A Cavalcade of Nokias
Just rolled in from this morning’s Nokia event where they unveiled a whole slew of phones. Many of them are retooled versions of the previous N-series – the N80i is an update N80 with better web software and the N91 8GB is an 8GB version of the 4GB N91 – but the rest of the phones are fairly compelling. BTW – Do not ask me what that Nokia car is about as I just took a picture of it and then grabbed a coffee.
This phone includes Nokia Maps and it will come in WCDMA and GSM editions. I see it as being the Nokia that takes off in Asia.
The N95 was a personal favorite, although the N80i is pretty nice – I’m using it now alongside the N80 and they’re essentially the same except for some software changes. The N-series as a whole is fairly strong at this juncture and well worth looking into as an smartphone line. My one pet peeve – no QWERTY keypad on any of these. This isn’t so important when sending messages, et al, but initial set-up of mailboxes and passwords is a bitch when fumbling with a standard keypad.