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Last night, Christmas came early to a small corner of West London courtesy of the worlds number one handset manufacturer, Nokia. Whilst the free drinks and canapés were worth the journey from the Mobiles Blog HQ, the real draw was a chance to get hands on with some of Nokia’s upcoming device. Working for Nokia clearly has it’s perks; nearly everyone was sporting a brand newNokia X6!

If possible, the phone actually looks better in the flesh than it does in the gorgeous press photos Nokia pushed out when the device was first announced. The first thing you’ll noticeFor reasons unknown, Nokia have stuck with resistive technology in their recent touchscreen phones but the X6 marks the Finns first release to employ capacitive technology and the phone is all the better for it. While resistive touchscreens have their benefits, the capacitive display found on the X6 is easily Nokia’s best touchscreen to date with levels of responsiveness and sensitivity akin to a certain fruity touchscreen. We only had a limited amount of time with the X6 but first impressions were good. The phone runs on the Symbian operating system and adopts the scrolling contacts bar of the 5530 but puts it on a bigger screen (3.2 inches, 0.3 bigger than the 5530) which helps to give the X6 home screen a more spacious, less cluttered look and feel.

As good as the X6 is, the phone we really wanted to get our hands on was theN900 and as luck would have it, we managed to wrestle one out of the hands of a now disgruntled Nokia rep. If the X6 felt light before, it feels positively minuscule in comparison to the beefy N900. The added weight is definitely a positive as it gives the N900 a more quality feel in hand whilst the sliding mechanism is a flat affair rather than the arc style of the N97 and N97 Mini giving the impression that it will take rigorous use in its stride. The keyboard is also excellent to use as each individual key is nicely rounded and raised enough so that hitting the right one is effortless and there’s also a nice level of tactile feedback.

The most eagerly anticipated feature, oddly for a Nokia device, is the operating system and from our brief playtest, Maemo looks to be deserving of the hype. The aspect of Maemo 5 that most impressed us was the multiple home screens, nothing new in the world of mobile phones (check out the HTC Hero as a good example) but because the N900 does it with the phone held on its side so the screen is in portrait, everything looks nicely spaced out and easily accessible. Flicking between different screens was nice and snappy, in part due to the touchscreen (more on this shortly) and in part due to the powerful processor. As an OS Maemo feels futuristic with slick icons and truly finger friendly user experience. The proof will be in the pudding when we dig much deeper in our full review (watch this space) but for now Maemo has certainly gained another fan.

On to the touchscreen and lets get this off our chest straight away. It’s resistive. We already knew this but we were hoping against hope that Nokia might see sense and sneak a capacitive touchscreen in there before the N900 launches in January. While we won’t hold our breath for that one, we were very surprised and more importantly, hugely impressed with the touchscreen on the N900. Unlike previous Nokia efforts, the N900 doesn’t require excessive pressure, instead responding to light prods and gentle swipes across the screen. The resolution of the screen is also top notch with incredible detail at your finger tips ready to be explored.

Our play with the N900 was cut tragically short when the Nokia rep received an “urgent” call and had to steal the device away but from our brief (far too brief in my opinion) play test, the N900 could be the phone to beat in 2010. Click here to register for updates as we patiently play the waiting game in the run up to a January launch.

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