Nokia N95

There is no denying, within the Windows Mobile/Smartphone community, Nokia is considered to be something of a bad word. The word itself is often deliberately misspelt.

However with devices such as the Nokia N95 gradually developing more PDA-like features it’s becoming harder to ignore them.

Nokia N95

The Nokia N95 was recently launched and offers functions similar to those that you would expect from a Smartphone but within a Nokia package running Symbian OS 9.2. The N95 is available to buy now from Clove Technology and more operators are offering the device to customers.

With all the advertising for the N95 cropping up all over the place we decided to take a look at one to see what all the fuss is about. Over the next few weeks we shall let you know what we think!

Nokia N95 Specification:

Features:

Quad Band

5 Mega pixel camera

GPS receiver

HSDPA/UMTS

WiFi

Bluetooth

Universal plug and play technology

What’s in the box?

Nokia N95

Nokia Video Connectivity Cable CA-75U

Nokia Connectivity Cable DKE-2

Nokia Stereo Headset HS-45, AD-43

Nokia Battery BL-5F

Nokia UK Charger

Printed Manual

Getting Started CD

Technical

Operating Frequency
WCDMA2100 (HSDPA), EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)

Automatic switching between bands and modes

Memory Functions
Up to 160 MB internal dynamic memory for messages, ringing tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications

Memory card slot supporting up to 2 GB microSD memory cards

Power Management
Battery: Nokia Battery (BL-5F) 950mAH
Talk time: up to 160min (WCDMA), up to 240 min (GSM)

Stand-by time: up to 215 hours (WCDMA), up to 215h (GSM)

Displays
Large 2.6″ QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) TFT display with ambient light detector and up to 16 million colour’s

User Interface
Operating system: S60 software on Symbian OS
Dedicated Media Keys
Multimedia Menu
Active standby screen

Call Management
Contacts: advanced contacts database with support for multiple phone and e-mail details per entry, also supports thumbnail pictures and groups
Speed dialing

Logs: keeps lists of your dialed, received, and missed calls
Automatic redial
Conference call

Voice Features
Speaker independent name dialing (SIND)

Voice commands
Voice recorder
Talking ringtone

Messaging
Text messaging: supports concatenated SMS, picture messaging, SMS distribution list
Multimedia messaging: combine image, video, text, and audio clip and send as MMS to a compatible phone or PC; use MMS to tell your story with a multi-slide presentation
Automatic resizing of your megapixel images to fit MMS (max 300 KB size depending on the network)
Predictive text input: support for all major languages in Europe and Asia-Pacific

Data Transfer
WCDMA 2100 (HSDPA) with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed UL/DL= 384/3.6MB, CS max speed 64kbps)
Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4 kbits/s
EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296 / 177.6 kbits/s

Imaging and Video

Up to 5 megapixel (2592 x 1944 pixels) camera, Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar lens, MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
Direct connection to compatible TV via Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-64U, included in box) or wireless LAN/UPnP
Front camera, CIF (352 x 288) sensor
Video call and video sharing support (WCDMA network services)
Integrated flash
Digital stereo microphone
Flash modes: on, off, automatic, redeye reduction

Mobile Video
Video resolutions: up to VGA (640×480) at 30 fps
Audio recording: AAC stereo
Video file format .mp4 (default), .3gp (for MMS)
White balance: automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
Zoom: Digital up to 10x (VGA up to 4x)

Mobile Photography
Image resolution: up to 5 megapixel: (2592 x 1944 pixels)
Still image file format: JPEG/EXIF
Auto focus
Auto exposure
Zoom: Digital up to 20x (5 megapixel up to 6x)

Music Features

Digital music player – supports MP3/AAC/AAC /eAAC /WMA/M4A with playlists and equalizer.
Integrated handsfree speaker
Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz /76-90MHz)

Dimensions
Length: 99 mm
Width: 53 mm
Thickness : 21 mm

Weight:

120 g