Thursday, December 6, 2007

Nokia N95 Review - A Review of the Nokia N95 Cellular Phone by Jonathan Baker

The Nokia N95 has been superceded by a newer model, however it has most of the functionality of the newer N95 8GB and may be an excellent buy if a person does not need the features of the newer smartphone.

The Nokia N95 contains the same array of multimedia features of the newer model beginning with the QVGA 240 by 320 pixel color display that utilizes an ambient light detector and presents up to 16 million colors. The 5 mega pixel camera and the integrated GPS mapping functions use the big colorful display to great advantage.

The camera employs Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, 20X digital zoom and an integrated flash. Automatic exposure helps assure great pictures and red-eye reduction is automatic.

The MP3 digital music player incorporates play lists, and an equalizer. Both the MP3 player and the FM radio present very good sound for a device this size: only 2.1 inches high, 0.8 inches deep, and 3.9 inches high. And it weighs only 4.2 ounces.

GPS mapping functions are clear and colorful on the large screen and maps are included for over 100 countries. Restaurants, hotels and other points of interest are included as standard functions and voice guided navigation and city guides can be purchased separately.

An interesting feature is the dual slide function which makes switching between different modes easy. A numeric keypad slides out from the bottom of the smartphone while dedicated media keys slide out from the top. When the media keys are exposed the display automatically switches to landscape mode.

The N95 is a phone, of course, and phone functionality is complete including functions such as vibrate alert, voice dial, voice recorder, speed dial, and speakerphone. Internet browsing is supported and allows zooming out to a full screen view of a page, selection of an area, and then zooming in to the desired detail. Text automatically adjusts to the screen size.

The smartphone operates on WCDMA 850/1900 (HSDPA), and GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1900/1800/1900 MHz. Connectivity is supported via IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, Infrared (IrDA), and Bluetooth wireless interfaces. Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) provides easy interaction with personal computers and the Symbian OS 9.2/Series 60 3.1 Edition operating system supports optional applications.

Although the newer Nokia N95 8GB offers more internal memory which can increase speed and enable operation of additional software applications, people not needing such features should consider the Nokia N95.

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