Nokia E55

Specifications
Size
* Form: Monoblock
* Dimensions: 116.5 x 49 x 9.9 mm
* Weight: 95g
* Volume: 54 cc
* compact qwerty design

Display and 3D
* Size: 2.4"
* Resolution: 320 x 240 (QVGA)
* Up to 16 million colours
* Automatic display orientation (landscape/portrait)

Keys and input method
* Compact qwerty keyboard
* Numeric keypad
* One-touch keys (Home, Calendar, Messaging)
* Side volume keys
* Mute key
* Voice commands: - Media (Cameras, Gallery, Music Player, Radio, Real Player, Voice Recorder)
- Messaging (Messaging, New e-mail, New message, Read e-mails, Read messages, Read new e-mails, Read new messages)
- Organizer (Calculator, Calendar, Clock, Converter, Data Synchronization, File manager, Notepad, What time is it)
- Profiles (General, Silent, Meeting, Outdoor, Pager, Offline)
- Tools (Connection manager, Device manager, Help, Landmarks, Personalization, Profiles, Settings, Speed dialling, Voice commands, Voice mail)
- Application manager
- Bluetooth
- Browser
- Logs
- Navigator (= GPS data)
- Phonebook
* Compact qwerty keyboard with predictive text recognition

Connectors
* USB high speed
* 3.5 mm Nokia audio connector

Memory
* 2 GB MicroSD memory card (with hot swap), support for up to 16 GB
* 100 MB internal memory
* 256 MB NAND flash

Power
* BP-4L 1500mAh battery
* Talk time (maximum):
-GSM 8 h
- WCDMA 6 h
* Standby time (maximum):
- GSM 672 h
- WCDMA 456 h
* Music playback time (maximum):
- Music Player 18 h
- FM radio 30 h

Communication and navigation
Operating frequency
* Quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900
* Automatic switching between GSM bands
* Offline mode

Data network
* GPRS class A, multislot class 32
* EGSM class A, multislot class 32
* WCDMA 900/1900/2100 or 850/1900/2100
* HSDPA maximum speed: 10.2 Mbps
* HSUPA maximum speed 2Gbits
* WLAN 802.11b, 802.11g
* TCP/IP support
* Capability to serve as data modem











Local connectivity and synchronisation
* Bluetooth version 2.0
* Add-on solutions enable integration into enterprise private branch exchange (PBX) infrastructure
* Digital Home support
* UPnP support
* MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
* Printing
* Network (Raw). Direct TCP/IP socket connection to any specified port
* Network (LPR). Line Printer Daemon protocol (RFC1179)
* Printing to file
* USB PictBridge printing
* PC Suite for local data sync
* Ovi
* ActiveSync (Nokia messaging)
* IntelliSync (Nokia messaging)

Call features
* Integrated handsfree and conference call
* Automatic answer with headset or car kit
* Any key answer
* Call waiting, call hold,call divert
* Call timer
* Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
* Automatic redial
* Speed dialling
* Enhanced voice dialling
* Fixed dialling number support
* Vibrating alert (internal)
* Side volume keys
* Mute/unmute side key
* Contacts with images
* Conference calling
* Video calling (VGA)
* Push to talk
* SIP VoIP 3.0

Messaging
* SMS, up to 10 SMS concatenated
* SMS storage
* List of recently used numbers
* Multiple SMS deletion
* Text-to-speech message reader
* MMS version 1.2
* Automatic resizing of images for MMS
* Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
* Distribution lists (contact groups) for messaging
* Instant Messaging:
- Windows (MSN) Live
- Yahoo! IM
- OMA IM
- Presence
- Contacts on Ovi
* Cell broadcast

E-mail
* Supported protocols: IMAP4 (with idle), Intellisync, Mail for Exchange, POP3, SMTP
* Support for e-mail attachments
* Support for Mail for Exchange
* Support for Lotus Notes Traveller
* Integrated Nokia Mobile VPN

Web browsing
* Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML, MP, WML, CSS
* Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP
* TCP/IP support
* Nokia Mini Map browser
* Nokia Mobile Search (in-device and Internet)

GPS and navigation
* A-GPS with compass
* Nokia Maps application

Software platform and user interface
* S60 3.2.3
* Active standby
* Symbian OS 9.3
* Voice commands:
- Media (Cameras, Gallery, Music Player, Radio, Real Player, Voice Recorder)
- Messaging (Messaging, New e-mail, New message, Read e-mails, Read messages, Read new e-mails, Read new messages)
- Organizer (Calculator, Calendar, Clock, Converter, Data Synchronization, File manager, Notepad, What time is it)
- Profiles (General, Silent, Meeting, Outdoor, Pager, Offline)
- Tools (Connection manager, Device manager, Help, Landmarks, Personalization, Profiles, Settings, Speed dialling, Voice commands, Voice mail)
- Application manager
- Bluetooth
- Browser
- Logs
- Navigator (= GPS data)
- Phonebook
* FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)
* Predictive text input
* Home screen Modes – Business and Personal
* One-touch keys (Home, Calendar Messaging)
* Nokia Mini Map browser
* Contacts with images
* Hands free Voice UI
* Contacts on Ovi
* Files on Ovi
Personal information management (PIM): contacts, clock, calendar etc.
* Storage capacity depends on available memory
* Eseries contacts with images
* Support for assigning images to contacts
* Support for contact groups
* Closed user group support
* Fixed Dialling Number support
* Clock: analogue and digital
* Alarm clock with ring tones
* Reminders
* Calculator with advanced functions
* Eseries Calendar
* Converter
* Active Notes
* To-do list
* PIM information viewable during call

Applications
* Java™ MIDP 2.0, JavaScript 1.3 and 1.5 support
* Flash Lite 3.0
* Instant Messaging:
- Windows (MSN) Live
- Yahoo! IM
- OMA IM
- Presence
- Contacts on Ovi
* Nokia Mini Map Browser
* Quick Office editors
* PDF Viewer
* ZIP Manager
* MOT Dictionary
* Files on Ovi, 60 day trial with 1 GB disk space
* Maps, 10 x 1 day licence to be used within 3 months
* Nokia Messaging lifetime subscription
* Nokia Mobile Search
* Nokia Office Tools
* Nokia PC Suite
* N-Gage
* Adding more applications: IAD (independent application delivery) supported

Gaming
* Game pack included:
- Block Cascade
- Solitaire
* N-Gage application included

Photography
* 3.2 megapixel EDOF camera with flash
* Image formats: JPEG
* EDOF
* 4x digital zoom
* LED Flash
* Flash modes: on, off, automatic, red-eye reduction
* White balance modes: auto, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
* Centre weighted auto exposure; exposure compensation: +2 ~ -2 EV, 0.3 step (0.3, 0.7, 1.0 etc)
* Capture modes: still, sequence, self-timer, video
* Scene modes: auto, user defined, portrait, landscape, sport, night, night portrait
* Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
* Light sensitivity modes: high, medium, low, automatic
* Full-screen viewfinder with grid available
* Active toolbar
* Dedicated camera key
* Landscape (horizontal) orientation
* Printing
* Network (Raw). Direct TCP/IP socket connection to any specified port
* Network (LPR). Line Printer Daemon protocol (RFC1179)
* Printing to file
* USB PictBridge printing
* Includes S60 photos application

Video
* Main camera, 3.2 Mpix EDOF
* Video recording (VGA) at 15 fps
* Up to 4x digital video zoom
* Front camera (VGA)
* Video recording file formats: .mp4, H264
* Audio recording formats: .mp4
* Video white balance modes: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
* Scene modes: automatic, night
* Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
* Clip length dependant on storage capacity
* Media player
* Real Player
* Video playback file formats: .mp4, AVC/H.264, .wmv, RV, Flash Video, H.263/3GPP
* Video streaming: .mp4, AVC/H.264, .wmv, RV, Flash Video, H.263/3GPP
* Landscape mode video playback
* Video calling (VGA) 15 fps
* Video ring tones (7 built-in tones)

Music and audio playback
* Music player
* Media player
- Equalizer
- Shuffle
- Repeat
- Loudness on/off
- Stereo widening
- Selection by artist, album and genre
- Album graphics display
* Music playback file formats: .mp3, .aac
* Audio streaming
* FM radio 87.5-108 MHz with RDS support
* 3.5 mm Nokia audio connector
* Nokia Music Store support
* Ring tones

Voice and audio recording
* Voice commands:
- Media (Cameras, Gallery, Music Player, Radio, Real Player, Voice Recorder)
- Messaging (Messaging, New e-mail, New message, Read e-mails, Read messages, Read new e-mails, Read new messages)
- Organizer (Calculator, Calendar, Clock, Converter, Data Synchronization, File manager, Notepad, What time is it)
- Profiles (General, Silent, Meeting, Outdoor, Pager, Offline)
- Tools (Connection manager, Device manager, Help, Landmarks, Personalization, Profiles, Settings, Speed dialling, Voice commands, Voice mail)
- Application manager
- Bluetooth
- Browser
- Logs
- Navigator (= GPS data)
- Phonebook
* Enhanced voice dialling
* Voice recorder
* Audio recording formats: .mp4
* Speech codecs: AMR-NB, GSM EFR, FR & HR, AMR-WB for CS speech call
* Digital microphone
* Text-to-speech message reader

Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones
* Customisable profiles
* Ring tones
* Video ring tones (7 built-in tones)
* User defined themes
* Home screen Modes – Business and Personal

Will Be Available In India For Around Rs 16300 - 17000
Will Released Round About May-October

Flash Memory

Flash memory is non-volatile, which means that no power is needed to maintain the information stored in the chip. In addition, flash memory offers fast read access times (although not as fast as volatile DRAM memory used for main memory in PCs) and better kinetic shock resistance than hard disks.

These characteristics explain the popularity of flash memory in portable devices. Another feature of flash memory is that when packaged in a "memory card," it is enormously durable, being able to withstand intense pressure, extremes of temperature, and even immersion in water.

Although technically a type of EEPROM, the term "EEPROM" is generally used to refer specifically to non-flash EEPROM which is erasable in small blocks, typically bytes. Because erase cycles are slow, the large block sizes used in flash memory erasing give it a significant speed advantage over old-style EEPROM when writing large amounts of data.

History - Flash memory (both NOR and NAND types) was invented by Dr. Fujio Masuoka while working for Toshiba circa 1980. According to Toshiba, the name "flash" was suggested by Dr. Masuoka's colleague, Mr. Shoji Ariizumi, because the erasure process of the memory contents reminded him of a flash of a camera. Dr. Masuoka presented the invention at the IEEE 1984 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) held in San Francisco, California.

Intel saw the massive potential of the invention and introduced the first commercial NOR type flash chip in 1988. NOR-based flash has long erase and write times, but provides full address and data buses, allowing random access to any memory location. This makes it a suitable replacement for older ROM chips, which are used to store program code that rarely needs to be updated, such as a computer's BIOS or the firmware of set-top boxes. Its endurance is 10,000 to 1,000,000 erase cycles.NOR-based flash was the basis of early flash-based removable media; CompactFlash was originally based on it, though later cards moved to less expensive NAND flash.

Toshiba announced NAND flash at the 1987 International Electron Devices Meeting. It has faster erase and write times, and requires a smaller chip area per cell, thus allowing greater storage densities and lower costs per bit than NOR flash; it also has up to ten times the endurance of NOR flash. However, the I/O interface of NAND flash does not provide a random-access external address bus. Rather, data must be read on a block-wise basis, with typical block sizes of hundreds to thousands of bits.

This made NAND flash unsuitable as a drop-in replacement for program ROM since most microprocessors and microcontrollers required byte-level random access. In this regard NAND flash is similar to other secondary storage devices such as hard disks and optical media, and is thus very suitable for use in mass-storage devices such as memory cards. The first NAND-based removable media format was SmartMedia, and many others have followed, including MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital, Memory Stick and xD-Picture Card.

A new generation of memory card formats, including RS-MMC, miniSD and microSD, and Intelligent Stick, feature extremely small form factors. For example, the microSD card has an area of just over 1.5 cm², with a thickness of less than 1 mm; microSD capacities range from 64 MB to 16 GB, as of October 2008.
Courtesy Wikipedia.Com