Ten most awaited phones of 2007

1.

Nokia E90

: E90 Communicator, a mini computer with support for Wi-Fi and HSDPA-enhanced 3G with integrated GPS and route mapping.

2.

Nokia N77

: The phone will be able to receive TV signals broadcast in DVB-H (Nokia

In anticipation of the year's biggest launch, we've compiled the N95's essential top 10 features list.

If you'd like to get Mobile Choice's early review of the Nokia N95 (we've been promised a review handset very soon) send us your contact details to huw.morgan@nhmedia.co.uk, headed Nokia N95 review.
If you can't wait that long, check out our essential guide to the Nokia N95's 10 killer features below, based on a preview sample we examined at Mobile Choice HQ recently.

1 Build
For a phone that houses such an all-encompassing feature set, it’s not particularly bulky. The nearest design comparison is its Nseries amigo, the N80 but incredibly it’s not as hefty, despite the extra features. Of course, it’s not going to ultra-slim, but it’s not too inconvenient in the pocket.

2 Dual slide design
The N95 has a unique dual-slide action; push up and a normal keypad is revealed, push down and a shelf fitted with music controls appears. The skater action is slicker than the stuttering N80 with spring assistance both ways. It’s very reminiscent to the 6280 in that respect.

3 Connection charge
The N95 is overrun with connectivity options. Read them and weep: HSDPA, Wi-FI, Bluetooth, USB, A2DP support for wireless music streaming in stereo and Nokia’s Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) technology to hook up to your wirelessly connected home.

4 Download daddy
HSDPA capabilities means the N95, on a good day, can download just over four times faster than 3G. The speeds of 1.8Mbps sees web pages appear almost instant while a 4MB full track can hit the handset is under three seconds.

5 Powerful high-spec camera
The Carl Zeiss crafted five-megapixel camera is protected by a lens cap with a switch opening mechanism. Its shoots in a 2592x1944 pixel resolution with autofocus and a proper xenon flash. The pictures served up by our review sample displayed sharp detail and strong colour rendering.

6 Keypad capers
The N80’s top line of keys were too close to the lip of the front fascia, making it awkward to press. The N95 has remedied this by allowing more space and it’s a responsive and well-sized keypad.

7 It’s a wrap
Like its N93 counterpart, the N95 shoots video in VGA -quality (640x320 pixel resolution) at 30fps, proclaimed by Nokia as DVD standard. It’s not but you’ll still be impressed with the performance that’s almost judder free.

8 GPS
Built-in GPS turns the N95 into a sat nav system with software and maps for country, region and the world on offer. Nokia has promised 15 million point of interest in over 100 countries.

9 Screen dream
It doesn’t match the N80 or E60 for resolution stakes but the QVGA-quality screen but it casts 16-million colours. The large 2.6-inch display is stunning with vivid hues and crisp detail. Good for full-internet browsing.

10 Memory
The 120MB of internal memory is generous helping, backed up by a side-mounted microSD card slot. A 128MB card supplied for starters.

As you may have already heard Nokia started shipping its first GPS integrated Nseries phone N95. We’re not sure if the N95 will fly off the shelves with its 550 euro price tag but it may well be worth the price if it does a decent job at all (or most) of its features. (…)The Nokia N95 is also a personal navigation device. It has an integrated GPS chip inside. It comes with maps of 150 major cities around the world and you can add more from smart2go, a service launched by Nokia earlier this year. To compare the value of the GPS system included in N95, you can compare it with maybe Mio H610 or Pocket LOOX N100 since they have a similar screen size. These devices range from upper $300’s to $500. But you’re not getting anything decent for less than $300.

We’re not sure what brand of GPS chip Nokia put inside N95, but the fact that it is hidden underneath a layer of plastic is going to increase its time-to-first-fix. It may take upto a minute or even more. However once that’s done it should be good. And if you’re not happy with the navigation software you can install a new one yourself or just point your browser to Google Maps which loads the maps and the directions in real time, including live traffic info. What else are you going to use that 3Mbps download speed anyways?

So if you add all that money spent on separate devices (…) it costs a lot more than the price of an Nokia N95. Yes we know our math and logic was extremely fuzzy but we just wanted to give you an idea. We think the N95 is a good deal. While Europeans can enjoy N95 starting this week, us North Americans will have to wait.

So we've been sitting on this whole E90 controversy for a few days here, trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. Fact is, a part of us is hoping that we can will an HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900-sporting Nokia E90 into existence, but we shouldn't have to; the need for firms like Nokia and Sony Ericsson to wake up and spend the extra few bucks to shove global 3G radios into every last one of their phones is painfully obvious. Anyway, numerous readers have pointed out that the document in the E90's FCC filing referencing WCDMA on the 850, 1700, and 1900MHz bands is merely pointing out (for no good reason, may we add) the FCC's own radiation limits on those bands, and is probably not indicative of what bands are present within any particular device. We personally wouldn't think the FCC needs to be reminded of those limits in a test report, but perhaps we'll let the technicians be technicians here and we'll stick to our writin' gig. If y'all hear any good news about Nokia coming to its senses on this one, please be pals and pass on the good news -- but in the meantime, we'll go back to our 3G bellyaching.

Nokia E65 is a definite breakout mobile calling offer and it continues to develop both its presence and its offering. Since its initial beta launch in December 2006, the service has gained customers around the world who are today enjoying free internet calls. The company continues to expand its features and will soon launch a service for mobile internet calls to landlines and GSM lines at market-breaking prices as well as other exciting new features.

"This is within our strategy to release all new mobile phones that allow their owners to route calls via the internet. Our brilliant development team is hard at work on various new and exciting developments. Launching soon, these new developments will also include releases on two more new phones: the Nokia E90 and E61i," says Carl-Johan Grund, co-founder and Vice President of Challenger mobile.