My new N95

I have just acquired a Nokia N95. It cost me around 180? and a contract for 18 months with my present provider (Vodafone). I think it is a good deal as although it is a year old handset, it is still considered one of the best from Nokia. Anyhow, the path to this phone is quite long.

First of all I must declare that I was an Anti-Nokia guy. I do not like the brands that achieve a big market share because they usually have not very good behaviors. This way of thinking was also propelled by a disastrous Nokia 6288 that drove me crazy for a long time, with frequents restarts and things that never worked. Finally, some months ago, I was given a brand new 6120c by my friend. I was skeptical but it was an affordable HSDPA enabled phone and it served as a device for connecting to Internet when traveling with my laptop. I reserved it to this only use, but the continuous problems that the 6288 gave me forced me to start using the 6120c as an everyday phone. Then I discovered the Opera Mini browser, the Symbian s60 OS, the easiness of use... and I became a convert. But, there is always a but, then I spend some holidays in Portlligat and I was take a picture with my feed in the water and my hand in my pocket. The problem was that when I took the hand out of the pocket the 6120c came with it and fall into the Mediterranean...

So, I had to acquire a phone. I am an old user of a Palm Vx. I bought it more than 8 years ago and I have been using it because is the only PDA that I have found reliable and usable. I have tried some Windows-based and they have never convinced me to make the switch. I had and iPhone for some time and although I found it really usable and of a superb design and performance, the fact that it was a proprietary system really dislikes me. So, after the positive feedback from the Symbian S60 and the need to join the PDA into a phone, I decided for the N95 because the affordable price. The only thing that rests unsolved, by the moment, is the text entry question. With the Palm Vx I was used to the graffity writing, so, when I had to enter data I just wrote it down the screen. For longer uses I had a foldable keyboard that was also very helpful. The N95 has not touchscreen and the only fast way to write data is to tap it with the predictive software. Notwithstanding I am trying to get a Bluetooth foldable keyboard for when I am traveling.

I will try to analyze and describe the migration steps in the blog as if it is useful for future users doing the same step.