DESIGN
The design is executive class oriented, and its a slider by base design, first by Nokia in this class. The screen is crystal clear and top quality, and it is a 1.8inch TFT. The D-pad is a bit cramped, with 10 keys around it making it a bit tacky. A handy conference key is provided for quickly switching to the mode. The left is devoid of any controls but the right is lined up with volume keys , speakers, voice recorder , Text edit keys. The phone has a matte finish, giving it an elite look. People with large fingers might have a problem handling the keypad, which is the only drawback in its design.

BUSINESS FEATURES
It excels in this field, and provides a hell lot of applications and features to maximize your productivity. Some of these are Quick Office, Notes application, Zip files , and PDF support by Adobe. Other utilities include Message reader, Screen export and HP printer support. Message reader is mainly for the messages , and screen export is used to transfer the display. An useful addition might be that of a GPS system , which is quite handy for many professionals.

ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES
The phone is decent in this category too, with good sound quality for a phone of this class. Video playback is possible via included applications like Real player, which give a good playback. The camera is a 2MP one, which operates at a maximum resolution of 1600×1200. Videos are captured in the CIF format and the quality is acceptable. It seems like the camera is more of an after-thought rather than a full fledged feature.

INTERFACE
Powered by the Symbian OS 9.1 , it has 50MB of internal memory , along with a 256 MB card bundled. The phone is slow in comparison to other Symbian 9 series, probably more slow than some phones belonging to the N-series. A major drawback is the buggy nature of the OS, which forces the phone to restart very often. It is incapable of handling the power that resides underneath it. An improvement or bug-fixes can correct this problem.

CONCLUSION
The main strength of the phone, which are the business features, could not be used to the fully extent, because of the frequent restarts and buggy nature. The Style factor cannot rescue it on its own and you won’t actually end up buying this. Other options are widely open, some better, some well priced. So, it would be a good thought to avoid this one.

LOOKS AND BUILD

The phone is a sexy-slider, and it has a black body with blue or red
stripes on the sides. These stripes have music buttons engraved in it
which can be referred to for quick control. The phone is slim and sleek,
and the overall body build is average, spoiled by the all-plastic body.
A 2.2” screen is good enough and gives a clear display. A 3.2MP camera
resides at the back of the phone, supported by LED for taking pictures
in the dark.

PERFORMANCE

The phone delivers decent sound quality, but still, they are no
competition for the Walkman series. Considering the fact that the phone
is focused on the music faculty, this performance is nothing to rave
about. The camera records decent quality videos at 15fps, which is
better than some Walkman phones like W580i. The phone faces some issues
with the Network reception, rest performance is average.

Conclusion

Overall a decent option, the looks are above average and the phone
provides good battery backup It can be considered as a good music
option if you are a loyal fan of Nokia, else Sony takes the lead. The
phone scores better than some SE phones in the camera, and the battery
life is obviously better than Sony phones. The score is level, the next
round of cellphone domination is about to begin!