A feature filled cheap mid-range smartphone which can do most tasks you ask of it

Very fast; metal casing; free in-built GPS navigation software

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Its excellent.

Highly cost

The battery life

It's not often that Nokia releases a new range of business phones, and when it does you'd better sit up and take notice. The last time round, it was the E61 that had us in raptures, with its Blackberry-beating keyboard and good range of software and features.

It's raining Nokia S60 smartphones here lately, and we were lucky enough to receive the US version of the recently announced but not yet released Nokia E66 for review. The US version is a quad band unlocked GSM phone with US 3G HSDPA on the 850/1900MHz bands.

Has complete support for US bands, including 3G; The NAM model has a US warranty; Extremely attractive design and quite thin; WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 3G, FM radio, MP3 player and a 3 megapixel camera-- the phone has all; Nice use of the accelerometer for screen rotation and silencing the phone

Reception is just average (usually Nokia phones have very, very strong reception); Camera images aren't very good

Like the E71, Nokia's E66 feels well made, but there are significant differences between the two handsets. The E66 doesn't have the same QWERTY keyboard that sits under the E71's screen, preferring to use a sliding numeric keypad instead.

A few minor (and we mean minor) niggles aside, this is a sharp and classy slider that brilliantly embraces the business and everyday world with aplomb.

Its excellent.

Highly cost beneficial

The battery life

== Introduction == This is made by Nokia and is targeted primarily at the business user. Although, this is suitable for anyone. It was released in mid 2008. I personally have owned the E66 for the past year or so. == Hardware - Appearance / case / battery == It has a solid feel to it.

The E66 is a fantastic 3G slider smartphone. I was tempted by the full keyboard E71, but decided I would make more use of the numeric keypad than a full keyboard, and the E66 is essentially an E71 in a slider form factor -- Unlike some, I do not mind using T9, which works very well in the E66.

Quadband GSM UMTS 850/1900 - 3G for those on AT&T -- 3G is only slightly slower than Wi-Fi in my area Wi-Fi for even faster data Bluetooth Full HTML web browser Fast GPS; even indoors (using A-GPS) - works great with Google Maps and Nokia Maps Very capable built in e-mail client -- I use it with...

First phone arrived with a dead right softkey, which is the only reason I did not give it the highest rating; That said, great Newegg return/replacement policy limited the hassle of the exchange

Another capable and beautifully designed smartphone from Nokia, but weaker battery life means it can't quite match the amazing E71