I’ve acquired these phones over the past four months. From left - Nokia N95 8GB; 3 Skypephone; O2 Cocoon; Cubic Telecom Personal.
The odd one out is the Nokia - that’s my primary phone, the one that comes with my Vodafone deal. I have the other three on loan in order to play with them and perhaps write about them.
I’ve written about the O2 Cocoon but from a design and branding perspective, not a user review.
The phone I’ve written the most about is the 3 Skypephone - actual reviews.
I’ve not yet written a word about the Cubic Telecom phone, received when in Ireland last September, other than referenced in an FIR Interview with Conor O’Neill. I’m still having trouble figuring this phone out in terms of how to properly set it up. It can’t be that difficult really, but it certainly tests my patience.
As for the Nokia, I know more about this phone than any of the others simply because it’s the one I use intensively every day. The only post I’ve written so far is about connecting the phone to a TV to watch a movie. Oh, and updating the firmware.
So I’m wondering when I will write more about these devices. Maybe better still, when I can persuade someone else in the UK to be a guest reviewer and write a review that I’ll post here.
I can take of the Nokia. Any offers on any of the other three, especially the O2 Cocoon and Cubic Telecom? No payment but you’ll be bathed in reviewer glory 
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Marcel de Ruiter 01.13.08 at 9:21 pm
Hi Neville,
Great to have traced your new blog, after reading about it on Twitter. A Technorati search on Neville Hobson did the trick!
Then about the phones: considering Haiku/Twitter getting more popular, don’t you think phones with QWERTY keybords will become more useful? Did you think about buying one of those? Or do you feel 140 characters is do-able on the normal keypad?
Best regards,
Marcel
neville 01.13.08 at 10:11 pm
Glad you found it, Marcel!
The trouble with phones and keyboards is simply one of scale, ie, small. I don’t know anyone who uses his mobile device a lot for writing text content who really is wholly comfortable with it.
I certainly don’t do a great deal of text composing on any phone. I think it’s ok for quick messaging but not as a primary device for email or other text management.
140 characters sounds about right