Nokia introduces Nokia E6 in India

Bangalore: Nokia announced the launch of the first "Touch & Type" monoblock QWERTY business smartphone, the Nokia E6, in India. Running on the latest Symbian Anna software, the Nokia E6 brings a host of new features, including reliable and secure business connectivity, faster browsing and enhanced Ovi Maps. The Nokia E6 is a natural successor to the Nokia E71 and Nokia E72, offering improved performance and exceptionally good battery life in an elegant glass and steel design. Nokia E6 offers a complete out of-box Microsoft messaging experience on a business smartphone. Using the latest smartphone, consumers can get direct, secure and real-time access to emails, contacts and calendar entries. What's more, with the Nokia E6, users can get far more productive with the ability to create, edit and share Word documents, Excel Worksheets and Powerpoint presentations on the go, as well as access Microsoft Sharepoint for seamless connectivity with co-workers. Commenting on the launch, Mr. Viral Oza, Marketing Director, Nokia India, said, "The smartphone market has grown multifold with the enterprise space capturing a substantial share in this segment. At Nokia, we have constantly evolved our smartphone portfolio to offer the best user experience and meet our consumers need. The Nokia E6 is the perfect smartphone for the business users delivering best in class business email and business instant messaging experience." "Nokia is doing more than any other handset company to help businesses go mobile. Microsoft has designed and developed mobile productivity, communication and collaboration solutions, and we are jointly bringing them to market giving our business smartphones the edge over competition.", added Mr. Oza. "The Nokia E6 is among the best business productivity smartphone devices, and with the seamless integration of Microsoft's business productivity and messaging services, we are delivering an unparalleled mobility experience to end-consumers. We are excited about the association with Nokia, and will continue to jointly innovate to deliver the best smartphone experiences to our consumers," said Mr. Sanjay Manchanda, Director Microsoft Office Division, Microsoft India Private Limited. According to PwC, smartphones will become the dominant means of accessing the Internet on a handset, with an estimated 39% of mobile internet subscribers connecting through smartphones by 2014. Nokia has a rich portfolio of business smartphones business-optimized smartphones and business-ready smartphones that cover the mobility needs of the enterprise smartphone market. According to Canalys, in FY 2010, around 5.5 lakh Nokia smartphones were adopted by enterprises across categories (micro, small, medium and large) resulting 70 per cent growth in the adoption of Nokia smartphones by the enterprise segment compared to FY 2009. Nokia smartphones also constituted 50% of the overall enterprise uptake in Indian market in FY 2010 emphasizing on Nokia's leadership in the segment. The Nokia E6 with beautiful and intuitive features of Symbian Anna, out-of-box Microsoft Messaging experience and convenience of touch to the familiar QWERTY monoblock design is a step forward towards meeting the changing consumer preferences and redefining consumer expectations from Nokia smartphone segment. Symbian smartphones have led the market with largest volume share. Consumers will be delighted to experience the new Symbian Anna on their Nokia E6. The Nokia E6 builds on the success of the Nokia E71 and Nokia E72 with features such as: Comes in a compact size that makes it easy to use with one hand A super sharp VGA touch display, with 326 pixels per inch Exceptional battery life Support for multiple calendars 8GB internal mass memory and support for up to 32GB on a microSD 8MPix Camera with a dual LED flash Live social network updates to your home screen Applications for business, entertainment, travel and more from the Ovi Store Complete out-of-the-box Microsoft messaging experience on a business smartphone, including access to Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Communicator Mobile and Microsoft SharePoint Available in black, silver and white, Nokia E6 will be available nationally starting today at a MRP of 18,679.