed up to ensure that they would be among the first people in the United States to bring home this exciting new device. The Nokia E71, which at .39 inches thick, is the slimmest QWERTY device on the market, is now available to the general public through a variety of consumer electronics, wireless and online retailers, and at the Nokia Flagship Stores in Chicago and New York

Nokia E71 looks promising in the U.S. market, but its not without its defects:

A tougher call is for those buying the E71 for personal use, as the smallest qwerty-equipped S60 device. While the keyboard is very useable for anyone with nimble fingers, I found the multimedia side of the E71 disappointing, from the relatively low (compared to other recent S60 mainstays like 2006’s N95) camera quality to the undistinguished audio and video playback

Sneak Peek of Nokia N79 and N85

There is information circulating in the blogosphere about Nokia’s N79 and N85’s leak pictures. Pictures are available at http://flickr.com/photos/giusdama77/.

From Engadget:

What’s the N85, you ask? We don’t know a heck of a lot about this one, but we’re told that it features a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, and geotagging — sort of an N96 lite, perhaps.

From Talk About NSeries regarding N79:

A very odd looking device!!! The design doesn’t seem to fit with others in the range!!!