Now using the Nokia N95 and loving it!

May 3, 2007 at 9:17 AM
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I received a Nokia N95 a couple of days ago, courtesy of the Nokia Blogger Relations program and I am simply amazed at everything this device can do. The camera, although higher resolution at 5 megapixels than the N93 is not quite as good optically. The N93 has a 3x optical zoom while the N95 relies solely on digital zoom which is simply inferior.

But the GPS is fantastic, the media playing features are fantastic, and it finally uses a standard 3.5mm jack instead of the pop-port thingie which means I can listen to music and podcasts with my Ultimate Ears super.fi pro 5 earbuds.

More info coming as I get more familiar with this device.

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what is the "Nokia Bloggers Relations Program" and where do I sign up? ;)

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It's a marketing program they've been running for some time that seeds new products for evaluation with prominent bloggers (this Vox blog is just a personal place to mess around - I do my "real" blogging on ZDNet).

You can't sign up. It's an invitation-only program. Sorry.

yeah, I was just kidding :) Enjoy the phone, its awesome.

Wow, more and more people have N95 now.

How do you find the battery Marc?

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Battery life needs work, especially if you use the GPS at all - it chews the battery right up. In general (non-GPS use) I find it OK but I do carry a power adapter with me at all times and am planning on getting both a car charger and extra battery (or two) to make sure I don't get stuck.

Hopefully there's some tuning that can be done via firmware to improve the initial state of things.

For the moment, I will stick with my trusty N93

Having used this device for a while and increasingly as my primary mobile communications device, I can say without reservation that it is one smoking piece of technology. I demo the N95 all the time and people inevitably ask where they can get one. Most are not even put off by the admittedly high price tage beacuse it's such a capable device and they figure out, with little or no prompting from me, that they're essentially getting four (at least) devices in one. A great camera, a media player, a GPS, and a phone/SMS/email device.

Now using the Nokia N95 and loving it!

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