Tomorrow Nokia will announce the Nokia N95 its newest S60 3rd Edition multimedia computer or as Nokia say 'it is what computers have become'. The N95 features an innovative double slide design with multimedia controls and a keypad on opposite end of the phones. The N95 is Nokia's first HSDPA (3.5G) device, but also boasts WiFi, WCDMA, quad-band GSM, Bluetooth, IrDA and USB 2.0 connectivity (via mini USB connector). Other hardware features include a 5 megapixel camera, a built in GPS, TV-Out, 3.5mm audio jack, a MicroSD memory card slot and 150MB of internal memory. At 99mm x 20mm x 53mm (90cc) the N93 packs an impressively amount into a small space. Read on for more details and pictures.
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More or less the same. Not very impressive to me. Only the integrated GPS is a fresh air. Also N81, without photos for now, but with the description from here: http://www.newmobile.nl/eur/en/news.php?news_id=d3f56d, seems an N73 with integrated 10Gb. Better then nothing... Not now, an VGA Screen. Maybe some day🙄
Kudos to AAS for being the first to properly announce details of the N95 (as far as I can see having surfed various mobile websites this evening! - all the rest are rumour at best) - you guys must have some good contacts 😊
This is close to being a dream phone as far as I can see. Relieved to see that you don't list a HDD in the phone. This would be a shame in an otherwise near-perfect spec list, and would only make it heavier and more delicate. Better to have 2 card slots than an HDD if you're hell-bent on more storage, tho of course an 8GB microSD would be good.
Speaking of which, buyers of the N95 might be interested in this product - 4GB in your MicroSD slot, with 8GB on the way...
http://www.usmodular.com/MCE/default//product/2290
What will be cool is in a few years when mass market low end consumer models have this power - the point being the apps that it makes possible. Nokia are absolutely right - it is what computers have become. Which is why Microsoft and the PC are already on the road to oblivion, though few realise it yet.
Looking forward to seeing all the details tomorrow, and developing software for this device!
Alex
phonething.com
You know, that would be a near-perfect layout for any future gaming phone.
It would have the convenience of a vertical layout for calls and writing texts, and the game-friendliness of a horizontal layout for playing games (and of course horizontal is also better for web browsing, watching videos etc).
The multimedia controls on the left side of the screen would complement the d-pad on the right, and work really well in gaming. They probably just need a few more buttons below the multimedia ones, for more complex games.
Even if this model is a bit too expensive for the average gamer, they could use the same design solution on cheaper models too.
NJ7 wrote:
> More or less the same. Not very impressive to me.
Ah. I think you're the man that wants a gold plated mobile with holographic projection, 2 TB storage, and is an interplanetary communicator and teleporter, all for £9.99 😉
No, the N95 only blows away every other mobile west of Asia (and a lot within it). That's not impressive at all 😉
Interesting thing on the link NJ7 gave, it seems one of these new Nseries is Nokia's answer to the RAZR (it looks very similar indeed if that's an accurate photo). I'd just been wondering if they'd do one in the 5500 review, as they've clearly managed to get the S60 hardware down to a much smaller size.
An ABSOLUTELY amazing spec list, in particular for the size of the phone! My pretty much only concern is battery life at this point. 😊 The slider quality may also be an issue, but I gather Nokia must be getting better with that little by little...
Check out that feature list. Not too long ago this sort of stuff was a thing of jokes. Soon we will be able toast bread(through WiFi)
Love to have this but i will be able to live with the N80 (hopefully). :tongue:
Any news yet on whether it supports tri-band UMTS/HSDPA like some of the newer Windows Mobile devices, or if it still only supports the 2100 band? It is quad-band though, so I guess us North Americans got some love 😊.
Official Nokia sites for the N95 & N75...
Nokia N95
Nokia N75
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Wow, looking at the features, this seems like a PERFECT phone. Every feature you can think of its already there HSDPA, wifi, 3d hardware acceleration, a monstrous 64mb ram, stereo speakers, radio. What more could you ask for? Only question left in my mind is Nokia always leaves their phones just one feature short, to make sure people buy newer phones. What could be missing in this one?
Hardeep1singh wrote:Only question left in my mind is Nokia always leaves their phones just one feature short, to make sure people buy newer phones. What could be missing in this one?
VGA screen, touchscreen and qwerty keyboard.
Granted though, if the build quality is good enough and the firmware more polished than what we've had so far on 3rd edition phone, this certainly will be the ultimate multimedia phone. (EDIT: for the next 6 months that is but since it won't be released before at least 6 months then scrap that, it won't be the ultimate multimedia phone 😊.
elp wrote:VGA screen, touchscreen and qwerty keyboard.
Why qwerty keyboard?! Writing the current way is much faster... A bit slow at first, though 😉
qwerty keyboard or T9 is really a matter of personnal preference. Some couldn't live without a qwerty keyboard while others do not see the point. Before buying an E61 2 months ago, i was happily using T9 and it was fine for writing short SMS or even emails. But T9 really is a chore when it somes to typing various punctuation caracters, server addresses, urls, email addresses, unusual names, taking a quick note of a device model number etc. You have to revert to ABC mode for that. After having tasted the joys of a qwerty keyboard, i now know that i'll never go back to a numeric keypad. But as i said, it really is a matter of personnal preference.
elp wrote:VGA screen, touchscreen and qwerty keyboard. Granted though, if the build quality is good enough and the firmware more polished than what we've had so far on 3rd edition phone, this certainly will be the ultimate multimedia phone. (EDIT: for the next 6 months that is but since it won't be released before at least 6 months then scrap that, it won't be the ultimate multimedia phone 😊.
Agree "elp"! Is more or less the same taste...
Not VGA Screen, but Sharp have 904 have it an year ago, no touchscreen (but Psion have a years ago) no qwerty keyboard like HTH TyTn...:frown: More or less the same, why:con?
It's only 2100 band for WCDMA, plus quad-band GSM.
And just a small note to editors: S60 3rd Edition, FP1 runs Symbian OS 9.2, not 9.3.
Agree to the "what computers have become" slogan, but why then don't they also directly write about the more specific hardware details like CPU version and MHz?
In the windows mobile/HTC world that's standard specs, but for some reason when it comes to symbian smartphones I find these details hidden in some review - if I'm lucky. I know MHz between Symbian and WM or different handheld processors don't always compare well, but it's still info I'd want up front if I bought a PC. For instance, does N95 use the same arm-cpu like the N93 and if so at what speed?
Very very nice spec, but I cant help notice how tacky the the phone looks. The plastic look is not very appealing. It's Nokia's flagship phone... they should do better! However I would still buy this phone 😃.
To all those requesting higher specs/more features - remember every phone has to make a good business case, both for itself and it's effects on other models in Nokia's range. I would love touch screen too, etc. but the cost would start climbing rapidly above what would give Nokia a good return on the product. It would also be overcompetitive (from Nokia's point of view) with other brands, and probably step on the toes of the phones that are still in Nokia's labs (and who wouldn't love to see there!?). Touch screen would also add weight and size and reduce battery life - over the current spec - so someone needed to make the choice and they did. A keyboard is just a daft suggestion - PDAs are a nearly dead breed - anyone that wants a qwerty keyboard needs to lay their hands on a bluetooth foldable job, or for something tiny, check out the "Freedom Mini" - qwerty, BT and credit card sized.
Those who want an even more 'dream' phone than the N95 should take heart from the developments going on with Mobile Linux. This opens the door to more manufacturers and customised developments and will increase competition - and thus tech specs. I'd lay bets on the up and coming economic powerhouses in the Far East (e.g. China etc.) getting into this field and aiming to compete with Nokia.
Alex
phonething.com
I am not certain how much base RAM the N93 has but free RAM has been a problem. Is Symbian 9.3 more efficient in terms of RAM usage and therefore Nokia feel 64MB RAM in total will allow the user to make use of this powerhouse of a device?
Apparently the CPU speed is higher than that in the (already speedy) N93. This, from the Nokia UK manager's lips.
It would be a waste of time asknig about free RAM though - Nokia seem utterly clueless about what RAM does. Which makes it not insurprising that their models end up with less of the stuff than is really needed.
I was trying to zoom into a photo to demo a freshly booted N93 yesterday. I couldn't get beyond 50% without hitting the buffers and Gallery crashing. It's just not good enough.
RAM management on v2 firmware, as on the E61 and E70 is better, but I still hit limits more often than I'd like. All S60 3rd Edition devices should really come with at least another 32MB of RAM. I can't believe it would cost Nokia more than a few dollars per device and would have saved them a HUGE amount of R&D in terms of trying to work round the RAM paucity in software.
Somehow I don't think the N95 will be any better 8-(((((
Steve Litchfield
I hope that it is not still this "what computers have become" - limitation of screen and RAM!
Absolutely fantastic sounding feature set, although I agree with the comments about VGA - QVGA is SO yesterdays screen. But the big issue, 950 mAh battery????? That has got to be a joke? And like steve says, give the cost of RAM why not put 128Mb in there?
ajck wrote: A keyboard is just a daft suggestion - PDAs are a nearly dead breed - anyone that wants a qwerty keyboard needs to lay their hands on a bluetooth foldable job, or for something tiny, check out the "Freedom Mini" - qwerty, BT and credit card sized.
A keyboard in a mutimedia smartphone would indeed not be that essential but i was just answering the "Is there something that the N95 doesn't have?" question.
In general though, i think that a built-in qwerty keyboard is far from being a daft idea. T9 just isn't good enough for more than typing short SMS and email messages so until we manage to find a more suitable input method for mobile devices a qwerty keyboard is required for any serious smarphone user.
When i bought my Sendo X (which has just a numeric keypad) I also bought its foldable keyboard thinking that i'd use it all the time. It turned out that i almost never used it. It's small and light compared to a real keyboard but still far to large and heavy to carry with you all the time. So it always stayed at home. And even when i wanted to write a note or SMS at home, I often used T9 instead of the keyboard because using the keyboard would mean sitting at my desk, unfolding the the keyboard, connecting the phone to the keyboard and only then start typing. It's just too cumbersome.
I've had a look at the Freedom Mini you mentionned but i'm not impressed at all. Why would i want to carry a separate thumbboard when i could have one built-in my phone? Plus, judging from the reviews i've read, it looks like this thing would drive me nuts in no time. You can't simply start typing away on the keyboard, you first have to switch on bluetooth (then remember to switch it off at the end since i don't use bluetoth otherwise), then type a caracter, then wait for the connection to be established then and only then you can start typing. The '.' and ',' caracters are not directly accessible, you need to press and hold the shift key to enter an upper case letter... No thanks, i don't think that this can replace a built-in qwerty keyboard that always there when you need it.
Dr, Who? wrote: And like steve says, give the cost of RAM why not put 128Mb in there?
We don't even know yet how much RAM this device will have so there's no point complaining about that yet. Plus the RAM they put in smarpthones is probably not the same type of RAM you've got in your PC. I don't have any idea of the prices but smarpthone RAM is probably a lot more expensive than PC RAM.
Absolutely LOVING the qwerty on my HTC Hermes. If you are serious about emailing from a phone it is, IMHO, essential. I prefer to carry my over large phone than a normal sized phone and external keyboard. Horses for courses though, I suppose.
I think about battery and RAM. Battery is a serious issue... Without "juice" - no phone at all! And after that, RAM. A good specification list, coul became a demo device and not a real world use device.:frown:
There is about 160MB of shared RAM, depends on the pre-installed apps etc. how much there is free to use.