The much rumored Nokia E63 has been made official with Nokia today releasing a press release and yesterday sending out pre-production models to a few select bloggers. The handset / messaging device features a QWERTY keypad, WiFi and surprisingly, a pre-tax and subsidy price of only €199 ($258).

The E63 will come in two delicious colors; ruby red or ultramarine blue and will include 1GB of online file storage on Nokia’s Ovi. The handset will also include the personal / business mode switching ability seen on the E71, which apparently has been very well received. The two modes enable better management of day-to-day and business tasks by keeping them separate, switching between them with just one single key press.

The device will feature a standard 3.5mm headphone jack (you don’t need special headphones for a proprietary socket), a 2.0 megapixel camera (though sadly, fixed focus), 320 x 240 pixel display, quad-band GSM / EDGE, Bluetooth, microSD slot and 110MB of internal memory. The dimensions are 113mm (4.45″) x 59mm (2.32″) x 13mm (0.51″) with a weight of 126g (4.44 ounces). The E63 will be shipping in the next couple of weeks, but to where, is as yet unknown.

For further reading, check out Rob’s Digital Life, who was lucky enough to receive one of these gems and has delved into the software side with screenshots. Plus, World of Nokia got one too and have done some side-by-side comparisons with the E71.

Sources:
Nokia’s Press Release via Engadget