The smoked chrome accents and glass buttons on Nokia's newest business handset make you wonder what kind of business, exactly, the Finns had in mind when they designed the thing. Maybe this is the phone the high-class-escort set has been clamoring for.

A magnificent piece of hardware, with Vertu-level build quality; Nice form factor: thin enough to disappear in your pocket but large enough for a 2.5-inch screen; Upgraded processor runs S60 even more snappily than the N95 8GB; Automatic screen orientation; Finger-friendly textured keys.

Mullet mode adds yet another level of menus under which to bury functions; Arrgh! Swanky metal backplate gets hand-scaldingly hot; Road warriors will scoff at the battery life: around three hours of talk time (con Bluetooth).

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

As part of the E series, Nokia targets the business users with this model. Although it is designed to be a business phone, it has all the entertainment features that are found in the other music/camera phones. I am owning it for 7 months and it has been a very good experience.

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

Like the E71, the Nokia E66 has two home screens. This isn't as odd as it sounds. If your needs at work are different to your needs at home, why not have two home screens and set one up for each aspect of your life? You quickly switch between them using an icon on the application shortcuts bar.

Impressive hardware design; lots of memory; and twin home screens

If you are a keen user of email you will miss a mini QWERTY keyboard

At the beginning of the movie RoboCop a regular policeman is covered in shiny metal and becomes a super policeman, a RoboCop, if you will. That's a tremendously watered down version of the tragic start to this film, but in similarly simplistic terms we can see how Nokia has improved last year's...

Solid and attractive build; HSDPA, Wi-Fi and A-GPS; Excellent productivity tools

Smaller battery compared to E71; Accelerometer can be a nuisance

Boasting the same features as the E71 minus the QWERTY keyboard, Nokia's E66 is aimed at users who aren't hell-bent on large amounts of text entry. This stylish E-Series handset has the same internal characteristics as its big brother in a smaller, more pocketable form factor.

If you don’t consider a QWERTY keyboard a necessity, then the E66 is one of the best smartphones on the market. It combines a stylish design with the latest features and it is a breeze to use.

Design, switch mode feature, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, interface speed;

Questionable build quality of slider, native menu isn’t as visually appealing as competing models;