The Nokia E50 Business Device is a bar-style monoblock quad-band smartphone from Nokia announced May 18 2006[1] as part of the Eseries, intended primarily for the corporate business market. It includes sophisticated e-mail support for Nokia’s Intellisync Wireless Email, BlackBerry Connect, Visto Mobile, Activesync Mail for Exchange, and Altexia, along with the ability to view Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel attachments, and PDF documents. Device to device synchronisation is possible with Data transfer application. Features include EDGE, Bluetooth 2.0, a 1.3 megapixel camera, a MicroSD memory-card slot, and digital music player functionality. This unit does not support UMTS, Wi-Fi, or FM radio.
It uses the third edition of the Series 60 user-interface (S60v3) and the Symbian operating system version 9.1. It is not binary compatible with software compiled for earlier versions of the Symbian operating system.
Versions
- Nokia model E50-1 / RM-170 (with camera)
- Nokia model E50-2 / RM-171 (without camera)
- Nokia model E50 Metal Black, available in selected markets
Specifications
| Feature | Specification |
|---|
| Form factor | Candybar / Monoblock |
| Operating System | Symbian OS (9.1) + Series 60 v3 |
| GSM frequencies | 850/900/1800/1900 MHz |
| GPRS | Yes, class 10 |
| EDGE (EGPRS) | Yes, class 10 |
| 3G | No |
| UMTS/WCDMA | No |
| WLAN/WiFi | No |
| Main screen | Active Matrix, 262 144 colours, 240 x 320 pixels, adjustable brightness |
| Camera (optional) | 1.3 megapixel, 4x digital zoom |
| Video recording | Yes 176 x 144 or 128 x 96, 15 frames per second, up to one hour |
| Voice recording | Yes |
| Multimedia Messaging | Yes |
| Video calls | No |
| Push to talk | Yes (Push to Talk over Cellular - PoC) |
| Java support | Yes, MIDP 2.0 |
| Built-in memory | 70 MB |
| Memory card slot | Yes, MicroSD |
| Hot Swappable Memory card slot | Yes |
| Bluetooth | Yes v2.0 + EDR |
| Infrared | Yes |
| USB Mass Storage | Yes, via Pop-Port™ |
| Data cable support | Yes |
| Browser | WAP 2.0 XHTML / HTML. Comes standard with a full Nokia Mini Map Browser |
| Email | Yes |
| Music player | Yes, stereo |
| Radio FM | No |
| Video Player | Yes |
| Stereo Speakers | No |
| Ringtones | Yes, Polyphonic, Monophonic, MP3, True Tones |
| Vibrate | Yes |
| HandsFree (HF) speakerphone | Yes |
| Offline/Flight mode | Yes |
| Battery | BL-5C (970 mAh) or BL-6C (1150 mAh) |
| Talk time | 6.8 / 8 hours |
| Standby time | 9 days / 10 days |
| Weight | 104 grams |
| Dimensions | 113 x 43.5 x 15.5 millimeters |
| Availability | Q3 2006 |
| Else | Nokia PC Suite |
Nokia E50 
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