I always liked my E50, but it was dog-slow, and didn't have good data connectivity (no 3G). It was however almost indestructible and it did the Mail-for-Exchange stuff well enough.
Anyhow, I replaced it with an E65, which I've been really happy with even though I thought I didn't like sliders. The E65 has a bigger screen which is nice for TomTom, and it has 3G & Wireless. It could still be faster though, and I smashed the screen on Saturday.
I kept wishing Nokia would do a Business smartphone (E-series) with the technical features of some of the N-series phones. Enter the E51!
This baby has HSDPA (3.6mbps downloading if your operator supports it (Orange are behind the pack on this I think, T-Mobile are the leaders I think).
It also has more RAM, which is a common Symbian complaint, and a faster processor than most others.
It has 96mb RAM, which leaves 50mb free after the phone is running normally, and a 369MHz processor.
The E65 has 64mb RAM leaving 24mb free, and a 220MHz processor.
The N95, everybody's favourite super gadget, has 64mb RAM leaving 18mb free for applications, and a 332MHz processor. I thought the N95 was nice and fast too.
Interestingly, there's an "N95 3-NAM" listed on the Nokia tech specs website. I wonder if that means "North American Market". It has 128mb RAM anyway. Nice that they fixed the piss poor lack of memory for the yanks..
(tech specs here: http://www.forum.nokia.com/devices/matrix_all_1.html )
Best of all though, carphone warehouse are doing the phone, as an o2 pay-as-you-go deal, for £169 + £10 topup. They say the phone is unlocked to any network. I have a feeling they forgot to add on the VAT, but that's a bargain. It's not listed on their website, or O2's website, but I asked in the Trafford Centre Carphone Warehouse at the weekend, and I just walked into another one on a local industrial estate and have paid for it. It's coming tomrrow.