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Nokia E63 Makes Official Appearance, Unnamed Model Makes Unofficial Appearance

Today, Nokia formally announced a new addition to its E Series business phones, the E63. What's more interesting is a new Nokia flip phone seen on the Internet that has a full QWERTY keyboard and some other interesting specs, such as support for U.S. 3G.

The officially introduced E63 is a bit of a snoozer. It is a more mass-market-minded version of the brilliantly executed E71. It loses the E71's metallic skin, drops the camera quality from 3.2 megapixels to 2 megapixels, and also ditches autofocus. It also loses the E71's HSDPA 3G speediness, substituting slower WCDMA instead. The one really positive change is that it expands the headset jack from 2.5-mm to 3.5-mm, which is the size most stereo headphones use. With so many downgraded features, it's a relief to learn that the price is a mere $250 (before subsidies), compared with the E71's $450 price tag.

That's all well and good, but I am much more interested in the unnamed model dug up by some Internet ninjas. This phone looks like a stylish clamshell and has lots of sex appeal. The full QWERTY keyboard that's been squished onto the device means it is meant to be a messaging platform, but there is no indication that it will fall under the "E Series" umbrella.

Its specs include support for HSDPA in the 850/1,900-MHz bands, which means it's compatible with AT&T's 3G network. It has a 2-megapixel camera with flash, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, and two displays.

A very interesting combination of features indeed...

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