N95 - Are you satisfied with this one?

On Jul 13, 5:01 am, "Juergen Marciniak" <JuergenMarcin...@T-Online.de>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I gonna get the N95 shortly.
>
> Just want to know what/how your experiences are:
> Are you satisfied with what you have? Is it really the "High End"?
>
> Thx JM

JM

Depends on why you want the phone.

GPS comments you can read above though it should be noted that though
spoken routing has to be bought written routing (on screen) is free.
Routing maps don't cover everywhere either - in my part of world I can
get routing for Australia but only maps, no routing, for New Zealand
for instance.

All very well having multiple applications but very high memory
overhead and quite frankly the battery is lousy. If only using one or
two applications at a time it not too bad.

Be very careful with third party applications if you do get it - don't
be fooled by thinking there are a lot of Symbian programs out there -
only s60 v3 work and not backward compatible so earlier versions no
good. I've had problems with so-called claimed v3 pgms that don't run,
but some do. If the High Speed Data is available then downloads can be
quite quick.

The music functions almost as good as some of the SE W series IMHO.

The camera good for a phone.

I must have thick thumbs as keep hitting the wrong button as some
very close and both the phone call and off button awkwardly positioned
(it is supposed to be a phone afterall) - made even worse if have a
skin case (and by the way you will need protection as it quite a
fragile phone).

Updating firmware and downloading many applications requires a Windoze
computer (so much for Nokia's claim that this is a computer in your
pocket!).

The Contacts part of the PIM is very cumbersome - all very well having
so many fields as options but having to continually press the option
button to ask for more fields when editing Contacts (a bit easier with
a new Contact) is a pain! In fact if inputting many Contacts I would
recommend getting a wireless keyboard (the Nok version of which is
expensive in comparison).

Overall the idea is "High End" but like many Nokias the build quality
(mine bult in China according to the inside decal) and actual
application of the whizz-bang bits leaves a bit to be desired. I have
had Nok Communicators before and replaced them several times under
warranty and it looks like the N95 will be similar (one store I spoke
to recently was reporting a 40% replacement rate on units it sold) but
Nok always been good about getting replacements (tho it is a pain to
have to go thru). Personally I'd go back to SE if they'd produce a
model that did most of what the N95 does but at the moment when it
comes for getting the most bang out of one unit the N95 seems to be
leading the field.

Am I satisfied? Well, I'm not the happiest camper, but I had read
enough before I bought to know that I was getting a few bugs and
deficiencies, so went in with my eyes open, and since my telco
subsidising it the investment was worth it. I generally keep phones
between 1 and 2 years and suspect this one will be closer to just 1
year. I find that you have two choices with phones: wait for something
proven and have it outdated the day you take it out of the shop; or
buy the latest and greatest and hope if will last a while before
becoming obsolete. One thing is for sure, there are thousands of
reviews and comments out on the net about this phone alone - if you
want a talking point it cannot be beaten!

In message <MPG.2101d91fab1ddfe2989850@news-europe.giganews.com>
NightStalker <Nightstalker@somewhere.or.other> wrote:

>However, when it came to actually trying to use the thing as a GPS, it
>was useless. It took several minutes - sometimes over 10 minutes - to
>lock onto a signal. Once it locked on, it worked just fine. But given
>the poor batery life with GPS working full time, the most sensible way
>to use ANY GPS is to turn it on, get a fix, work out where to go next,
>then turn it off again. We're talking about handheld units here, not
>in-car ones which are plugged into the car battery.

There is no real requirement that handheld GPSes suck. The BT-Q818
gives you upwards of 32 hours of real world GPS use, including the power
needed to transmit the GPS signal via Bluetooth to your device.

Lock-in times from a hot start is under a second, from a warm start is
under 30 seconds (which is the worst a phone should ever need to have,
cold starts shouldn't happen since the phone can obtain the time, date,
and relative position on the planet from the cellco)

--
If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?

In article <130l93h6j1ahljadr12kf94jrf2a9vsvpv@4ax.com>,
spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net says...
>
> Lock-in times from a hot start is under a second, from a warm start is
> under 30 seconds (which is the worst a phone should ever need to have,
> cold starts shouldn't happen since the phone can obtain the time, date,
> and relative position on the planet from the cellco)
>
>

Only reporting on what ACTUALLY happens with the N95 - not what OUGHT to
happen.

Also, see my update post above re the firmware update and the new
Assisted GPS.

--

NightStalker

In message <MPG.2105590c3e04f3bd989856@news-europe.giganews.com>
NightStalker <Nightstalker@somewhere.or.other> wrote:

>In article <130l93h6j1ahljadr12kf94jrf2a9vsvpv@4ax.com>,
>spam_narf_spam@crazyhat.net says...
>>
>> Lock-in times from a hot start is under a second, from a warm start is
>> under 30 seconds (which is the worst a phone should ever need to have,
>> cold starts shouldn't happen since the phone can obtain the time, date,
>> and relative position on the planet from the cellco)
>>
>>
>
>Only reporting on what ACTUALLY happens with the N95 - not what OUGHT to
>happen.

I was disputing the "the most sensible way to use ANY GPS" comment you
made, my GPS doesn't have the critical flaw of short battery life you
were attributing to all GPSes.

--
If quitters never win, and winners never quit,
what fool came up with, "Quit while you're ahead"?