I had taken backup of my nokia e71 through the Nokia PC Suite and it had stored files in the .nbu [nokia back up] format. I tried searching for some application which would convert .nbu files to the one Samsung supported. The closest application is Noki soft but the free version allows you to export just 50 contacts! The full version is available for $49.5.

I hit bullseye with Nokia NbuExplorer which is available for free! It reads .nbu files and picks up all contacts as well as SMS’s! You can store either one or the entire contact list in .vcf format which you can later easily export it to Samsung phone.

In a couple of minutes i was able to convert all my contacts to .vcf file format and import it to my Samsung phone. It took me a couple of hours hunting for the right software and a couple of minutes to transfer the contacts…

Hope this helps whoever has bought a samsung phone and wants to import his contacts from .nbu file.

Cheers.

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Finally i settled for Samsung C5212. The phone looks smart and has better built quality compared to others… It was easy to set it up… put the 2 sims and it asks you which is going to be the default one. Its easy to change the order whenever you want at the touch of a key… thing i liked was it rebooted itself whenever that was done…

You can have different ringtones for both your numbers… and its easy to browse through the call log or messages and know for which number the call/message was for…

It comes with Samsung PC Studio which is like any other desktop phone app. Some of the things you can do are

• Importing contacts from other phone
• Managing SMS/MMS
• Transferring music/files
• Organiser (Scheduler, Todo, Memos)

I had a tough time importing contacts from my Nokia backup files (.nbu). The scheduler was excellent. was able to fill in some 70 odd entries in a couple of minutes…

The tool box is like a bookmark for all the functionality of the app… Found 3 interesting apps

• Video Convertor (supported formats *.3GP, *.MP4, *.SKM, *.K3G, *.MPEG, *.MPG, *.ASF, *.AVI, *.WMV, *.DIVX)
• Disk Ripper
• Disk Burner

I found the keys a lil hard to type. Getting used to the nuances of the phone was not difficult.

It comes with 2 free games [Canon ball and Freekick], Has an image editor which i thought was a good feature. Voice recorder which can record upto 60minutes or as much as your memory card can support!

Another interesting feature is the Mobile Prayer. You can set what day/time you want the prayer to play… Currently it supports

• Hindu Prarthna
• Christian Prayer
• Islamic Salat
• Sikh Gurbani

The phone comes with a Charger/Data cable/Headset. Hate the fact that it doesnt have the usb charger. Will have to carry this charger everywhere i go.

I havnt bothered with checking the music player. The bluetooth worked fine. The 1.3 mp camera has tons of option to play araound with…

I paid Rs 6990. Too early to give a verdict. If you are using one and have something to add do leave a comment…

Cheers!