Restoring the contacts in your phone book or contact list is now easy through Google sync ans SIM memory. SMS restoring is an issue I went through recently with my old Nokia 5800Xpress Music when moving to Android.
Text messages on Symbian to XML file format.
• Download and install Nokia Ovi Suite on your laptop.
• Sync the phone with Ovi and completely exit.
• Download Nokia2AndroidSMS.exe [Extract the .rar file]
• Run the application after closing Ovi Suite, wait till it detects your SMS backup. Select Datastore1 in Ovi store & All Phones in Phone IMEI.
You will get an XML file.
Restoring XML file.
• Download and install SMS Backup & Restore application on your phone from Android Market
• Copy the .xml file on your android device, in sdcard\SMSBackupRestore Folder
• Run the SMS Backup & Restore application on your Android device and restore all text messages.