Nokia N95 Goodness

I recently replaced my ageing T-Mobile MDA Vario with the new Nokia N95 and can honestly say I’m glad I did. Sure, I could have gone for the upgraded Vario II but I really wasn’t using the whole PDA to it’s full extent and felt that it would be a waste. Besides, there’s not much that a PDA does that the N95 can’t!

My first reason for going for the N95 was the 5 megapixel camera - which is an absolute gem! I’m yet to try it out in a dark room, but outdoors it can’t be beaten! The colours are vibrant and the pictures pretty sharp.

Another reason was the GPS - not that I’ve used it much yet, but at least I’ve downloaded all the UK maps so I can hopefully use them to find out where I am if I happen to get lost.

One surprise was the Lifeblog feature. What this does is it logs the messages and photos you take on the phone and then once sync’d with a PC you can easy track what you’ve been up to. I love it!

Nokia Lifeblog

One other great thing with the N95 is it supports WiFi - so I could sit at home (or anywhere else with wireless access) and surf the net without the hefty download costs.

So if you are due for a new phone - put the N95 on your consideration list!

Update (25 May 2007): To view photos I’ve tagged with Nokia N95 please visit my Flickr page. I’ve also updated the LifeBlog screenshot as it’s changed with version 2.5.

Update (23 May 2007): More useful tips are available from this website.

Update (19 May 2007): Just found a very useful site with lots of useful tips on Lifeblog - It’s called Lifeblog - How to… .

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9 Comments

On May 19, 2007 at 11:13 pm Peter B wrote:

Looks good Neil. Trouble is, I’m stuck with the Motorola RAZR v3 for the time being, at least until my silly mobile phone contract is up. I should’ve went with Nokia in the first place, but was attracted to the ooh aah features of the RAZR.

On May 20, 2007 at 8:09 am Neil wrote:

Peter, I had the Razr 2 phones prior this this Nokia - and chose that for the exact same reasons you did.

Before the Motorola I had 2 Sony Ericssons - so I’ve never really been much of a Nokia fan before this one.

On May 25, 2007 at 7:56 am Barry wrote:

Hey, man. I was thinking about getting one of these but was put off my the 2GB miniSD limit (I’ve had a Sony Ericsson for a while and had 4GB since I got it). Just saw that you can get the 2GB miniSD cards for just more than a tenner though! At that price you can probably take two or three with you. Do you know if you can hot swap them?

Drop me an email, btw - long time no hear…

On May 25, 2007 at 7:00 pm Neil wrote:

Hi Barry!

Not sure about the hot-swapping of cards - only got one 1gb card at the moment, once I get another one I’ll be able to tell whether hot-swapping is possible.

Will drop you an email soon - promise!

On June 1, 2007 at 8:50 pm Helen wrote:

Is the GPS any good? I have been putting off getting one
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He finally managed to convert me to Sony Ericsson but now is again checking out Nokia!

On June 4, 2007 at 6:31 am Neil wrote:

I’ve not really tried out the GPS on the phone. When I do I’ll let you know what it’s like.

On June 24, 2007 at 10:29 am Helen wrote:

Thanks - will be greatly appreciated. I am keen to use fewer seperate devices where possible! :-D

On June 24, 2007 at 12:12 pm Neil wrote:

I tested out the GPS at work the other day (took a walk around the grounds) and it seems to be ok - i.e. the position indicator moved around as I walked. Saying that when I tried to demonstrate it at my brother’s place last weekend it wouldn’t locate our position.

I will try do more tests as and when I get chance to.

On June 25, 2007 at 11:47 pm Helen wrote:

Interesting - thanks for the update :)

Look forward to read about other results.

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