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^{Apple’s iPhone-idea takes market by storm} Nokia N95 compares well with iPhone

Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs drove the market, including investors, to frenzy with his MacWorld iPhone announcement. The actual data that is available right now, however, does not speak of real break through.

Nokia N95 compares quite well iPhone, as does HTC’s Windows Mobile 5 phone.

IPhone is still six month away, at least, and we have only the data that Apple has put out with a warning that technical qualities might change before the device hits the market.

Much of the promise and frenzy has to do with user interface and it is based on a multitouch screen. Apple is known for its interface design but we judge the end result only with final product. As always with interfaces, the proof of the pudding in eating.

Soft keyboard might or might not work well for mobile phone functions; at least it will take quite a bit to get used to for those of us that have used hard keys for years.

Nokia N95 will be available by the end of March and it specs have been published. HTC P3300 is already available.

The table below compares the technical data available of the three devices. The data we have of iPhone is actually quite sketchy. The main differences are in the operating systems, the screens/interfaces, network support and built in GPS-chips.

With N95, which is built on the same platform as N93, we have a fairly good of the screen and interface functions. With iPhone we have trust Jobs and flash-presentations. HTC P3300 is available and anyone can test it.

The big difference might be the fact than N95 is the only 3G-HSDPA device of the three. It has been said that it a 3G phgone is ten times more demanding to design and build than a GSM phone. It that is true, Apple and HTC have their work cut out for them.

Comparing iPhone, N95, HTC P3300 Premium
Phone	Apple iPhone	Nokia N95	P3300 Premium
Screen	3,5”	2,6”	2,8”
Resolution	320x480/160 pixel/inch	240x320/16 mill. colors	240x320/ 65 000 colors
Input method	multi-touch	keyboard	touch screen
Operating system	OS X	Symbian/S60 3.1	Win Mobile 5
Storage	4/8GB	2 GB microSD	microSD-kortti
GSM, 850, 900, 1800, 1900	edge	3g-hsdpa, edge	edge
Other connectivity	wlan b/g, bluetooth 2.0	wlan b/g, bluetooth 2.0, usb	wlan b/g, bluetooth 2.0, usb
Camera	2 megapixels	5 ja 0,1 megapixels	2 megapixels
Talk time	5 h	2h40m/4h	5 h
Dimensions	115x61x11,6 mm	99x53x21 mm	108x58x16,8 mm
Weight	135 grams	120 grams	130 grams
Price EUR	385/460 (USA, + VAT, + Cingular 2yr)	650	730
Availbility	USA June, Eur. Q4, Asia 2008	Q1 2007	available
Other	iPod, iTunes -compatible	30 fps video, gps, fm-radio	fm-radio, gps

Source: Manufacturer’s websites

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• Tipping Nokia N95 (28 Apr 2007)
• Cingular making room for iPhone? (12 Apr 2007)
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