<TABLE align=left> <TR> <TD><IMG src="/img/blog/2007/march/E90.jpg" border=0></TD> <TD><IMG height=225 hspace=6 src="/img/blog/2007/march/E90-open.jpg" width=257 border=0></TD></TR></TABLE>Nokia's newest US handset is the XpressMusic 5300, a <A title="T-Mobile specials" href="/##PATH_US_EN_WLSPt-mobile/default.aspx">T-Mobile</A> exclusive slider featuring a 2mp camera and music player with dedicated controls and a unique rubberized housing. <BR><BR>I actually just got a 5300 to review for the site, so I bypassed it at Nokia's booth to get some time with the E90, instead. The E90 is an interesting device. It runs Symbian OS 9 Series 60, and all S60 programs can be accessed from either the internal or external displays. The internal display is a beast, capable of rendering the full width of a standard webpage at 16 million colors across its 800 pixels of real estate. <P></P> <P>Like most <A title="Nokia devices" href="/##PATH_US_EN_WLSPnokia/default.aspx">Nokia devices</A>, the E90 feels very solid and comfortable in hand and its QWERTY keyboard is about as roomy and tactile as you'll find on a cell phone, but all of this comes at the expense of saddling its user with a pretty hefty 132 x 57 x 20 mm package that weighs in at 210g. Rocking HSDPA along with WiFi and quad-band GSM, and featuring a 3.2mp camera, the E90 is Nokia's most full featured handset to date. But definitely isn't what you'd call "svelte." I wonder if they could have shaved some size and weight off of the thing by doing away with the external keypad - the dual S60-capable displays somehow felt a bit like overkill when I actually played with the E90. <BR></P>
