New Mobile?

I started my mobile phone life with Siemens C35. This was very short as couple of days and switched to Sony J6 and then Sony T610.

However the switchover to Nokia from Sony happened through 6021. It was very tough to get used to Nokia interface from "so easy to use" Sony interface. But the connectivity of Nokia handset was very good.

I started liking E61 from Nokia. I would say this is the best phone I have used till now. I could upgrade the phone firmware twice without any complications over web. However I should admit that Nokia is very poor in keeping spare parts of their mobiles in India at least. The cracked back cover of E61 could not be replaced till now.

Then switched over to Windows Mobile Imate Jaq 3. Fell for it's similar looks of Nokia E61. However I should say the I-mate service is excellent unlike their products. Got this phone exchanged twice but could not resolve the humming noise during the call. Bought O2 Atom Executive a full touch screen without QWERTY keyboard. Had a great tough time while typing with a tiny stylus. Windows mobiles are battery hoggers. The battery used to get over by 14hrs the max after lot of settings. This was a biggest pain in addition to typing through virtual keyboard. But I have to say this was the fastest phone I have used (524 Mhz). I think my first laptop IBM T20 had a 700MHZ chip.

The touch screen of O2 broke accidentally and lost its charm after replacement. The service for O2 (now MWG) is little tricky, as one has to request them to collect the handset. Then they would return it after repairing.

I was in a fix whether to go for my old lover Sony mobile or rugged friend Nokia or fancy Windows Mobile?

After a long research I found there are lot of new phones that are coming up in another quarter. Went ahead and bought N95 from my friend. It had firmware 12. Upgraded it to firmware 20 then 21 and now V30. Initially I thought this phone is only a multimedia phone. Then I realized except sacrificing my QWERTY keyboard this is a complete phone. I started really loving it.

I can shoot videos of my little daughter. I don’t need to be equipped with fully charged handy-cam every time. Snap 5M pixel photos whenever I like to. Check my office emails with latest "Mail for Exchange 2.7". Use automatic screen orientation to play games.

My next post will be what I am looking for next.