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At first glance the Nokia 9300 is not an attractive cell phone. It is long, thick and heavy but its sleek design somewhat makes up for it. But do not let the looks deceive you, for the features are rich.

This phone is not for the conventional user, and was designed for the business executive in mind. Since the phone is big and heavy to carry it is not ideal to keep it in your pants pockets. This thing is a monster, and is probably only going to be comfortable in a shirt pocket or spare bag.

The mobile has pretty much all the normal functionality of a Nokia phone, but when you open it up, it becomes all of the personal communication device that Nokia likes to push as.

Features

• e-Mail with Attachments
• Java Applications
• Microsoft office Mobile
• Adobe reader
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Many others

While this phone may be a complete communications centre, there are a number of annoying little irritations which crop up when trying to use it.

For instance, there is no backlight for the keypad so using the phone at night is difficult. Another problem is that the phone, because of its size, does not have a vibrate feature. Given its target market this is a serious setback.

The phone has a five way conference call feature, however, does not have an inbuilt WebCam, which in my opinion is pretty pointless. In fact, if you want my opinion, going by Apple’s new Iphone…