Keith Shirley

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a weak spot for gadgets. Having been disappointed regularly about what’s actually delivered (boo hoo) I tend to try and no longer expect too much. I received a new phone last week from Vodafone – The Nokia N95. I previously had a Motorola A1000 which was in some ways a pretty fantastic phone. Unfortunately Motorola didn’t seem to have done a very good job on the bluetooth as it kept cutting out. As I was doing increased amounts of driving – losing the connection to the hands free kit was getting very annoying. When I moved to Vista and the sync functions would no longer work I knew that the days of my battered A1000 were coming to an end.

My first impressions of the N95 are good. I knew that the battery life was going to be short – but come on – it’s basically a mini PC. At least the battery recharges quickly. Most likely I’ll just buy a spare battery like I did for the old phone. Now I’ve got to figure out which apps I really want on there – I’ll keep you posted.