Ewan's well into his long term Nokia N85 review period now, and here he brings us a chatty overview of his experience with its hardware, looking in particular at the OLED screen, the fingerprint-attracting styling and the slightly hit and miss d-pad. Read his N85 review - part 1. Subsequent parts will take a look at some of the newer (FP2) features in S60, the camera and multimedia capabilities.

"Nokia's N85 is a curious beast. The specifications of the device, with a 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss-equipped camera, a super bright and colourful OLED 2.6 inch screen, dual LED flash, Wi-Fi connectivity and MicroSD card support for storage put it squarely in the territory of the top line Nseries devices such as the N96 (and the previous flagship N95 8GB).

Side by side to the N95 8GB, the N85 looks modern, light, svelte, and a touch sexy. Its styling is actually one of the best elements of the device. At no point while looking at the device does it scream 'smartphone' or 'massively complicated' to the user. It has a subtle, understated look that looks perfectly at home on the prow of a yacht on the French Riviera or the dashboard of a Golf GTi, screaming across the roundabouts of Milton Keynes."

Read on