After the cruel end of my Nokia 3230, I planned for an iPhone a few months back, but Apple’s poor strategy in the Indian market caused it to lose ground. The very high price (31k Rs or $750) and limited features diverted my attention elsewhere. I was using a Motorola C140 — this basic handset turned me away from the Moto brand. Its hardware was so cheap that barely 15 minutes of talk time was enough to give you a headache. Now I can yell “Don’t use Moto!” — I have a Nokia N82 :P.
Sony Ericsson was another better option, but the poor service of Sony Ericsson in Nagpur (as seen with Paras’s K550i) — the service people were the worst I’ve ever seen. Other brands like HTC, O2, and BlackBerry — I’ve hardly seen a support centre for them — and the cost relative to features is pretty steep.
Last came Nokia (back to the same Nokia). Competition was still there between the N95 and N82. The Xenon flash of the N82 impressed me a lot. Here is a snap of my handset:
Images are really of poor quality since they were taken from my web cam.
Finally a 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, N-Gage game support, dual speakers, a great flash, and not least a Symbian OS — this is surely going to take me back to learning Python. So it’s pretty safe to assume that my blog is going to fill up with Python and new Symbian tips and tricks soon.