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World’s largest cell phone maker, Nokia is all set to launch a group of E-series enterprise handsets for the US market. It has also plans to launch the top-of-the-range N96 multimedia device soon.

It is expected that Nokia could increase its competitive strength with these new models. The rumors are that Nokia would introduce new E66 and E71 models next week. But company is keeping its hands close to its chest on the different features included in the new gadget. It is expected that both models will have features such as GPS, a 3.2 mega pixel camera and 128 megabytes of memory. The price of E series is not known yet. But market source expects that Nokia would go for competitive pricing for the new model. The Nokia E71 is expected to succeed the E61 and E61i QWERTY smart phones, offering Quad-band GSM and European HSDPA support, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, as well as Nokia Maps 2.0.

Recently demo pages have come up for both of the new E-series devices from Nokia. The E66 will be a slider style handset, while the E71 has a more traditional smart phone style with a full QWERTY keyboard.

Nokia has unveiled the successor of N95, named as N96 in February. N 95 was a top profit generator for the company. It is said that N 96 will come out with 16 gigabytes of internal memory. The retail price of this model is expected to be around 870 USD.