Nokia shows off Nokia E71 in Red and Black for Europe

It looks like Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has pulled the trigger on the All-Black and Red-on-Chrome Nokia E71 variants that we spied late last year at Nokia World 2008. The Nokia E71 leads a double life as a productivity tool for the enterprise market during the day, and a sexy QWERTY smartphone outside corporate environs. The launch of the two new color options for the Nokia E71 highlights the handset’s more-fun-less-business persona.

The Nokia Europe website now shows the Nokia E71 clearly listed as available in White, Silver, Black and Red. Unfortunately for Nokia fans in North America, the Red and Black Nokia E71 variants aren’t up to speed with “NAM” frequency support – the new color offerings are going to be available in Europe until Nokia decides to grace us Yanks with NAM-flavored variants.

We believe the Red and Black Nokia E71 is indeed headed to Yankee shores. The recently released software update for the Nokia E71 (both European and NAM variants) features new themes color-matched to the new Black and Red color options. Of course, we can’t be sure until we get official word out of Espoo.

[Via: Symbian-Guru]