Nokia N95 and Hajj

As mentioned in my earler post , the only piece of tech I took with me on Hajj was my Nokia N958gb , on my previous trips to Fareast etc. , my tech gear consisted of my N73 , Bluetooth GPS , Canon PowerShot A620 now replaced by Olympus 550uz , and my laptop now it's all have shrunk into one device .
During the trip my phone was my Concierge by telling me what's near me using nokia Maps , where I'm standing and how far my destination is , I preloaded Saudi Arabia maps on Nokia maps application and marked my residence in Azizia / Makkah area and my tent at Mina and only used to show the red dot on Nokia Navigation software to the Taxi Diver for him to take me to my residence . In Madina , it helped me finding the Shopping Malls and also nice eating places , tried using it during Tawaff in Makkah but GPS didn't caught on .

Phone also became my Camera as evident from my Flickr photo Stream and some of the photos could be compared to the mid end cameras i used to carry .

It was also my laptop , used it to check on emails and run my business through gmail application

It also acted as my spiritual guide with Quran , Azkar , Sahih Bukahri and other religious books stored in the memory

It acted as a record keeper , used it to record the Biyanat we were given during Haj

Over all it covered all aspects of my life , of course I had 3 g connection by Mobily / Etisalat ( net usage costed me an arm and leg but the speed was worth it )