Snapper <snapper1@y7mail.com> wrote
> Horry wrote

>>>>>> Roddles do you synch the diary etc. back to Outlook on your pc?

>>>>> No, I dont currently.

>>>>> Mainly because most of my Outlook alarms arent any use
>>>>> on the mobile, they are only useful back on the house PC.

>>>>> Havent decided what I will do on that stuff, only had it for a couple of weeks.

>>>> Have you used the inbuilt VOIP client yet?

>>> Nope, not yet.

>> Do you intend to? If you do, I'd be interested in what you think of it.

> Just wondering why he bought this model if it is not going to be used for all of its features.

I'll be using the other features, fuckwit.

> What does the N95 do that's exceptional aside from VOIP and Outlook sync?

Its got a much better camera than most, and I plan to use that
quite a bit, instead of farting around entering data manually,
like when shopping around and checking what is available
from where before I buy by taking a photo of the price tag etc.

It'll also be handy for taking a photo of a part I need to buy etc when it
isnt practical to take that part out with me when buying it in person etc.

The wifi is handy when I want the convenience of something
much more portable than a laptop, which I also have.

The GPS is handy when I dont want to cart the much bigger tomtom around outside the car.

I occasionally need net access when out of the house
and dont want to carry a laptop around to get that.

I use the mobile phone for everything when out of the house, dont use paper lists at all anymore.

I also use the mobile for accessing the home system when I'm out
of the house and want to check something on the home database
that I couldnt anticipate I would need when I left the house etc.

I also wanted something that would do everything I am likely to
want to do on a single device when out of the house, for years.

The main thing it doesnt have is a touch screen.

The iphone was also considered, but its quite limited in quite a few areas,
no user changeable battery, very restricted on what apps it can run, no
integrated GSP, not true 3G, no local warranty support currently, tho its
also got some interesting design ideas. I might get one of them too once
particularly the lack of real 3G is fixed.

I kept putting the N95 off because of its price, it costs more than a low
end laptop, which is pretty stupid in some ways, but I'm rolling in it, so
thats just a theoretical quirk and I eventually decided that I didnt care.