We've all got our favorite products—especially here in the Gadget Lab. Leander's got, like, a Mac tattoo. McClusky thinks the sun is towed from east to west by a bicycle with a Dura-Ace crankset and Mavic wheels, and Danny friggin lives for anything Hello Kitty. We don't know about Dylan yet because he's new and kinda weird. Me, I'm an unabashed Nokia fanboy. I have been since about a year ago, when I got a sneak peak at the first prototype of the Nokia N95.
You can get in line for your iPhone in 2009 or whenever it comes out, but that shiny scratchmagnet touchscreen holds no allure for me. As far as I'm concerned the N95 is a far superior product. In addition to the usual smartphone capabilities like a calendar and a killer new 3D version of the snake game, it's a multimedia and Web-browsing supergizmo. It packs Wi-Fi and 3.6Mbit/s HSDPA wireless broadband so you can watch important viral videos on its gorgeous 2.5-inch screen. It has built-in stereo speakers and a slick dual-direction slider that exposes the standard keypad on one side and four dedicated media keys on the other. It has a *standard-size *3.5mm headphone jack and supports Bluetooth stereo so you can use whatever headphones you want with it.
It also sports a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with Zeiss optics, and it's a good thing: Our camera ran out of batteries halfway through the unboxing and we took the remaining shots with the N95. Lets see if you can figure out which ones those are. Peep our snaps after the jump, and check back in a week for our full review.
They're running out of room for feature icons on the bottom there.
Actually, yeah, they really kind of do. Except a SIM card, which is fine with me. Like the iPhone, the N95 is pretty spendy ($600), but unlike spawn of Jobs, the N95 is unlocked, so you can use it on whatever GSM service you like.
One of the stereo speakers (left), 3.5mm headphone jack (not at left).
Trick lens cover on the 5-megapixel camera.
Those Finns think of everything! Two-gig card included with your six Benjamins.
Oh no! My camera's battery dies midway through the photo shoot.
To the rescue! The N95's Zeiss optics and 5 megapixel sensor lets me use the Nokia to photograph its own unboxing.
A/V cables, so you can jack your N95 right into a TV or stereo to show videos or play music.
