For a start the unit is remarkably small but yet still manages to include a 2.6" QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) screen, which utilises the dimensions perfectly.

It also has two slide out panels that reveal a keyboard when pushed down and music controls for playback, pause etc when pushed up.

It's also one of the first smartphones to include a Carl Zeiss 5MP camera which has flash support and can take videos at 30fps at 640 x 480. You also have a front mounted camera - that you can switch on the fly - to take images or for making 3G video Calls.

Though it takes some of the best images we have seen from a mobile device its shot time was around 5 seconds to allow for the auto focus technology to take the image properly, however this has supposedly been addressed in the latest firmware fix.

For storage you have 160MB of shared memory to play with which will at least allow you to store a few tunes and what’s even cooler is that the N95 supports album art - makes it easier to search for your music. You can also expand the N95 via a microSD card slot that is located on the side of the phone.

The slide out music keypad also helps when navigating through your tracks and you can plug in normally 3.5" headphones into the device or listen to music via A2DP Bluetooth headphones.

The stereo speakers we must add, complements the screen perfectly when watching videos or listening to music, the quality was excellent and again was the best we have ever heard from a portable device.

Interestingly the headphone jack also acts as a TV-out so you can view your phone on a larger screen and thus navigate to your gallery to view your videos/images at full resolution on your television set.

For connectivity you have the whole set covered with Universal Plug and Play support, Quad-Band GSM, 3G UMTS/HSDPA for fast internet browsing and Dual Wifi.

Though not included in the box you can utilise push email support services but you will have to rely on third party software to help with this.

On the subject of software the Symbian OS is typically the same as most Nokias and is crammed with the same amount of useful utilities and applications, for example Quickoffice is there for viewing Microsoft office style documents, a handy Wifi connection tool which allowed us to connect to our test router in seconds and Nokias web browser which features a handy virtual on-screen pointer to make it easier to navigate full websites.

Of course the most talked about addition to the Nokia N95's armour is the built in GPS receiver which is a handy bonus for those wanting navigation without the hassle of using an external product. However the GPS receiver is a hit and miss affair really as it can take seconds or minutes to acquire your location, but at least Nokia acknowledge this with some improvements that are available on the new firmware update.

Performance was not a problem thanks to its 3D graphics accelerator and 330Mhz processor - games, videos and general use was fast as a result.

Voice calls were fine - when using our Orange sim - both ourselves and our recipient could hear each other clearly and the front camera was also handy when it came to making 3G video calls.

The only real niggle lies with its battery performance, as you can imagine with a device will all this technology its going to drain faster when say using your Wifi connection, but poor battery life seems to plague most Nokia devices we have come across.

As the battery is only 935mAH it will require your mains charger to be handy at most times as you have around 3 hours of talk time (3G) and around 4 hours on GSM.