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Dell dipped its toe back into the mobile device market, after discontinuing the Axim Pocket PC line earlier this year, with the addition of several Nokia smartphones to its commerce site a few weeks ago. You can now add what is perhaps Nokia's most eagerly-awaited recent smartphone after the just released N95, the E90, to that list.

So in addition to the N80, N73, N76, E61i, E61, E65, E50, and (of course) the N95, you can now find Nokia's newest communicator-style model at Dell.com, here. All of these smartphones are unlocked editions, meaning you can use them with most any GSM carrier—T-Mobile and AT&T in the U.S., for example.

Dell lists the E90 for $896, much higher than what AT&T is selling the $499 (4GB) or $599 (5GB) iPhone for. The devices are quite different, however. While the consumer-centric iPhone sports a powerful new mobile phone interface and a number of very attractive and cool features, the E90, which is business-orientated, is more of a full-fledged smartphone.

The E90 is Nokia's first new communicator in a few years, following the aging 9500 and 9300 models. While the smartphone is a Symbian smartphone like past communicators, Nokia ditches the S80 interface for the far more popular S60 platform with this device.

This means, among other things, a far larger swath of third-party software will be available for the E90 than the 9500, for example.

The E90 measures 5.2 x 2.2 x 0.8 inches (132 x 57 x 20 millimeters) and weighs 7.4 ounces (210 grams). That's a little lighter than the largish 9500 and a little heavier than the compact 9300. The E90 is also about as wide as the 9500 but is about as tall and thick as the 9300.

As a quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900) device, the E90 should pretty much get you a signal almost anywhere in the world. There's also GPRS, 2.5G EDGE, 3G UMTS and 3.5G HSPDA data networking. Additional wireless technologies include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with stereo headset support, GPS and even an FM radio.

There's a full keypad along with a 240 x 320 pixel resolution display that you can run software from on the outside—so you can use nearly all the E90's functions with the smartphone closed (unlike previous Nokia communicators), and a full QWERTY thumb-keyboard with a large 800 x 352 pixel resolution screen that supports 16 million colors inside.

The E90 has two cameras, a 3.2 megapixel one with autofocus and flash and a second shooter for video conferencing. It features stereo speakers and a 2.5 millimeter connector for stereo headphones.

There's a microSD slot to add additional storage on top of the device's built-in 128 MB of RAM: It is supposed to ship with a 512 MB microSD card. The E90 sports a USB Mini-B connector to link to a PC at USB 2.0 speeds.

It also includes a text-to-speech reader, the Quickoffice document editor/reader that's compatible with Microsoft Office, a number of personal information management tools, the new Nokia Maps application, a MP3 and AAC audio player, an video player, and a full compliment of messaging and e-mail options.