Got a Nokia N82 mobile this week with a ton of features which my ol’ E61i didn’t have. The first thing which struck me was the responsiveness of the OS compared to the E61i. This phone’s got a built-in GPS receiver, a 5MP camera with Xenon flash, 2GB memory card, Wifi, TV out, FM receiver and lots more…

The GPS functionality works well with Google Maps (for mobile) and Nokia Maps. The Nokia maps software even gives you a turn by turn route to your destination. I couldn’t get Google Maps to suggest routes for Bangalore, but the the Nokia Maps software did give pretty decent results. It does miss out and plot a route through the wrong end of some new one-way roads. But it’s not too much of a bother, cos if you take another route, the software recalculates and plots another route for you.

The camera’s pretty good, with the Xenon flash, which is quite powerful. I wouldn’t be giving up my digital camera anytime soon though - cos only digital zoom is available on this mobile.

The price is around Rs. 22,000 here in Bangalore, but you’ll be able to getter a better deal if you hunt around.
One software I love on this phone is Panoman - which is a panorama capture software. I’ll post a few examples of these snaps soon on flickr.