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Comments: DVB-H isn't expected in Australia for years. There is no spectrum allocated, no licences have been issued, there isn't even a regulatory framework for it yet. Why give an extra tick to the iphone?

You gave itunes a tick and Nokia Media the thumb down but the n95/6 can play MP3, WMA, RealAudio, SP-MIDI, AAC+, eAAC+, MIDI, AMR, M4A and True Tones whereas iphone can only support MP3, AIFF, WAV, MPEG-4, AAC. Windows itunes can convert wma but not the drm protected type you get from Bigpond's music library. Plus with third party support there are many free codecs you can get so I'd say Nokia is the winner on this.

The iphone lacks Microsoft Exchange server synchronisation. Office email attachments anyone? Who uses yahoo mail anyway? Most emails read well in text, it's generally spam and annoying borders that use HTML. I'd say the Nokia wins on emails.

Proximity sensor is only necessary when you have a touch screen so your face doesn't hang up on the call. I wouldn't say it's a feature that you can compare and award a point.

Do people use really use flickr?

I don't think the iphone will be locked to a carrier in Australia because of our competition laws.

You didn't compare SIZE. I've spoken to some people who have held the iphone and they said it's too big for their pockets. I would probably carry it or put it in a bag but it's still a valid comparison point, the thing is huge.

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