Nokia road show hits town

The Nokia Nseries road show came to Johannesburg today. The two items they seem to be most proud of at the moment are the N95 and the N76. The N95 has some seriously impressive features, the dual slide handset allows for easy access to many features which helps, especially considering Nokia tend to include as many features as possible in one phone. What really impressed me is that the whole presentation was done through the N95 onto the LCD, video out is a great feature to have on a phone (see picture).

The N76 also got some coverage at the event. There were murmurs in the crowd though – the hushed whispers focused on the fact that the N76 looks exactly like the Motorola Razr. Admittedly there are a lot more features in the N76 but you would expect Nokia to use their own design.

The presentation did reveal one major issue with the cell phone giant – they release so many phones so quickly. If you buy the latest and greatest today it will be yesterday’s news very quickly. Another point brought up at the presentation is the fact that other cell phone makers tend to offer specific features on each of their phones. The customer then has to choose the features they need the most, supposedly making life easier for them. Nokia are obviously taking a totally different approach by including all the multi-media functions they can. With Nokia holding a 50% share of the multi-media market it seems there approach is winning at present.