Cingular Gets Nokia E62: Rhymes With ‘Q’
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The 29th of this month, Cingular will offer a new warrior in the battle between BlackBerries and Treos and Qs. Nokia’s E62 runs on a Symbian OS with the requisite QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth, quad-band GSM with EDGE, plus your choice of a variety of wireless email capabilities including BlackBerry Connect, Cingular Xpress Mail, Mail for Exchange, and Nokia’s push solution. Don’t see WiFi capability though.
For users who like the Motorola Q’s form factor but either don’t like Motorola or the providers who carry the Q (Verizon & Sprint), the E62 carries a Nokia nameplate and one other advantage: at $149.95 with agreement it’s $50 cheaper than Verizon’s Q.
[via Cingular]
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