I received my Nokia E75 a fortnight ago and here are somethings that I felt were noteworthy.

First of all, a big thank you to the folks at WomWorld, for sending across the device for testing. Loved the way you had sent the package. Makes it look really special.

I wouldn’t be going into the technicalities of Nokia E75 as there are a lot of other places on the web you can read more about it. Instead, I would be talking about how useable the phone is and what makes it special.

A first look at the phone and it’ll make you go WoW! The metallic frame and the color scheme, in my case dark red surrounded by a metallic frame makes people stop and take a glance at it.

Screen and Display: The 240 x 320 pixels 16M colors TFT Screen at 2.4 inches screen is more than sufficient to view your pictures, watch videos or browse the web.

Call Quality: The E75’s call quality is really good. Crisp and Clear voice quality is what you’ll get during calls.

Main Keypad: The keys on the main keypad aren’t that user friendly; at least the navigation, home, calendar and the call end/receive keys and most of the time I end up pressing the wrong key. The central navigation key has chrome finish on it, which adds a lot of aesthetic value for the phone. But then you’ll hardly use it, because of the really awesome QWERTY keypad that slides gently from the left side of the phone.

QWERTY Keypad: The QWERTY keypad slides from the left side of the phone. The display mode shifts from portrait to landscape mode instantaneously without any hassles. The keys are neatly spaced and have a really nice crunchy feeling when you start typing. If you happen to have huge fingers (Which I don’t have, thankfully), then you will have a hard time getting used to it and you end up pressing the wrong keys. It takes a little bit of practice and you’ll get used to the layout. I have heard people say that the screen doesn’t really look wide enough for the QWERTY keyboard or they should have gotten a bigger screen to match the QWERTY keyboard; I feel this is the best placement for you can have for a QWERTY and a compact keyboard phone.

Camera: The camera takes pretty neat pictures in the day and slightly grainy pictures in the night with flash enabled. I wouldn’t expect much from the camera anyways as it’s a business phone and camera is really not the area of focus. Video recorded on this phone is of watchable quality.

Music Player: The E75’s music player and the sound output isn’t the best. But my JBL earphones pretty much makes up for this void. The music player is almost like any other S60 phone and is easy to manage your personal music collection on the phone. The volume control keys on the right hand side of the phone are pretty useful. It also gets activated when you are taking pictures to zoom in or zoom out.

Placement of Jacks and Slots: The audio jack, charging point, the USB cable spot are placed pretty well. The 3.5mm headphone jack is located on top the phone which is really a good spot to have it. The USB and Micro SD card slot are placed one below the other on the left side of the phone.

Applications: The E75’s ARM 11 369 MHz processor, makes using the phone a really happy experience. Applications open and close almost instantaneously, except a few times when the application seems to hang. (Wonder why?)

Downfalls: One of the major issues that I have with this phone is the battery backup. I turn on Wi-Fi for half a day and I end up draining the charge by the end of the day. Without switching on the Wi-Fi, I was able to run the phone for 2 days without having to charge.

Who should buy this phone If you are an email person and always want to be connected and you don’t like the way Blackberry’s look, then this phone is just for you. With the looks and the functionality to match it, this is a good buy at approx 19000/- INR.

This is my first phone review and I have written what I have felt using this phone and out of choice.