A review.

(GBR) There is only one answer when your current mobile provider offers you the latest Nokia N-series handset as part of a free upgrade—I’ve been playing round with my Nokia N95 8GB for a few weeks now and thought I’d share my adventures in a mini-review.

First the good points:

• capacity beast: 8GB is a lot of space. I have a ton of music, video and pics on there already plus it came bundled with Spiderman 3 (which you can hook up to the TV via the leads it came with);
• 5 megapixel camera: the picture quality superb compared to conventional phone cameras (check out the flickr N95 group for some examples) plus you can also record video at 640×480 resolution, 30 fps;
• double slider design: gives you quick access to controlling your music without opening the full phone;
• wi-fi compatible: surf the web without incurring charges;
• superfast charge: it’s never taken longer than 30mins to charge this bad boy fully up;
• software treats: Flickr compatible, YouTube friendly, Skype (via Fring), accelerometer for fun stuff etc.

And now the bad:

• small keys: there is plenty of redundant space which could’ve been utilised fully;
• not wholly Mac compatible: to upgrade the firmware I have to find PC;
• no external mic: for voice/video interviews this would’ve been awesome;
• browser issues: clunky and not smooth (even using Opera Mini);
• average battery life: says it all;

The pluses certainly outweigh the negatives.

Author: DK - 18/01/08