The iPhone does multi task, but only Apple apps will do so unless you jailbreak, for example you can play music whilst surfing the net.
I think a smartphone is wasted on me sometimes. I use the GPS occasionally and the web browser rarely, I do like safari on my ipod touch though. It will all be different when I upgrade from the N95.
I do like the internet radio player and I just found that my ISP has internet radio stations on its freezone so they do not count for my download limit.
I mainly buy phones at this end of the market because I am interested in call quality and reception and the cheap handsets are cheap.
I have set everything up like email and IM so it will all work in an emergency or when I am onsite doing a job.
[QUOTE=ClockworkZombie;435054] The iPhone does multi task, but only Apple apps will do so unless you jailbreak, for example you can play music whilst surfing the net. [QUOTE]
No, the music is the only part that's multitasking on the iPhone, you couldn't surf the web and put GPS on at the same time. You have to jailbreak it for anything close to what we have as given and remember, Jailbreaking iPhones means the terrorists win.
C'mon everyone... it'll take your mind off the scratched lens problem... (blast! didn't mean to mention that) sing up!
"Look into my eyes - you will see
What you mean to me
Search your heart - search your soul
And when you find me there you'll search no more"
The reason that I mentioned this in the first place was that I, and he, were surprised that the iPhone couldn't actually play the song whilst browsing the web he told me (he couldn't get a signal, so couldn't test this) but the N97 could, inspite of the fact that the iPhone has a bigger processor and more RAM.
The main Apple apps will multi task,for example mail will push itself and beep to let you know a new message has arrived while you are playing a game like bookworm by popcap.
I would do some immediate experimenting but I left my touch is at work.
Edit
I have not done the jailbreak as it does everything I want anyway. If I had an iPhone I might do so but I have not felt the need yet. Is there something I am missing by not breaking? Something that makes the user experience so much better?
Just to clarify... I was using Mobbler (internet radio) and the web browser at the same time which is what my friend said the iPhone could not do.
ClockworkZombie wrote:...I mainly buy phones at this end of the market because I am interested in call quality and reception and the cheap handsets are cheap...
the call quality on an iPhone is in a word crap. It has possibly the worst call quality of any phone on the market save those knock-off chinese imports.
spirit44 wrote:Sometimes i do wonder just how completely thick nokia must be, the all they needed to do is produce a phone with n97 spec, with an updated interface,
I think Nokia are limited to what's available from the Symbian S60 OS on the interface?
@[email protected]
I totally agree the iPhone could not do the internet radio at the same time as safari.
@seki
I cannot find the thread but another member I queried yesterday thought the reception quality was only slightly poorer compared to his N97 and the speaker for calls was slightly better.
I find it interesting that two people can have two totally different experiences. I was asking because i may be given an iPhone through work sometime this year, I have only recently purchased my N95 and am very happy with it as it is such an improvement over my N80.
ClockworkZombie wrote:@[email protected]
I totally agree the iPhone could not do the internet radio at the same time as safari. @seki
I cannot find the thread but another member I queried yesterday thought the reception quality was only slightly poorer compared to his N97 and the speaker for calls was slightly better.
I find it interesting that two people can have two totally different experiences. I was asking because i may be given an iPhone through work sometime this year, I have only recently purchased my N95 and am very happy with it as it is such an improvement over my N80.
The N95 is just a fantastic piece of kit, enjoy and congrats on an excellent purchase!
nottmbantam wrote:The N95 is just a fantastic piece of kit, enjoy and congrats on an excellent purchase!
Totally agree. Using my n95 whilst my n97 is off being replaced. It's like an old friend. Except for how I keep forgetting it isn't a touch screen!
It is funny isn't it how capacitance touch screens have introduced a whole new paradigm for UI and control.
I have used resistive screens in the past, maybe the UI was not tweaked, but I never found them compelling enough to switch over.
I was helping a customer with a Sony handycam the other day and couldn't connect it to my computer until he pointed out the touch interface on the display,rather than put the usual array of buttons on the side of the camera Sony added touch instead.
davecozens wrote:Totally agree. Using my n95 whilst my n97 is off being replaced. It's like an old friend. Except for how I keep forgetting it isn't a touch screen!
Oh my god! I did the exact same thing with my N95 as well when I was setting it up for my girlfriend. I kept reaching for the screen and pressing it, only realising just afterwards that it's not a touchscreen. D'oh!
mine is still my primary phone even with the advent of the N85/86 and now N97 .. I have an iPhone to use, but only do so for work purposes ..
v12 of the firmware has improved the N97 somewhat but I've yet to switch to it for day to day use.
Manufacturing ceased in June for the N95 so in Australia at least new models have dropped to half their new price. Second hand models even less. I got lucky and have the N95-3. New models are becoming scarce and you have to look around to find one. I imagine the European market would be different.
With the 16GB Sandisk memory card you can do so much and allegedly the 32GB card will also work when it is released.
[email protected] wrote:I'm a bit confused about that statement of "there's no real difference", as my friend was genuinely impressed with the N97 when I used Mobbler to play music and the web browser simultaneously to find out what was number 1 when his daughter was born.
Music will continue to play in the background on the iPhone when another application (such as the browser) is being used. No quite the same I grant you but sort of multi-tasking.