Nokia announced today the latest addition to the Nokia Eseries family of business devices, the Nokia E50.

With a classic Nokia design, the small, sleek and stylish Nokia E50 is also meant for people who want a single phone for both business and leisure use. The device comes equipped with pre-installed business applications, exceptional voice and calling functionality, and the ability to have two phone numbers in one phone, while lifestyle features include an MP3 player and optionally a 1.3 mega pixel camera, all packed in a discreet glossy metallic case with a touch of color.

Built on S60 3rd edition smartphone platform and Symbian OS for enhanced security features and device control, the Nokia E50 supports popular corporate mobile e-mail solutions, including Intellisync Wireless Email by Nokia, BlackBerry Connect, Visto Mobile, Altexia, and Microsoft ActiveSync. The thinnest Nokia Eseries quad-band phone (EGSM 850/900/1800/1900), the Nokia E50 supports GSM networks worldwide, offering clear phone calls and rich voice and calling functionalities. With up to six hours of talk time, the Nokia E50 offers significantly high battery performance for such a small phone.

"Nokia is committed to helping companies realize the full potential of mobility for a variety of employee needs," said Antti Vasara, senior vice president, Mobile Devices, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia. "By designing our enterprise offering of robust and easy-to-use devices, solutions and services to address the entire spectrum of mobility requirements, we are helping businesses to mobilize and manage the entire employee base," he continued.

The Nokia's E50 set of pre-installed business applications help increase the productivity of mobile professionals. The Nokia Team Suite, part of the Nokia Office Tools offering, helps to facilitate conference calls and to initiate push-to-talk sessions with selected team members easily and fast, through a built-in speakerphone. The Nokia E50 also includes a search function enabling fast queries into critical data such as contacts, e-mails and messages. Important business attachments received via e-mail, such as documents, presentations, and spreadsheets, can be swiftly accessed through the Quickoffice viewer.