New, Cingular exclusive comes with broad messaging
capabilities, outstanding browsing experience, and superb voice quality
CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment, Los Angeles, CA, US, September
12, 2006 - Cingular Wireless and Nokia today introduced the Nokia E62 device, a
robust, sleek device built specifically for wireless email whose attractive
price promises to take superior mobile email access beyond the executive suite
and into the hands of the everyday wireless user.
The Nokia E62 device will be available exclusively from
Cingular in the U.S. for as low as $149.99. Measuring barely half an inch
thick, it features a full QWERTY keyboard with large backlit keys for easy
typing, and a sizeable, high-resolution 16 million colour screen measuring 320
x 240 pixels. Whether they're business people or consumers, Nokia E62
device users will have a variety of popular secure email platforms from which
to choose. These include Good Mobile Messaging, Cingular Xpress Mail,
BlackBerry Connect, Mail for Exchange (direct push corporate email from
Microsoft Exchange), the Nokia push solution via Intellisync Mobile Suite from
Nokia, and standard clients such as POP3, IMAP and SMTP. In addition, the
device includes a pre-loaded instant messaging application.
Beyond email, customers can view, edit and create documents,
spreadsheets and presentations. They also can surf the Internet with ease
using the device's robust S60 browser, developed by Nokia. This gives
them access to a treasure trove of Web content via Cingular's MEdia Net(SM).
"The Nokia E62 device is a game changer that will bring
the power of wireless email to just about everyone who wants to experience
it," said Kent Mathy, president of the Business Markets Group, Cingular's
business-to-business organization. "Nokia has built a rock-solid
device with an ultra-thin, modern form factor, support for several popular
business and personal wireless email platforms, a great Web browsing experience
and unsurpassed Nokia voice quality - all at a great price."
"Nokia and Cingular understand that the user is king in
the mobile device world, whether choosing a device for business or personal
use," said Mary McDowell, executive vice president and general manager,
Nokia Enterprise Solutions. "That's why Nokia E62 offers the most
comprehensive features and solutions to manage the complexities of our
customers' work and personal lives -- giving new meaning to 'smart and
stylish'. Offering the industry's broadest choice of email options, and being
IT-ready for any business environment globally, Nokia E62 delivers on the
promises of the entire range of Nokia Eseries devices. We are very excited
about the opportunity to provide this offering to the US market with Cingular
and truly take mobile email to the masses."
The Nokia E62 device boasts exceptional Nokia voice quality
with approximately five hours talk time. In addition to a crystal-clear
connection, users get such features as speakerphone, six-way conference
calling, voice dialling, voice commands for menu shortcuts, and a dedicated
voice key for easy use of voice recording.
Cingular customers can use the Nokia E62 device whether they
are taking it to the other side of town, across the country or halfway around
the world. In the United States, Nokia E62 is powered by Cingular's
ALLOVER(TM) network, the nation's largest digital wireless voice and data
network that has the fewest dropped calls of any national carrier.
The nationwide ALLOVER wireless data network, powered by EDGE, is the largest
national high-speed wireless data network in the United States with
availability in 13,000 cities and towns and along some 40,000 miles of major
highways. When abroad, customers can use the Nokia E62 device in more
than 180 countries for voice and over 100 countries for data.
"With Nokia E62, Cingular and Nokia have brought
everything together - applications, sleek design, and price all on the nation's
largest national high speed wireless data network - to make it even easier for
consumers and business customers to experience what is today the key
application in wireless data, namely, email," Mathy said. "Once
customers experience the power and convenience of wireless email, they are
naturally inclined to try and use the broad array of other wireless data
capabilities we make available."
Nokia E62 will be available beginning September 29, 2006 in
Cingular Wireless retail stores nationwide, select national retailers, on
www.cingular.com and through Cingular's B2B direct sales organization.
About Cingular Wireless
Cingular Wireless is the largest wireless carrier in
the United States, serving 57.3 million customers. Cingular, a joint
venture between AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) and BellSouth Corporation (NYSE: BLS),
has the largest digital voice and data network in the nation - the ALLOVER(TM)
network - and the largest mobile-to-mobile community of any national wireless
carrier. Cingular is a leader in third generation wireless technology. Its 3G
network is the first widely available service in the world to use HSDPA (High
Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology. Cingular is the only U.S. wireless
carrier to offer Rollover(r), the wireless plan that lets customers keep their
unused monthly minutes. Details of the company are available at
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Source: Nokia press release