Desperate to see how the long awaited successor to the E61 stacks up in real life? Well, the wait is over.

The canny folk over at Boy Genius Report have managed to get their paws on one and taken it for a full test drive.

You can see everything, including a full menu run down, the snazzy browser with its YouTube zooming tricks, the media playback facilities plus get a look at how it sits next to an iPhone and BlackBerry Curve. You can find the full vid – all 17 minutes of it – embedded below. Stick the kettle on and hit play.