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Nokia N95

Nokia N95 is the leader of thhe multimedia smartphone line by the company, and also the first HSDPA Nseries device. It represents a double sided slider - that means parts slide in both up and down directions. The smartphone is equipped with a GPS module and 5MP camera. It uses Carl Zeiss optics and allows recording DVD quality video clips (30 fps). Other interesting features include a QVGA display showing 16M colours, stereo loudspeaker, 3.5 mm audio connector and a memory slot for microSD. LAN, EDGE and WCDMA, and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) standards add to HSDPA.

  • Class: smartphone, 3G, multimedia, leader
  • Position in the line: above Nokia N93
  • Rivals: no for the announcement time
  • The price forms 700-750 Euros
  • Description based on official information
  • General features
    • Announced in 2007 , official announcement on the 26 September 2006
    • eGSM 900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2100/HSDPA
    • Battery type 950 mAh Li-Ion (BL-5F)
    • Battery life:
      • talk mode up to 6,5 hours
      • standby mode up to 220 hours
    • High-contrast graphical display, 2.6", 16М colours (TFT), the resolution of 240x320 pixels (QVGA)
    • 5 dimensional navigation button
    • Run by Symbian OS version 9.1 (interface S60 3 edition, FP1)
    • Weight: 120 gramms
    • Dimensions: 99x50x20 mm
  • Memory
    • User memory forms about 160 MB
    • Memory connector for miсroSD
    • You can assign a photo to a number
    • For each name you can store Name and Surname (two lines), Company name, Position, Phone number, Mobile, Fax and E-mail address — totally 8 fields. Add any number of fields.
    • No limit on the number of user groups, a capability to assign a name to several groups at the same time
    • SIM entries are stored separately, so that you can't view them at the same time with the phone's memory
    • Call lists, no limits on the number of entries, all entries have the type specified besides time and duration. Set a storage period for calls in the list (a month by default)
  • Call management, ringing tones
    • Vibracall
    • 64-tones polyphonic call melodies, True Tones, supported formats include AAC, eAAC+, MP3, RealAudio, WAV, NB-AMR, WB-AMR (stereo loudspeaker)
    • Voice dial doesn't depend on the pronounciation, no need in recording tags preliminarily
    • Speakerphone
    • Call duration is shown during a conversation
    • Melody editor, assign melodies to names
  • SMS
    • Predictive call input Т9
    • Message templates (you can change them or add own ones)
    • Sending and receiving graphical messages
    • Concatenated messages
  • Camera
    • Integrated camera 5.0 MP (the maximum resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels)
    • Autofocus
    • Records video clips MPEG4/Н.263 (the maximum resolution of 640x480 pixels)
    • Flash
    • Digital zoom 20x
    • Effects, macromode
    • Frontal CIF-camera for video calls
  • Multimedia
    • Stereo FM-radio, Visual Radio
    • 3.5 mm connector for personal earphones
    • Extra buttons for multimedia control
    • 3GPP Video Streaming
    • RealOne Player: playback of RealMedia and 3GPP-compatible files
    • The player supports the following formats: eAAC+, AAC+, M4A, MPEG-4 ACC LC, LTP, MP3, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, 64 polyphonic MIDI, WMA.
    • Records sound from both linear input and integrated radio
    • Java (MIDP 2.0), 3D API (JSR-184)
    • Themes
  • Connectivity
    • GPS-module, preinstalled application - Maps, provides more than 100 maps
    • WAP 2.0
    • Bluetooth v.2.0 EDR supports A2DP
    • WiFi (802.11 b/g) (UPnP)
    • GPRS class 10
    • EGPRS (Multislot class 32, class B)
    • E-mail protocols: SMTP, POP3, IMAP4 - attachments
    • MMS
    • Synchronization with PC
    • SyncML
    • SMIL
    • PIM-functions
    • IrDA
    • USB 2.0 via miniUSB (USB Mass Storage)
    • MTP - allows synchronization with Windows Media Player
    • PoC or PTT
    • Instant Messaging
    • VideoCall
  • Organizer and extras
    • Image and multimedia may be transmitted to the screen of various gadgets. The cable ends in usual tulip-like connectors. The following standards are supported: PAL, NTSC.
    • User profiles, temporary profile
    • Time, date
    • Calculator, currency converter
    • Stopwatch (up to 20 intermediate values), countdown timer
    • Organizer supports various events, you can set a reminder
    • To-do list
    • Dictaphone
    • Photoalbum - advanced gallery
    • Games

Michail Machnaev (michail.machnaev@mobile-review.com)
Published — 19 October 2006

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