Nokia E5-00 Unlocked GSM Phone with Easy E-mail Setup, IM, QWERTY, 5 MP Camera, Ovi Store with Apps, and Free Ovi Maps Navigation (Black)

by Nokia

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.5 x 2.1 inches ; 4.5 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B003X26SLC
• Item model number: E5-00.2 NOKNAA BLK
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (224 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,810 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)

Product Description

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Great for mobile messaging as well as providing excellent voice communications, the Symbian-based Nokia E5-00 unlocked mobile phone follows the successful blueprint of devices such as the Nokia E72 and Nokia E63. It combines high-quality business features--such as synchronization of contacts and e-mail with Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler environments--with all of the personal networking and entertainment capabilities that a busy professional expects from a smartphone. The E5 also provides access to social networks directly on the homescreen, enabling you to view, comment, and update your status and share pictures to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

The Nokia E5--designed for those that want to be productive in both their professional and personal lives.

You'll stay on track thanks to the integrated GPS with free Ovi Maps Navigation for voice-guided directions, and you can find nearby restaurants, landmarks, events and other points of interest as you travel from place to place. Keep on top of your emails from your phone or computer using the free Ovi Mail service, and discover and download apps and games via the pre-loaded Ovi Store. You'll also be able to sync, store, and manage your documents and files remotely with Ovi Files.

The Nokia C6 comes with a pre-loaded 2 GB microSD memory card that includes Ovi Maps data for the US, Ovi Suite, and bonus content--no need to download anything from the Web or discs. And you can add more memory via optional microSD memory cards up to 16 GB in size.

Type a quick email, SMS or note using the full QWERTY keyboard--built for fast, efficient messaging--and see everything clearly on the 2.36-inch widescreen display. Other features include Wi-Fi networking, 5-megapixel digital camera with DVD-quality video capture, Web browser with RSS feed support, multi-format digital media player, personal organizer tools, and up to 5.5 hours of 3G talk time (18.5 hours on standard GSM networks).

Unlocked Phone

This unlocked cell phone can be used with a GSM network service provider. It does not come with a SIM card, and it requires that you provide a SIM card for usage with your selected service provider. This phone comes with a full manufacturer's warranty.

When paired with a compatible 3G network, you'll enjoy a high-speed connection offering a variety of feature-rich wireless services--from data connectivity to your office to multimedia streaming, and take advantage of simultaneous voice and data services. In areas not served by a 3G network, you'll continue to receive data service via EDGE network (depending on network compatibility).

Note that the downloading of maps, games, music and videos and uploading of images and videos involves transferring large amounts of data. Your service provider may charge for the data transmission, and the availability of particular services and features may vary by carrier.

Stay on top of all your communications: from instant messaging and corporate e-mail to Twitter and Facebook (see larger image).

Key Features

• Fast 3G connectivity with broadband-like speeds via 850/1900/2100 MHz UMTS/HSDPA (with EDGE data connectivity where 3G not available).
• Integrated assisted GPS (A-GPS) receiver with free Ovi Maps enables you to find your route quickly and easily, whether walking or driving. Use the Walk pedestrian navigation to find your way, or the voice-guided Drive navigation to find the best route. (Learn more)
• 2.36-inch LCD screen (320 x 240 pixels, 256K color depth)
• Full QWERTY keyboard with dedicated home and messaging keys; five-way Navi key with soft keys, call and end keys.
• Symbian OS version v. 9.3 (S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2)
• See and share your Facebook and Twitter feeds from friends and colleagues right from your homescreen
• 5-megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom, LED flash, multiple scene, white balance, and capture modes (such as panorama), and still image editor
• Video capture capabilities with VGA resolution (640 x 480) at 15 frames per second (fps)
• Digital audio/video player with compatibility for MP3, WMA, and AAC/eAAC+ audio formats, plus MP4 and 3GPP video formats
• Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
• Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.0) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile--enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
• 256 MB internal memory
• Included 2 GB microSD memory card with support for optional cards up to 16 GB.
• SMS and MMS messaging with common inbox
• Instant messaging via AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, MSN Live, and Google Talk
• Corporate e-mail connectivity via Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler
• Access to personal e-mail via Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Windows Live, Hotmail, and other popular POP/IMAP services. Easy Ovi Mail free email account creation directly from phone.
• Nokia Web Browser (OSS) with Mini Map, Web feeds support (RSS) and xSP framework support
• Pre-loaded applications include Quick Office Suite, PDF reader, ZIP (for compressed files), and Dictionary
• Organizer tools including calendar, to-do list, notes, active notes, recorder, calculator, clock, and converter
• Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• USB 2.0 port

Vital Statistics
The Nokia E5-00 weighs 4.4 ounces and measures 4.5 x 2.3 x 0.5 inches. Its 1200 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 5.5 hours of talk time on 3G networks (18.5 hours on standard GMS networks), and up to 705 hours (29+ days) of standby time. It runs on the 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM/GPRS/EDGE frequencies, plus 850/1900/2100 3G networks (HSDPA).

What's in the Box
Nokia E5-00 handset, rechargeable battery (BL-4D), charger (AC-8), 2 GB microSD card, connectivity cable (CA-101D), wired stereo headset (WH-102), user guide

Free Worldwide Walk and Drive Navigation

Nokia now offers its Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation application free across the globe. Drivers receive turn-by-turn voice guidance including lane assistance, traffic information (in 10 countries including the U.S.), and safety camera and speed warnings, while pedestrians will be guided on shortcuts through parks and pedestrian-only zones in over 100 cities across the globe. And unlike other mobile navigation mapping solutions, Ovi Maps works offline--no cellular service is required.

Driving directions.

3D landmarks.

Lonely Planet guide.

Real-time weather.

With the new Ovi Maps for mobile you get for free:

• Maps for over 180 countries and free map updates
• Drive and Walk navigation available in over 70 countries with real-time voice guidance
• My Position enables you to find your current location easier and faster than ever.
• New one box search for quicker access to finding places and addresses.
• Save your favorite places and routes, then synchronize them with your Ovi account over the air.
• Car navigation with voice and visual instructions, lane assistance and speed limit information. Now also with text-to-speech voice guidance.
• Pedestrian navigation with routing through pedestrian zones and shortcuts, pathways through parks and buildings, stairways and plazas. Now with text-to-speech voice guidance.
• Get real-time weather information including a 5-day forecast, for your current or any location found via search.
• Lonely Planet and Michelin offer you dynamic access to the best and most relevant editorial travel content for over 1000 destinations. Find thousands of listings for sights, restaurants, hotels, shops, nightlife, and more. Look these places up on the map and get to them with Walk and Drive navigation.
• Discover the events happening nearby your location on the map or any place found via search.
• Share your location on Facebook--where you are, what you are up to and finish with a photo.

No Hidden Costs

The new version of Ovi Maps comes with all the maps and high-end, car grade navigation features you need for free and is yours to keep for the life of the smartphone. No additional licenses needed for extra countries, regions or services like traffic information or city guides. Data charges from network operators may apply.

Voice Guidance and Traffic Information

Turn-by-turn, voice guided navigation comes free for both drivers and pedestrians. For drivers this includes lane assistance, traffic information, safety camera, and speed warnings. For pedestrians, this includes shortcuts through parks and pedestrian-only zones for over 100 cities around the world as well as 6,000 3D landmarks in over 200 cities to help you find exactly where you are.

Unique Hybrid Technology

Ovi Maps is built on an advanced technology called hybrid vector maps. Vector maps are high quality but less data intensive and allow you to continue to navigate even if you lose your network connection. This means that maps downloaded or updated across a network connection are about half the size of bulky bitmaps used by other mobile map providers. The hybrid technology ensures that, unlike other providers, any downloaded map data is stored on the device for future use.

No Network Connection Required When Navigating

Avoid expensive, battery-draining network connections with Nokia's unique hybrid technology. Maps can be pre-loaded on to your Nokia smartphone so you can set Ovi Maps to offline mode, saving battery power, and the navigation system will still work. This is particularly useful for those worried about data connection costs when travelling abroad or when you are travelling through areas with little or no network coverage.

Best Global Coverage

You take your mobile with you wherever you go in the world so, as standard, voice guided navigation for both pedestrians and drivers is available for 74 countries in 46 different languages and there are maps for over 180 countries. This gives you the best maps with the largest global coverage for free.

Product Description

Discover more ways to stay connected with friends, family, business contacts and everyone important to you with the Nokia E5-00. It has everything you need to stay in touch with a variety of email and messaging options, while also helping you to take and share pics and videos, explore the web, connect through social networking, access work and personal email, navigate your day and more. The affordable Nokia E5 even manages to fit a full QWERTY keyboard into its compact, eye-catching design for quick and easy messaging on the go. Plus, there are plenty of features to make it the perfect business-focused device. Stay productive and stay in the loop with work no matter where you are with simple setup and access for your corporate email account. The Nokia E5 makes communicating with work a breeze with Mail for Exchange, the free, direct and secure corporate email solution that offers a robust desktop-like email experience right on your phone, with email, calendar, contacts and more. Plus, your work email shows up on your phone instantly, so you don’t have to wait for important emails. The Nokia E5 also features a fully integrated Microsoft Communicator Mobile client, to provide your mobile device the same great IM, contacts and usability that you enjoy on your computer. Keep in touch however you like with a variety of ways to connect to others with the Nokia E5. The home screen offers an easy visual way to view your contacts and makes it easy to organize the people you talk to most. The Nokia E5 also features one-click access to messaging as well as easy email setup and support for plenty of popular personal email services. The leading IM services have also been seamlessly integrated onto the phone. The Nokia E5 also offers free voice-guided navigation from Ovi Maps so you always know where you’re going. Plus customize your phone with thousands of available apps from Ovi Store. Connect with everyone and everything you want with the Nokia E5.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

102 of 102 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Great Nokia, October 23, 2010

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tuesdays - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nokia E5-00 Unlocked GSM Phone with Easy E-mail Setup, IM, QWERTY, 5 MP Camera, Ovi Store with Apps, and Free Ovi Maps Navigation (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I've been a loyal Nokia user since the 8860. They have just always been fun, straight forward and easy to use phones. The only thing Nokia lacks here in the USA is the customization options that the rest of the world enjoys on a daily basis. Most phones are locked down by carriers and rebranded with their own applications here in the US. This unlocked GSM capable Nokia makes that a thing of the past. Don't want to pay AT&T for an internet fee and a GPS navigation fee? Done. Want to delete whatever programs you wish from the phone? Done. Want to download apps that directly compete and are better than the ones AT&T or T-Mobile force you to use? Done.

Calls come through loud and clear on AT&T's network. I have full 3G coverage and have yet to drop a call. When using the internet away from a WiFi network, you get access to AT&T's speedy 3.5G network. 3.5G comes in very handy when using the free GPS turn by turn navigation. Yes, outside the US Nokia has been doing this for ages. It's the greedy US carriers that have blocked it all these years. Not anymore with an unlocked phone from Nokia, although you still need a data plan from your carrier. Battery life is great too, but that's expected from Nokia.

Messaging works great with easy access to received and sent texts, and the keyboard makes for speedy typing. Plus several of the keys have very handy shortcuts to commonly used features such as bluetooth, emoticons (smileys) , and a flashlight.

WiFi is a breeze to use. You can view networks in range and even set priority levels for which ones you prefer to use. The screen is a little small to be your go to surfing device, but it's more than competent for checking email, posting on facebook, and looking up sports scores.

The device also comes with a mobile version of Microsoft Office document reader. This is extremely handy for the mobile professional.

One other great thing about this unlocked phone is that you can listen to FM or internet radio. I have missed this feature since AT&T began locking their phones down around the time of the Cingular branded Nokia 6230 (my still going strong backup phone). Pair this with a 3.5mm headphone jack and the more than capable music player, and you have yourself a nice little music phone.

The only complaint I have with this phone is the cheaper TFT screen Nokia used to keep the cost down. This does cause the screen to become washed out in direct sunlight, but only from one side. It's weird, if you tilt the phone to the left, the screen stays bright, but when you tilt the phone to the right, the screen becomes washed out. With that said, I live in Denver where we get over 300 days of sun every year. I have yet to be in a situation where I could not read the screen. If its too dark you can simply change your theme to a brighter, more colorful one to help with visibility.

Pros:

Rock solid construction

3G and 3.5G coverage

WiFi

FREE GPS TURN BY TURN NAVIGATION FOR LIFE

QWERTY keyboard with shortcuts

Flashlight

Install and delete apps

Fully customizable themes

Battery Life

Cons:

Micro-SD card is under the battery

S-60 Symbian has a higher learning curve

Screen not up to par with current smart phones

56 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty darn good, considering the price., October 14, 2010

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Jose Reyes (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nokia E5-00 Unlocked GSM Phone with Easy E-mail Setup, IM, QWERTY, 5 MP Camera, Ovi Store with Apps, and Free Ovi Maps Navigation (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

The reason I keep buying NOKIAS is b/c of the value you get with the money you spend. This case is no different. This is my 4th NOKIA, with the E71 being the last one I owned. At first, I was thinking about getting an N8, but opted for this instead. According to PHONEARENA.COM, its got the same hardware inside...256 MB Ram and 680 MHZ Processor. Though, I must admit that is a really good looking phone. Tempting as it may have been, I haven't had stellar experiences with a NOKIA that is not E-Series. And the fact that the battery isn't removable didn't quite help in my decision.

I bought this one at Newegg as it was cheaper than Amazon at the time. If you need a budget phone with capabilities of high end phones, this phone is for you. If however, you have high expectations, thinking this a "Blackberry" killer, skip it.

Likes:

>FREE Lifetime Navigation(spoken turn by turn directions) with FREE MAP UPDATES. You could use this offline, with no internet access as the maps are already preloaded on the Micro SD Memory card. You can update this using OVI MAPS Software.

>Call Quality. After a month of use, so far no call drops and everyone sounds crisp and clear.

>Response is pretty darn good in comparison to all other Nokias I've owned. Meaning programs load faster and run smoother.

Dislikes:

>VOLUME BUTTON! YOU WILL HATE THIS! WORST BUTTON ON ANYTHING I'VE EVER USED. This is especially irritating if you plan to use this to play your tunes, which I used to do with N97, 5800, E71. You need a lot of pressure to turn the volume up or down. If you plan on keeping it at a constant volume, this is not a problem. But it is for me.

>Browser...Stay away from their browser, use OPERA MOBILE 10 instead. I've had the browser freeze on me a couple of times.

>Looks. Coming from an E71 it's a downgrade.

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I am taking the time for this one!, November 24, 2010

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Elizabeth Hess - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nokia E5-00 Unlocked GSM Phone with Easy E-mail Setup, IM, QWERTY, 5 MP Camera, Ovi Store with Apps, and Free Ovi Maps Navigation (Black) (Wireless Phone Accessory)

First of all, I have to admit that I am not a big fan of writing reviews. But, for the Nokia E5, this one deserves my time and effort. For starters, you have to give credit to the company, all they do is phones and their parts and software can be found all over the world. We go back and forth to the US, so this is a big buying point for us.

Now for the review: the phone is solid; not plasticy or flimsy. Guiding your way around the phone is easy and adventurous. Accessing wifi, bluetooth, email, and SMS are very user friendly. One user complained about the volume button, but I actually prefer that it is somewhat difficult to adjust. I don't want it to change it every time I put it in my pocket. In my opinion, the Keyboard is just the same if not better than the Blackberry. I did not choose the Iphone 4 or mac products because I don't want to be sucked into the mac world. I do have a life away from my phone. It is all the screen I need. If you want a bigger screen, buy a laptop.

Pros:

User friendly interface

Battery life is great

Keyboard totally rocks

MS office compatible

Camera with flash

clear screen.

Cons:

Now my wife wants one