1. Is the camera better than the iPhone 5?
2. How does it actually feel in the hand?
3. is the keyboard any good?
4. how is IE?? Thanks!
1. I would say so. Daylight pictures could be better, though I wouldn't say the iPhone 5 WAY outperforms it, but there is a software update supposedly coming anyway. The issue lies in the sharpness of the photos in general. Night shots are the best of any device I have seen by far.
2. It's a bit wide, but that is to be expected. If the N4 doesn't bother you, neither will this. You may notice a weight difference when you first pick it up, or maybe not. It's not something you will likely notice after a while, unless you frequently hop between devices.
3. I think it is fine. There is one annoying issue though: on some words it realizes they are misspelled, underlines them in read, suggests the word you meant to type, but doesn;t auto fix it. It does autofix moth words. So this has me baffled. I asked in the forums but didn't get a really good response. Also, as has been mentioned, no third party keybaords. That's not a big deal to me, so I am not bothered.
4. I think it's great, though tabs are lacking (you can only have six), and there is no quick/intuitive way to load a new one. It is, however, very fast. Loads thing as fast, or faster, than anything else I have ever seen. I have gotten into the habit of loading desktop sites because it is that good. Another drawback of IE is that even though there are tabs, when you switch between them, you are ALWAYS reloading the tab. It doesn't seem to cache the page in memory... ever.