The Nokia E75 is the next Nok to get the big launch treatment. It’s not been given an official launch date yet but it’s already up for pre-order on Nokia Online, so could be any time soon.

So, it comes as no surprise that the Nokia E75 has been getting a hands-on from a number of top Nok-heads of late. Join us as we take a look at a couple of opposing views on what could well be one of the hotly debated Nokia devices of the year.

The Nokia E75 has split opinion about it design ever since it was first leaked. It’s the Nokia S60 device that likes to do things a little differently. For starters, colour plays a major part – it’ll be on office in blue and red rather than just business grey.

Then there is the side slider keyboard, which we think makes the most of the limited space but whether it’ll appeal to the mass market is still to be seen.

Over the weekend, a couple of good people got to write up their first impressions of life with the Nokia E75. The guys over at ZOMG it’s CF had a good 24 hours with the device and posted up some good pictures and a very detailed write-up.

A couple of key points we liked, concerned the aforementioned keyboard, ‘The Slide-Out QWERTY Keyboard has a huge WOW factor to it, and impressed a lot of people. Has a nice rubberized feel to it, which prevents you from sliding onto adjacent keys. Keys take getting used to, though.’

It’s always good to see someone talking about the interface and any changes that are made to the actual software. So, we particularly liked ‘The E75’s improved Homescreen allows Ovi Contacts to be used as a Plugin, so it can be used along with other plugins all together in one Homescreen.’

An interesting point made is that the E75 doesn’t seem a natural upgrade for current Nokia E71 users. It’s a great round-up of Day One with the Nokia E75 and well worth a read.

The Symbian Guru is someone else who managed to get a hands-on up over the weekend. Referring to the keyboard, he says, ‘This is a production unit, and I’m pleased to find that the slide mechanism is rock solid’. He goes on to say of the keys themselves, ‘The T9 keyboard is nice, but I still prefer the Nokia N79’s, as the E75 numeric keypad is slightly mushy.’

There are some interesting points, largely that the new interface isn’t as intuitive to use as previous versions, and that the new Nokia Email client is still buggy as it doesn’t work seamlessly with Active Standby plugin. Hopefully, these issues will be resolved by the time we get our hands on a device.

The Guru ends with ‘I’m still 100% sold on the Nokia E75 as my next personal phone. The battery life is phenomenal, even with a smallish 1000mAh battery.’ Not bad for a device that was still a pre-production sample.