It’s that time of the year when I go on my annual leave with my wife and kids , last week we hit China savoring Beijing and Shanghai and this time it’s time to discover Malaysia .
The plan is to got o Kualalumpur , Kota Kinabalu , Getting and return home via Dubai ( we need our shopping fix over here ) . Earlier I used ro rely on Guide Books such as Frommers and all to find out what the city has to offer but now I’ve got my Nokia which is better than any Guide Book with plenty of Applications to help me along the way from maps to city guides to what to see and ofcourse Telephony .
The toughest part is to decide which phone I’m going to carry , my current inventory includes N97 mini , N86 8MP , N900 not counting numerous non smart phones I have .
A very tough choice to make as I want the N86 8MP because of it’s camera , shooting at 8 MP with Face Detection , it’s amongst the best there is eliminating the need for me to carry a simple point and shoot , like my Nikon S550 , in my pocket for quick snaps . I also like it’s FM Transmitter so I can listen to my tunes when travelling long distance from KL Airport to Genting Highalnds . and also loved the flexibility of apps Symbian offers.
I want to take the N97 Mini , a decent shooter with 5 MP Camera , a larger screen on which my kids love to play games . What I like most about it is that it does not hang on me and has a decent battery life and I also have some 70 applications installed on it to make my life easier
N900 - every time I touch it , I fell more and more in love with it , although a 5 MP Carl Zeiss shooter , it’s picture quality is marvelous even putting the N86’s 8MPs to shame , the phone has a large 32 GB memory in which I can carry all my music which I can stream through the builtin FM transmitter and also it’s capability to play DIVX movies and show them on screen via TV Out makes it an ideal entertainment device . Although it does not have much to offer in terms of software it still works .
A tough choice indeed , but finally I have to choose 2 out of the three and I choose N97 Mini and N86 8 MP . I had to think rationally instead of emotionally , I can take good pictures from N86 8MP and N97 Mini , Music can be transmitted through N86 8MP . I have my apps on my N97 Mini to make my life easy and OVI Maps work better on both as compared to N900 . So N900 is going in the drawer and N86 8MP into my wife’s purse while N97 Mini will be in my pocket .
Choosing the right phones is the first step , now I’m working on the applications which I’ll need from compasses to maps , travel guides to books I’ll cover it all in my next post My Nokia My Vacations - The Software Selection
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