Why did I just take an 18 month contract and a new N95 than wait six months with my Nokia 6630 and get an iPhone on O2?
The primary driver was availability, plus GPS, 3G, a decent camera and the rest (funny mocking ad comparing N95 and iPhone). I've waited through the N70, the N80 (briefly) and the N73 waiting for a phone which can act as a computer, camera and phone in one. I'm interested in how much of my persistence I can manage through my phone. I'm a twitter user and with the N95 I'll become a jaiku user. Then there is fire eagle and getting the flickr client working again on my phone.
The iPhone looks nice, but as willo and Duncan point out it is not without its flaws. Much of the UI strangeness comes from it feeling like an American product, not a European one. SMS is an important part of my life, as is decent 3G access. It seems unlikely that the iPhone will gain either 3G or proper GPS soon. The SMS issues, like only one recipient will be fixed, but the mapping aspect is important.
I lost my phone a while ago and I've not got round to moving the Lumisoft map application to my replacement 6630. I miss it a lot. I'd not realised how much a part of my life it had become for me in London. The N95 promised to offer this for the whole of the UK and potentially the rest of Europe. That is tempting.
Give me 18 months and an improved iPhone and I might be tempted, but for now the open environs of the N95 seem quite tempting, I'll be installing apache and Python soon. I really hope Omni allow S60 access to the rails app in OmniFocus though.
Ooh, do let us know how you get on with it. I really want to upgrade to the Nokia N95, and now that I've had my lovely N73 stolen, I think I just might...
Ah, I truly love mine. Although the GPS is flaky beyond belief. And it is now computery enough that a daily reboot is advisable.
But it, and t-mobile's unlimited internet access, have completely changed how I exist online. Even work's outlook webmail...
Make sure you get the mobile version of The Incredible Machine. Excellent use of a week of being on the tube.