The E72 was “launched” by Nokia yesterday. The company had issued a press release in this regards.

Espoo, Finland – The highly-anticipated Nokia E72, a device tailor-made for business and personal messaging is now available in stores. To coincide with the arrival of the Nokia E72, Nokia has also released research* revealing that more people rely on email than on traditional phone calls or text messaging when sending and responding to critical information.

Speaking about the research results, Nokia vice president Ukko Lappalainen said, “The research shows that people are spending an average of five full days per year – equivalent to a full work week – responding to emails. Half of us (46 percent) choose email over voice or text to send and receive important information. The Nokia E72 was designed exactly with this kind of person in mind – it allows the owner to be more responsive and communicate how they want, whenever they want and wherever they are.”

The Nokia E72 builds on Nokia’s most successful full QWERTY keyboard Nokia E71. Visually similar to the existing E71, the E72 comes with a higher resolution, 5 megapixel camera while the dimensions remain almost the same. As expected, Nokia’s own e-mail service, Nokia Messaging, comes pre-installed with the E72. It also comes with full IM support with multiple communities support. The full QWERTY keypad makes it a worthy business phone and a fast messaging device as well. The E72 comes with a much sought after 3.5mm audio jack which was missing in the E71. The E72 should also be considerably zippier, thanks to its fast 600Mhz processor which is quite an upgrade over the 369Mhz processor that the E71 came with. Nokia E71, and adds important new functionality such as desktop-like email and chat experiences. Moreover, the latest version of Ovi Maps with A-GPS navigation and compass, an optical navi key and 5 megapixel camera are all packed into the sleek, beautifully-designed handset.