29 January 2007

Hands-On the Most Fabulous Jewel In The Smartphones World

FULL REVIEW IS ONLINE NOW

As you may already know I was invited as a guest on the big Nokia lunch event in New York City a few months ago and I am proud to say that I was lucky enough to see the N95 and to be one of the first to get hands on the proto model which has been introduced to a closed group of bloggers and forumers one day before the official release.

Now, a few months later, I am proud, happy and honored to say that I've just get N95 and that I am lucky enough to leave my fingerprints on the this beauty again, before its official shipment and to be among the first in the world who will test it out.

So, what to say after a few minutes? Nothing besides that I am completely speechless, I just cannot find right words or sentences to describe how excited I am at the moment. Putting my impressions on paper under such conditions sounds as the “mission impossible” but I will try to give my best anyway because I know that you are expecting something from Mr. Apoc; so here it is, a short preview of upcoming Nokia beast.

First of all I have to say that this not going to be a regular review, not even hands on preview and I am not going to write one long piece, this is going to be something like various impressions of a power user.

The full, detailed review in Apoc-style will be ready next week; I definitely need some time to test it completely and deeply.

If you have been living in a cave for the last few months you should know that Nokia N95 is the most awesome device which pretends to be a flagship-Nokia-phone for some time, at least until the real N93(i) successor will be released. If you do not believe me, read the specifications overview. It will be enough to realize that.

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PLEASE don’t be hesitate to ask anything

OK, honestly, some features and solutions are not so innovative and will definitely cause a very well known déjà-vu effect, but from the other hand there are some undoubtedly great new features and innovative solutions, stuff like new kind of form factor, actually it is an improved N80 sliding design, with innovative 2-way slide movement; also it is the first Nokia phone that supports HSDPA (also known as 3.5G or TURBO 3G among freaks) with impressive download speeds up to 3.6 Mbps as well as the full GPS support with downloadable maps (free of charge) and last but not least a pretty large 2,6” screen, although its QVGA (240*320) resolution is not as impressive nowadays as it used to be once.

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Furthermore, it contains an impressive 5.0 MPixel camera supported with Carl Zeiss optics, auto focus, mechanical shutter and DVD-like quality video recording. Of course, it features WLAN, 3D stereo speakers, mini-USB connector, 3.5mm mini-jack connector, dedicated music/video buttons as well as dedicated camera buttons, 160 MB of internal storage memory, 64 MB of RAM and a not so impressive BL-5F Battery.

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It also includes a wide range of connectivity support: Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR support, uPnP, infrared, UMTS, GPRS, EDGE and SIP support. All these are becoming even more impressive considering that all mentioned features are packed into relatively small and compact body with size of 99 mm x 20 mm x 53 mm and weight of just 120g. Pretty respectable is not it?

But.. ..

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.:[ Nokia N95 - Technical Specifications ]:.