Nokia announced their N95 converged phone yesterday. The phone, er, multimedia computer (as N is wont to call it) is a nice example of a converged device, combining telephony with a 5 megapixel camera, GPS functionality, a music player, 2.6in QVGA screen, photo and video (30 fps) capability, 160 MB of storage plus a microSD slot and the usual smartphone PDA apps.
Connectivity-wise, the N95 has support for HSDPA, WLAN, EDGE & WCDMA, with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Also comes with a web browser, stereo speakers, 3.5mm jack and a miniUSB connector. Wot!?…No QWERTY keyboard?
Compact & lightweight at 100×53x20 mm and 120 grams, but expensive at $700. The Nokia N95 Data Sheet is available here.
Apple’s forthcoming iPhone can’t hope to out-feature the N95, so it had better out-svelte it…deets at “Apple iPhone to be Cingular-exclusive at launch“…a countervailing opin can be found at “iPhone Rumors“, wherein the author maintains that the iPhone will never be.
It’s what computers have become – the new Nokia N95 - Nokia Press Release, September26,2006
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March 11th, 2007 at 1:38 am
[...] Generalized photog trends include more use of face detection, image stabilization and more & better Megapixels. DPR notes with some irony the attempt by Nokia to con, er convince, visitors that its N95 music-GPS-camera-phone can take pix as well as a real camera. [...]
March 26th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
The N95 has finaly stated to ship here in Europe and hopefully hit stores in the next week, with the 5 megapixel camera and the GPS functionality Nokia are leading the way for others to follow.
Jim
April 30th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Hi, just got the N95 8GB from http://www.allukphonedeals.co.uk/ it has gps built in and so I want to use my copy of tomtom on it. Currently it’s on sd card for my XDA exec. Anyone know how to get it installed and working for my N95?