the display of 4 inch, with Corning Gorilla Glass, and Nokia’s proprietary ClearBlack AMOLED display, makes for a gorgeous screen.  Colours are vibrant, the screen is bright and sharp.  As the keyboard is opened, the screen is angled just nice so that the user can type comfortably while looking at the screen comfortably.  Just like the N97/N97 Mini, the user cannot adjust the angle at which the screen opens – it only opens to one angle.
as you hold the phone in portrait orientation the right side up, there’s only a single physical “menu” button beneath the beautiful 4 inch screen.  On the left, there’s the “lock” key.  On the right, there’s the pull-out SIM card slot, volume slider switch (up to increase volume, and vice versa) and dedicated camera key.  On the back, there’s the 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash.  On the top, there’s the 3.5mm headset jack, power button, the HDMI port as well as the microUSB port.  On the bottom there’s the microphone port and what I believe to be a lanyard hole.
the camera is a full focus one.  This is basically a fixed focus camera with no moving mechanical parts, unlike an autofocus camera.  As such, this largely explains why the camera lens area is flush with the rest of the body, unlike modern smartphones with autofocus cameras whose lens “jut out” or “bulges out” from the body.  Some see this as an attraction, personally, I see the bulge as rather unsightly.  The minimum focusing distance is 50 cm or 19.69 inches.  Any object less than 50 cm from the lens will be blur.  Judge the quality of the pictures and HD video taken in a flourescent lit room for yourself below.
there are 3 homescreens, same as on the N8.  The homescreens rotate when the phone is rotated with the keyboard “closed”, or when the keyboard is “open”.  Rotation is only on two “axis”, when the phone is the right way up in portrait orientation, and when you turn the phone to its left in landscape orientation.
battery of 1200mAh (model BL-4D, the same that powers the N8) is non-user replaceable, but can be changed in a service centre.  It remains to be seen whether this can power the 4″ screen for an entire day for an “average” person’s usage scenario.  I will obviously test this with my review unit next year when it is released.  I have concerns with any modern smartphone with a screen larger than 3.5 inches that does not come with a 1500mAh battery.
an F-Secure app is bundled with the E7 with lifetime license for the “secure my phone” feature.  This includes remote locking, remote wipe (triggering a phone factory reset which will erase all personal data and user installed apps remotely), and find-my-phone feature.  To use the find-my-phone feature, an SMS from a trusted number is sent to the E7 containing a special message.  The E7 will then fire up its GPS thingamajig and attempt to find itself on the map.  Once located, the E7 will send an SMS to the trusted number with a link to Google Maps (yes, Google Maps and not Ovi Maps!) showing the location of the E7.  Pretty neat stuff, and working, as demonstrated to us.
Quickoffice is also bundled with full view/edit functionality.  The user can create new Word, Excel as well as Powerpoint documents.
VPN support is built-in and pre-installed for Cisco and Juniper SSL VPN.
Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile for instant messaging is also bundled.
the E7 supports a connection to Microsoft’s Share Point server.
free-for-life worldwide Ovi Maps navigation.
tactile feel of the keyboard is just nice.  The keys are not stiff, and easily pressed and registers key presses well.  Keys are spaced out nicely as well, in a chiclet/island layout, and unless you have giant sized fingers, will be comfortable to type on.

Officially announce ?

599.00 EUR = 2,469.70 MYR holly shit plus malaysia boleh middle man +200 expensive oh....

means at least rm2600 to maybe even 2800 during launch here...2 bad the camera no match compared to n8 should have made the camera better than n8 then sell it at this price lah...still love my n8 but love the e7 keyboard...

My dad gua gua giu ady....say want to change phone He said he dropped his N97 10 times today. >.<
When's E7 coming out? Or any other phone is good? With qwerty keypad & large screen.

got people selling in mudah
http://www.mudah.my/Nokia+E7-8656786.htm

With 2k price i`ll rather take Desire HD

RM 2049 to get a 680 MHz CPU with a OS which is going to die???

why is it always maxis????

there's already 5 color firmware released for E7 m'sia... so it will be soon...