I would never go back to the two-device solution again as (for once) I am pretty happy with what I have.

I am one of those perverted people who enjoys the iphone’s onscreen keyboard, the SMS app and the ability to use the great email client and safari browser wherever I go, I don’t see what advantage the N82 and the Touch would provide me. I’m currently using the T-Mobile G1 that I got as an upgrade last months. I put the iphone to one side with the intention of selling to raise a bit of cash but I’ve finally decided to sell the G1 instead for a £100 difference in trade-in value.

Don’t mock the iphone if you’ve never owned one, I’ve been guilty of that myself. On both the AAS and Xda Developers sites.

One question, didn’t the small keys of n82 bothered you? I text a lot that’s why i didn’t choose this phone even if it’s more robust than the n95.

Nevertheless, things like lack of autofocus, lack of macro and lack of dedicated shutter button, are what really annoying

I would say that the N95 is just about three times better than the iPhone in the camera department.

“Guys, guys, let’s steer a common sense middle ground here.

The Nokia N82 is just about the best camera phone out there, certainly the best camera SMARTphone. But yes, I agree it’s only equivalent to about a £50 standalone digital camera in ability. HOWEVER, with 5 megapixels and a decent size sensor (low noise) and Xenon flash and focussing down to 6cm, it’s still no slouch and more than good enough for most everyday ad-hoc situations.

Oh and no, I don’t ‘Photoshop’ my N82 photos – the most I ever need to do is crop them slightly for framing and maybe add a little brightness (hey, this is the UK, land of murk and rain and snow!)…”

Agreed. I also find the IQ (image quality) of the N95 pretty adequate for most snaps. Not so with my iPhone 3G (to put it mildly).

Well, it’s not the megapixel count that counts, but the lens / CCD (MOS) quality. I’ve made some direct comparisons of the N95 (camera-wise, the same as the N82) and the iPhone 3G. The N95 is thousands of times better.

See my comprative (!) shots if interested: http://www.smartphonemag.com/iphone/blog/87/ultimate-comparison-iphone-3g-other-mobile-operating-systems-and-devices-part-i

– Nokia N95 for phoning (with call recording – very few other, non-Symbian phones are capable of this; neither the iPhone nor none of the BlackBerries, for example), multimedia (A2DP and strereo speaker music) and camera. For these, it’s by way the best.

– BB 8800 for e-mail and some quick Web browsing via Opera Mini (I do most of my “real” Web browsing on the iPhone). The best for being an e-mailer – much better than either the iPhone or, even worse, the N95. It’s really easy to quickly enter a message on the physical keyboard. Excellent battery life on top of this, even with a constant connection.

– iPhone for gaming and Web browsing.

There were 7 winners this time around, to be clear, only 1 of them is obviously edited. The green stairs shot was edited on the N82 and the black and white photos are simply black and white shots, again, hardly requiring photoshop! If you look at any photographic awards you’ll find that 99% of the winning shots have had some form of post production, why should a camera phone award be any different? It’s not always about science, sometimes it’s about art too.

Any camera with over 1 million pixel resolution is capable of taking a great photo for viewing on screen at a reasonable size. Modern camera phones like the N82 just make it considerably easier to get that capture that great photo.

For the record, I actually quite like the ‘pathetic’ iPhone camera, it’s perfect for quick impressions, as has been ably demonstrated these last couple of days in the UK.

Also, the N82 camera *is* quite amazing for it’s size, but it is outclassed by all but the very cheapest of the cheap Kodak digital cameras. Why anyone would expect anything different is beyond me. I say this not to take anything away from the Silver Snapper – it really is a gem of phone.

The N99 however, will be in a different class entirely. ^_-

Im still on the edge since N97 is just around the corner, but im really leaning towards the iPhone 3G. The reason, well the 3G and then the good video quality over Qik.com.

As for the iPod touch, the price is right but the features just don’t cut it for me.