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04/07/09
::Looks at her Moto Q with shameful resentment::
Gah.
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04/08/09
Thanks John. I've only used a few of these apps. OperaMini is excellent on both the N95 and 5800XM. Google Maps, in my opinion works better than Nokia Maps on both of the above mentioned phones at least. It loads up and locks in much faster. I use the Internet Radio app(which is no longer available at Nokia's site for some reason) over Mobbler. Youtube and GMail apps both work great on the N95 however the newest version of the YT ap just released a couple of weeks ago won't even install on the 5800XM. GMail 2.00 works good on the 5800XM. Haven't tried it on the N95 yet (still using version 1.00 on that one).
QuickOffice works similarly on both phones. You can view office files with the free version but you'll need to buy the upgrade in order to edit documents. Another good app is Photo Flow for browsing photos on the 5800XM. By far one of the best apps I use is Handy Shell. It replaces the main active standby screen and has more configuration options than the default standby screen has. It's not a free app but well worth it, especially on the 5800XM since there's more screen real estate to work with. Handy Weather is a separate app with comes free for one year with the purchase of Handy Shell. It's nice having weather updates on the standby screen but not so much that I would have paid for this. Mobile Weather and WeatherBug (available both as a widget for the N95 & a widset for the 5800XM) are two free alternatives which do the job adequately.
There's plenty more freeware to browse from over at Symbian Freak.
04/08/09
I traded in my N95 8GB a while ago for a SE X1, and am so miserable now. :( Symbian, from my personal experience, has been great for me, and even plays nicely with my Mac (using iSync to sync calendar and contact info wirelessly using only bluetooth, and the Nokia Multimedia Transfer Software for the rest)! Depending on what Apple announces about there new iPhone this upcoming summer I may finally be forced to get one, or the forthcoming N97 from Nokia. As of now I'm leaning more towards getting a unlocked N97 and keeping my Tmobile plan, instead of paying through my nose monthly with AT&T for a iPhone...
04/09/09
After the first two days I did not like it. Well, that is to say, I liked everything except for the touchscreen. Now though after a week and a half of use it's grown on me quite a bit. I find that I still like buttons but this is a solid phone. Using the full qwerty is still a challenge because I have big hands. I found going with the T9 keyboard to be easier since that's what I am already used to. I can type without thinking just based on the number of taps to get to the desired character. The 'keys' are bigger so I can fly across them pretty good. I did switch back to the qwerty though to force myself to learn how to use it properly instead of taking the easy way out. I still cheat by typing with one hand which, for me at least is amazingly fast and accurate. I have a few days left so the jury's still out on whether or not I'm keeping it. My only real gripes at this point is that it's a tad small and the camera is nowhere near the quality of my N95 (I can't really consider that to be a gripe though since I knew this was going to be the case before I even bought the phone). I'm sure I will like the N97's physical qwerty over the touchscreen version but I don't know if I'd be any happier since it doesn't appear to be much bigger than the 5800XM.
There's always the E71 though...