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The E75 is an e-mail junkie’s dream come true. It is built with a hidden QWERTY keyboard that slides out with ease without adding much bulk to the phone’s frame. One can truly stay connected on the go and allow your fingers to do all the talking while looking all chic and professional.

From: Sng Xing Ping
The E75, Nokia’s latest E-series smartphone, sports a slide-out QWERTY keyboard while maintaining a slim profile of only 14.4mm. The E75 is an attractive device and looks better in the flesh than in photos on the web. The use of stainless steel around the rim and on the back cover gives it a classy executive look and a solid feel.

Almost every imaginable feature for the techie has been built into the E75, with the exception of a touch-screen (that would presumably be addressed by the upcoming N97). The E75 is loaded with the new S60 feature pack 2, which adds some useful features such as voice theme and notification lights under the navi-pad. This makes the E75 one of the most feature-rich phones currently available from Nokia.

From: Alan Siow
The new Nokia E75 is a smart phone that comes with both the standard alphanumeric keypad and a slide out QWERTY keypad.

It is unfair to brand the new phone being built mainly for e-mail as it come with many attractive features, such as a 3.2 mega pixel camera (with flash and auto-focus), GPS and applications such as the media player, FM radio and Internet browsing.

However, I find the 2.4″ display and alphanumeric keypad rather small and cramped, although sliding out the QWERTY keypad does make the situation slightly better when the display changes into landscape view with bigger keypads.

I would really love to see a better battery performance as intensive phone users like me are very unlikely to see the phone last through the day. In conclusion, Nokia finally made a good business phone that actually looks good, especially with its stainless steel mould finishing. Simply classy and multifunctional.

From: Delvin Lee
The Nokia E75 Messenger is a beautifully imperfect dream phone. I loved the heavy and solid built, backed by the stainless steel battery casing. Typing messages on the E75’s slide-out QWERTY keyboard was a most memorable and joyful experience.

Thanks to the accompanying 4GB microSD memory card, I am unconstrained by the E75’s limited internal memory and could install and customise the phone with my favourite mobile applications, N-gage games plus music to enjoy on the go.

Running multiple applications on the E75 did not slow down the phone when opening other applications later. The E75 has the potential to be the best Nokia E series phone ever. Despite the lack of a Carl-Zeiss camera lens and a better pair of stereo earphones/headset in the package, I will still recommend the Nokia E75 to my work colleagues who do not like to use touch-screen phones.

From: Ng Yee Tat
The E75 integrates e-mail, a necessity in today’s range of communication tools, together with voice and SMS to one consolidated inbox. The introduction of QWERTY keypad in a slim frame makes typing SMS messages and e-mails quick and easy.

From: See Kok Sin
The trial set was handed to me in a rather unappealing box. Nokia should really learn from the Japanese or iPhone and try to package their phone more attractively. The accessories are neatly packed in the box. I especially like the casing that comes with the phone. It helps to protect the aluminum body of the phone, which is prone to scratches.

From: Wong Hoi Mun
The experience of using E75 was invigorating and fun! The capabilities of the phone met my needs as I am constantly on the move and required staying connected with my emails. The design of the phone was user-friendly. In addition, the QWERTY keyboard provided the user with the option of utilising the slide-out keyboard to type with relative ease.

From: Alvin Wee
Overall, E75 has a nice feel and great outlook with a good offering of applications including Web and office documents browsing and editing, great media player and easy-to-use GPS system.

From: Celyn Huang
Nokia E series is for enterprise users. Hence, it’s hardly a surprise that the E75 is a full-featured business phone targeting users who are looking for web browsing, messaging, emailing and editing office documents in one device.

The E75 comes with a four-row side-slide QWERTY keyboard. I would expect the keyboard to add more thickness and weight to the phone. But that is not so. It is more compact than I expected and the 139g device is not so much of a weight after I got use to it. In fact, the weight is well-balanced and helps to give a positive messaging experience on the keyboard as the phone sits weighted down comfortably in both hands.

The QWERTY keyboard keys are large and provide good feedback. The layout of the board for the alternate keys in blue needs a little time to adjust to but after getting the hang of it, typing on the keyboard is enjoyable.

From: Chew Kuan Kok
For me, the trial was mostly a success - but there was a disappointment in discovering glitches that should not have been present. The phone was built and put together nicely, with an exterior that looks very professional, ready to take on the world as an impressive business accessory. By and large, the Nokia Messaging platform is also a great idea - consolidating all mailboxes into one main interface, thus allowing users to download and scroll through all their various mailboxes within one setting.

From: Kerryn Chan
When I first got my hands on Nokia E75, the phone was much sturdier than I had expected. I enjoyed using the QWERTY keypad, be it messaging, mails or surfing websites. The quality of the pictures taken by 3.2 megapixels camera was clear, prompt and no signs of delay.

On my journey to the office, Nokia E75 was a great companion. The speaker was loud and clear, which is hard to come by these days. The response time switching from portrait to landscape is reasonable.

From: Toh Sin Yee
I’ve always wondered if there’s a perfect blend of the QWERTY keyboard and the numeric keypad available. The Nokia E75 answers this question with its unique keypad design and widely spaced QWERTY keyboard when it slides out in the landscape mode.

From: Chew Eng Shiang Wilson
Using the Nokia E75 has been a very pleasant experience. Typing SMSes has never been easier, and email access is right at your fingertips. It wouldn’t be fair to brand the Nokia E75 as just an email phone, as it offers so many features. Listening to music on the phone is a very good experience, as the sound quality is so good and easily surpasses other phones that I’ve used so far.

From: Alvin Lim
I had been a Windows Mobile user for such a long period of time that going back to the Symbiam-based Nokia E75 has been a refreshing experience.

It has all the standard connectivity and synchronizing features on a par to today’s smartphone requirements. What makes it stand out is its elegant design and sturdy built, not to mention the dual keyboard (QWERTY and standard numeric).

There are also ample business tools such as the PDF viewer and Quick office. I’m not too sure which core-processing unit the E75 is using but I seldom feel any lagging when using the phone, even when I am performing multimedia tasks.

The voice quality of E75 is crystal clear. I even had a VOIP client installed and the voice quality exceeded my expectations. This is one of the few Nokia phones that have USB charging.

The QWERTY keyboard is one of the larger QWERTY keyboards that we get when we compare the E75 to other smartphones. Even though it lacks the definition of a raised keyboard, it makes up for it with wide buttons. The larger keyboard sure needs some getting used to, as it means I had to move my lazy finger more than usual.

What I don’t like about the phone: The numeric keyboard is too tiny. I guess that is the trade off you get when you try to squeeze a large screen and a numeric keypad. I also had constant problems unlocking the phone (menu + *) using the numeric keyboard. As the phone had a elevated edge, I cannot depress the key properly.

The phone comes with a phone pouch, which requires a certain amount of effort to insert and remove the phone from it. The control button around the D pad is too small and the phone is a fingerprint magnet.

Overall, I am still very fond of the E75 with its business-class design and sturdy feel.

From: Lai Teck Yang
This was my very first opportunity to use the E75 and throughout the trial, I put the Nokia E75 Messaging through rigorous personal and work usage. From managing emails, to schedules and even using the in-build positioning software to find my way around, the phone uses excellent hardware and offers an exhaustive list of features.

Nokia E75 comes after the launch of the highly popular series and the expectations are high. I must say, it was indeed a refreshing experience for a new Nokia user, but to my surprise, the interface that’s typical of the Nokia family is as easy to manuver. New Nokia users should find E75 easy to navigate. As it is stylish and robust, it’s also suitable for the working professional as a trusty personal assistant.

From: Clemence Feng
I used to have a Nokia E51 phone, which the E75 reminds me of, except that the E75 performs better than expected with the added features such as GPS and a very usable QWERTY keyboard. However, the E51 has a better numeric keypad than the E75.

The integration of Personal and Business modes in one phone is a good concept but I think having separate SIM cards for the two will really define the purpose. Nokia can also consider including the option to disable either connection (i.e. you can disable your business connection during weekends or holidays or disable personal connection during important business meetings).

Design is decent for a business phone with very rich features, especially for connectivity and multimedia functionality.

From: Joey Lucus
E75 is a good business phone with a modern email interface. Its slim body with a side slider reveals an interactive QWERTY keyboard that is pleasing to use. The screen size is quite accommodating at 2.4 inches, 240 x 320 pixels, 16M colors.

From: Joyce Cher
E75 is my first Nokia phone since I abandoned my last Nokia several years ago. Once again, I’m really impressed with Nokia and had the intention of buying one after returning the trial set.

Nokia has improved so much, in terms of its hardware and software technology. The software was comparable with other phones, or even better than the current PDA phone that I am currently using. As for the hardware, the ease of using the keypad really speed up my texting! The sleek design looks very professional and up to date.

From: Karen Yeo
The E75 is another heroic attempt from Nokia to create a breakthrough phone, and mine too for trying out one again as I had been disappointed with previous models (currently using Nokia N73).

From: Eugenie Poh