Mobile Phone Reviews

Nokia N95 is a Nseries Smart Phone which is based on S60 Platform (which is a set of libraries for smart phones consisting of libraries, multimedia player etc) and Symbian OS Operating system (this OS is designed for Mobile Devices). Being a smart phone and loaded with software it makes it unique among all the N series.

It can be described as phone which gives you 5 Mega Pixel camera, DVD Quality Footage, browsing and GPS mapping. It can be called as complete phone with just one glitch , though its a twin slider the design is not a ground breaking one.

CNET Australia reviews the Nokia N95 8GB and writes, “At the back of the N95 8GB, the fiddly camera cover is gone. The advantage of not having a cover is that you no longer have to worry about the camera accidentally being activated in your pocket, which regularly happened on the original N95.”

CNET UK reviews the Nokia N95 8GB and writes, “At the back of the N95 8GB, the fiddly camera cover is gone. The advantage of not having a cover is that you no longer have to worry about the camera accidentally being activated in your pocket, which regularly happened on the original N95.”

Pocket-lint reviews the Nokia N95GB and writes, “On the back and there have been changes with the camera as well, you still get the 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, but gone is the shutter with the slide cover that many complained opened in your pocket. Now flush with the back of the case, the camera is operated by a dedicated button and software. You still get the MPEG4 VGA video as well as a front camera for video calling.”

The range of connectivity includes GPRS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, with the option to choose which to use when connecting so you can take advantage of local wireless hotspots. Pleasingly, Nokia’s connectivity with the N95 is far more generic, with a mini-USB port for connecting to your PC and a standard 3.5mm jack plug so you can use your own headphones rather than those supplied.

Multimedia playback includes an audio player with support for MP3, AAC and WMA, a stereo FM radio and MP4 video player. These are all fairly nice to use and you’re given just enough options, including an equaliser and visualisations, to suggest that Nokia is taking this sort of thing seriously. There are also stereo speakers either side of the unit that are pretty impressive for something this size, and a video and audio composite cable that’ll allow you to plug the phone directly into a TV or stereo to show off pictures, video or music.

Voice quality was superb. People told me that I sounded very clear and that there was little to no echoing that could be heard. I noticed that voices sounded clear (albeit a bit high in tonal quality). The only nag when not using the headset was the whine from the LCD panel (similar to that which some Palm Treo 650 users have said happens with their devices). It was noticeable, but not annoying. The included stereo headset was good enough for some casual conversations, but picked up too much background noise. While working with my Jawbone Bluetooth headset however, conversations were nice and clear.