Nokia E90 Communicator Hits Shelves

At least some shelves, anyway. I read last week in a forum that the Nokia E90, announced at the beginning of this year, would finally be released June 18th. I read a few other dates as well, but this info bit appeared to be true. Went surfing for it yesterday and found this one.

Good News - This is a real sale opportunity, not a pre-order, email harvesting procedure.
Bad news - Unlike the posted pre-order price of $799, the Nokia E90 from this shop will cost you over a thousand dollars from this particular vendor.



Nokia E90 Communicator No Preorder

"Price: $1,020.99
Seller: flushs
Store: http://flushs.ecrater.com

Shipping Available To:
US-Mainland, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, International Shipping Fees:
US-Mainland: $18.00
Alaska: $18.00
Hawaii: $18.00
Canada: $26.00"

Ironically, I gave up waiting for this last week and ordered a Samsung U600 from www.Dynamism.com on Friday. Passed up the QWERTY keyboard for a 3.2 autofocus camera on a thin, thin phone. This way, I can wait until the Nokia E90 is less of a novelty, and the price is more in line with value of the phone.

Nokia E90 Release Update

In Houston this weekend, so I went to the Galleria Mall because there is a Futuretronics store there. The always have the latest phones first (and at the highest prices), so I figured if there was a Nokia E90 available in retail, it would show up there. NO sign yet, but they think they will get an E90 sometime in March. It is March 11th, so that means within the next 3 weeks!

As Far as price, though it is estimated in the gadget blogs to go for $1000.00, I have seen in on electronics websites for a s low as $799.00, pre-order, which sounds like a bargain comparatively. I am learning to justify the price by no longer looking at it as an expensive phone, but a phone, GPS, PDA combination. (Yes, it does play Mp3's, but I'm not sure that is a totally feasible use, given battery life usage.) So if I add up the price of those 3 devices, plus the advantage of easy on web access, the price starts to seems reasonable.