I thought it looked pretty good too, but I'm going to hold out for an iPhone.

I think it is hard to go past the blackberry curve myself. I got one a few months back and can't believe i waited so long. Vodafone also does $30/month unlimited email for it which is nice.

No expert I, for sure, but the camera capabilities of the Nokia N95 8GB seem so far ahead of anything the iPhone does that I am seriously considering one.
IIRC you are a PC guy/shop .. if one was already heavily into Apple then I'd lean more toward the iPhone ... but it wuld be shifting OS gears as well as phone gears for an Apple-gnorant guy like me.

With your involvement in sports a consideration is that the N95 comes standard with a built-in GPS ... (I believe they have a navigation/get directions directions application built in, but I may be wrong on that), but for a sports guy like you? Easy to use thousands of web sites/free standing analysis programs to track, train and share running, cycling, etc. When you write about making a run somewhere? You could just upload the data and have a complete record including route traveled, times, etc.

Apple hasn't moved into the 21st century on that, yet.

Thanks guys

Yes, the camera and GPS stuff is good and could be the deciding factor.

Cheers

Brendon

I was researching smartphones a while back and found loads of comments relating to the N95. They all mentioned how appallingly bad the battery time was on it.

Maybe they've improved it with this model?

Just my tuppence worth

Hey Brendon -- I reckon with your Perth to Paradise race, the N95 would be ideal.

It has the GPS (no doubt handy), but also pretty decent photo and video, so you could do videos while you go without lugging along a video camera.

Thanks Mark

Yes, the N95 is looking the goods.
For the ride the camera, video and GPS should be a great fit.

Cheers

Brendon