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So, here's a lighhearted look at the apple iphone vs the nokia n95. It rips of those "Hi, I'm a Mac" & "I'm a PC" ads that are fast becoming ill informed. But I'll save that rant for another day...

Anyway, so before I get accused of being anti-apple, the iPhone is a reasonably good device. But it does have it's downfalls. It has no replaceable battery, no 3g networking, and no 3rd party apps. Keep in mind that I was seriously considering purchasing it's little brother, the iPod Touch, until they ripped out most of it's software, not to mention it's screen issues. To Apple's defense in the later, it appears that this problem may have been recified, and such issues can arise with 1st gen products.

The n95, if you haven't guessed already, has these things. From what I can see, the only downside is that it has significantly smaller space (160mb internal). To compensate for this, though, it has a microSD slot, which means you can have 2gb at a time. Not to mention that you could have a couple of them, if one so wanted, to swap over if needed. Also, it is likely that microSD cards will become larger, and as such allow for more space on the cards.

The n95 also has video out cables packaged in the box, so you can connect it to a tv. The iPhone/iPod Touch on the other hand, has no such feature build in, and requires the purchase of a seperate cable.

To be honest, until I actually saw one today, I thought the iPhone was pretty good. But when you consider that the UK data plans start at 35pounds (roughly $80 to $90 AU) PLUS the purchase of the iPhone, one has to wonder if it is indeed worth it.

The downside to both phones is the poor batery life - only 3hrs talk time each.

To be perfectly honest, I doubt any of this will make a difference, because the iPhone, if it is ever released in Australia, will be with either Telstra or Optus, neither of which have plans that I would exactly call cheap.

So, anyway, enjoy. I might post more links/pics later if I can be bothered - the vid should do for now.