My Nokia N95 arrives tomorrow

I heard there is going to be an all-out postal strike starting tomorrow for 3 weeks!!!

You may get the phone tomorrow but — like the ‘prizes’ — you’ll have to wait a month for the battery!

Envious?
Me?

Reasons for getting the Emperor’s New Phone, er, I mean N95:

WiFi…ooops, plenty of other handsets have that – for years in some cases.

OK, must be the 3.5mm headset jack. Hmmm….fancy a bent audio plug?

Safari browser? Flash player? Maps? stereo Bluetooth? available elsewhere.

GPS? only if you plan to spend 4-ish minutes starting up, are OK with standing stock still while it acquires a lock, happy to have the slide open all the time (forget Landscape mode then), and never intend driving under a bridge or through a tunnel, or downtown, or anywhere where there is less visible sky than, say, the Salisbury plains.

Battery life? Better carry a few spares then for the day’s business chap.

Shiny looks? You’ll have lots of chances to show it off while you are waiting for it to reboot, after trying something tricky like receiving an SMS whilst browsing a website.

Estimated ‘Time To Chumpness’ for the N95? 3 months, tops.

My prediction? Prepare to be underwhelmed….

(disclaimer: I’m going off experience of 3 months near-continuous – and initially ecstatic – N95 enforced usage. Couldn’t get back to my N73 with Bluetooth GPS module fast enough. Sorry to be a downer, but if I’d parted with real cash to purchase this phone I’d be using the GPS to locate a nearby clifftop. Luckily my wife would have time to work out why I was unhappy, book therapy and get me well again before I got a meaningful GPS result. And I ain’t alone.)