Recent high visibility product launches of the Q from Motorola and the E61 from Nokia highlight the importance of the QWERTY cellular e-mail phone (E-Mail Machine) in the product portfolios of cell phone manufacturers. The well-publicized success of RIM and Palm, who have focused their efforts on integrating cellular and e-mail capabilities into a handset with a QWERTY keyboard, has pushed the leading phone makers to develop similar devices. On top of RIM and Palm's success, other recent trends and events have caused most of the major cell phone OEMs to launch or have in planning an E-Mail Machine. With nearly every professional granted an e-mail account at his or her place of employment on top of the personal e-mail account(s) one may have, the ability to obtain and respond to e-mail anytime, anyplace has become a necessity. In addition, push e-mail capabilities, which were once relegated to RIM only devices, are beginning to be realized on a number of different phones through push e-mail solutions from Good Technology, Intellisync, and Microsoft.

With the emergence of device agnostic push e-mail solutions, it has become more important than ever for the phone OEMs to provide the best, lowest cost QWERTY cellular e-mail phones that meet the needs of their customers. This report will provide an in-depth hardware and cost comparison across three of the most recent offerings from Motorola, Nokia, and RIM including the: Q, E61, and 8700c, respectively. Key findings, supply chain impact, and forecast configurations of a 2007 Mid Segment and Ultra High Segment e-mail machine are provided. The report will also answer the following critical questions:

• How similar are the three e-mail machines in architecture, design metrics, and components suppliers?
• How do the design metrics of the three e-mail machines compare to other cell phone design metrics?
• What are the features and design metrics of a late 2007 Mid Segment and Ultra High Segment e-mail machine?
• How did they make the Motorola "Q" so thin?

How is the Information Delivered?

Portelligent will provide the report(s) to the customer electronically, in .pdf format.

STAR - Battle of the E-Mail Machines: New Players Bring Diversity and Design Competition Report

Price: $4,950

STARPak - Battle of the E-Mail Machines: New Players Bring Diversity and Design Competition Report

Price: $9,950

• STAR - Battle of the E-Mail Machines: New Players Bring Diversity and Design Competition Report
• Motorola Q Full Teardown Report
• Nokia E61 Full Teardown Report
• RIM BlackBerry 8700c Full Teardown Report

Current channel licensees who seek access to the STAR or STARPAK should contact Portelligent for preferred pricing.

Who Will Benefit from the E-Mail Machines STAR and STARPAK?

The E-Mail Machines STAR and STARPAK will assist in technical and business decisionmaking within firms that are engaged in the cellular phone sector. Among the functions that will find the STAR useful are:

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