Out with the old, in with the new… June 5, 2007
Posted by James Webster in : gadgets , trackbackA rare bit of gadget news…
I have FINALLY gotten rid of my ancient Nokia 6600 that I purchased four years ago on the last occassion I was living in London. I have just replaced it with a shiny Nokia N95.
I am really impressed so far. In case you have been living under a rock and have completely missed the buzz surrounding this phone the highlights are; GSM and 3G mobile network access, 5 megapixel camera + reasonable quality video, Bluetooth, Series 60 OS (which some people love and some hate… I love it), high-resolution screen AND integrated GPS. Also, it doesn’t have nearly big enough a battery to power all that connected goodness however I have yet to really find that an issue. The only time that I have seriously used the GPS I was in a car driving around Wales and could have used a cigarette-lighter adapter to keep the phone charged up. Check out the reviews by Gizmodo, Engadget or All About Symbian’s 5-part monster.
The only real issue I have with it at the moment is that since I purchased it on plan from T-Mobile, the firmware updates do not appear to be forthcoming as quickly (or indeed, at all?) as they do for the completely unlocked phones… the latest firmware upgrade would fix an issue I am having with connecting to a computer-to-computer WiFi network hosted by my MacBook.
The photo quality is pretty good for a phone and gives compact point-and-shoots a run for their money. Here’s a set of photos I took when Trafalagar Square in London was turned into a village green for a couple of days.
T-Mobile’s Web N Walk plan is great as well… I can finally use my phone to access the Internet wherever I want (subject to 3G network coverage) and not worry about quickly exceeding my download limit; 3Gb of mobile downloads is a pretty generous download allowance for mobile browsing.
The integration with online services such as Flickr and Vox is cool. I have authored a couple of posts on my new Vox blog directly from the phone; take a photo, write some text (admittedly a bit painful) and upload. Done!
It looks like Scoble shares my view that the N95 might be better than the iPhone although, damn, it IS sexy.
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