Monday, February 7, 2011

Nokia E7 Starts Shipping

The highly anticipated Nokia E7 will begin arriving in stores in select markets this week, with broader availability building up quickly in several markets. The Nokia E7 features a 4-inch ClearBlack display, full QWERTY keyboard, and fast access to a wide variety of apps directly on the homescreen, including business applications from Microsoft and IBM. Other features include an 8-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, 16 gigabytes of flash memory, and file-sharing via USB-On-The-Go.



So what is ClearBlack display? - Nokia E7

ClearBlack display isn’t a completely new type of display technology like AMOLED. It’s actually a method to reduce reflections on the screen and improve visual image quality, especially outdoors. ClearBlack ensures that the blacks you see really are just that – black – which in turn enhances the contrast of the display and makes the whole screen much easier to see. This will be especially useful for apps like Ovi Maps, which are likely to be used outside. Also, sharing pictures or other items on-screen with others will be a lot easier due to the technology that enables excellent viewing angles.


The effect of the ClearBlack display technology is similar to that produced by a pair of polarising sunglasses. If you look at a body of water on a sunny day without a pair of polarising glasses, it’s really hard to see anything below the surface, but with the glasses on, the reflections are eliminated and you can see underneath the surface. In the same way, without ClearBlack display, you see the reflections on the phone’s screen, but with it you see the image on the screen. However, unlike sunglasses, ClearBlack display improves the vividness of the colors: in fact, because the contrast is higher, they’ll seem more vivid.


Another useful feature of this technology is also that the viewing angle of the device’s display is improved, so sharing pictures or other items on-screen will be a lot easier.