I really like the direction they are heading in with these boxes.

You are missing the point adamY, apple cant sue, they were not the first to the market with a touch screen phone, and they do not own touch screen technology.

They simply used an available technology in one of their devices. It would be like them taking Toshiba to court for having an LCD on its laptop..

So dont worry, the little IP in the iPhone product ie the software is protected. So you can sleep easier tonight.

Meanwhile, creative losses sleep over apples blatant rip off of their IP..

Grow up..

I cant even think of one hardware feature of the iPhone that could even remotely be classed as apples intellectual property, the most unique feature of the iPhone is its tilt sensors, Other than that, been there done that..

If something like a touch screen exists then people are free to use it however they want.. How that rips apple off i don't know, I mean apple wasn't even first to the table with a touch screen phone.

With that said, i will always think these things are aimed at the britney spears of the world, and will always give them a miss.

Im a big fan of SE phones, but i always thought it was them chasing Nokia, not the other way around..

Nokia have been constantly pushing forward in every department, Better cameras, screens, gaming, multimedia.

I mean nokia have been around since text only screens.

Sony added a bunch of their other technology to cameras to try catch up with Nokia, Bravia screens, Cybershot cameras, and some of their mp3 wizardry.

I think a lot of symbian phones can play n-gage games, I used to play them on my 6600, It was a big underground hacking thing back in the day.

Its seemed pretty obvious to me at least that an n-gage phone would come along that was more like a phone and less like an n-gage gaming machine. So i dont see how its a rip off of any company at all.

Ill take a Nokia or a Sony Ericsson phone for free any day of the week, and be over the moon about it. Both make good phones, and i hope they keep pushing each other. This phone will just raise the stakes for the ps phone, nothing wrong with that.

It seems quite expensive for what it is..

Though I can see a lot of useful functionality from a system like this.

I would personally recommend the N73 music edition to anyone looking for a new phone, It doesnt have the GPS but that can be added on (with a better chipset than the N95)..

You can add tomtom go mobile to it, so you wont need a conection to look at maps (like you would with google maps), the maps will be on the phone, You will be able to listen to your music, it has a good camera, You will be able to install msn live, gmail, or indeed google maps if you prefer, whatever you want on it.

Its also not the top model so is a bit cheaper, however it is new enough to look impressive, and it will look impressive enough for about another year and half i would think.

Saying that, I have never needed a qwerty keyboard on a mobile device.

I usually bounce between Nokia, Samsung, and sony ericsson.. I find them all to have their benefits, and can understand the allure between people liking different operating systems, and brands.

I have gmail on my Nokia, sure its a 3rd party app, but it works pretty good, i havent used it but i know you can get a google calendar app too, msn, skype, yahoo, well whatever, i even installed tom tom gps on it, 30 euro gps receiver in the car, and i can boot it up when im out driving, works a treat.

I have yet to see the allure of the iPhone.. Just like i cant see the allure of a gPhone, not unless its cheaper and gives me all the things i have become accustomed to.

I dont think the idea of the lanes is there to tell you what one you are in, but what one you SHOULD be in, Like stay in the middle lane, youre going straight ahead the right lane is for turning right and left one for turning left..

On some roads it can be a bit confusing, A road beside me, you stay in the left lane to go straight on, then at the next set of traffic lights, literally a football field away you have to get into the right lane to keep going straight on.

If you were from out of town, you would probably stay in the left lane and be forced to turn left, and that takes you on a 2 or 3 mile detour.

Also because there is so much traffic, you can rarely see the ground markings telling you which lane youre supposed to be in..

So i think its a good idea.. and can imagine plenty of times when it would save you a bit of time.

Ditch the speakers, stick on a headphone jack, and an fm transmitter so the audio can be routed through the car speakers, and an fm radio, so you can listen to the radio through it or whatever you want..

and it would be perfection.

I always wondered why they never implemented something like this sooner, should be interesting.