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| Nokia N95 Review - Is This What Computers Have Become? |
| Written by Maxit | |||||||
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Storage The N95's internal storage is 160MB and the storage space is expandable by adding a microSD card. Now, I am the bearer of some bad news for you guys in Europe and Americas. Nokia has decided to keep the costs as low as possible by not providing a microSD card with the phone. Now this is pretty bad considering the fact that a photo shot at full 5MP resolution takes anywhere between 512KB and 1MB and 1 minute of video recorded at 30fps is gonna eat away 25MB!!
Luckily the Asian version I bought came with a 1GB microSD card and at present the highest capacity you can buy is 2GB and is available online for around 70$ after some searching. There is a controversy regarding the microSD cards supported by the N95.
Sandisk is planning to launch 4GB microSDHC (High Capacity) cards later this month and according to Nokia, the phone doesn't support SDHC cards (based on FAT32 filesystem as opposed to FAT12/16 on the current cards). But Sandisk claims that the N95 supports its 4GB cards!! This is something interesting and only time will tell. I will update you as soon as I confirm this. GPS   It takes around 5-10 minutes when in open areas to lock on to the satellites to acquire the position and the phone should be slid up to get the best signal because the receiver is beneath the number pad.  The phone has a Maps application which is basically the Smart2go software developed by gate5. The application is still in beta but there are no real issues with it as far as I knew. There is also a MapLoader software available for PC which can be used to download maps of many countries onto your microSD card and use them with the Maps application. The software however has some serious limitations. Maps cannot be downloaded at speed greater than 5KB/s. I took me more than an hour to download a 10MB map! I hope Nokia looks into this issue and fixes it very soon. The maps are also marked with a lot of points of interests including airports, restaurants, shopping malls, hotels and many more. You can also save any location as a landmark and access it directly in the future.  The Maps application allows you to plan your routes from point A to B, show a simulation of the route, and track the route if you wish. You can buy navigation too if you wish which provided you turn by turn instructions in real time. This is pretty cool as you get all the maps you want and basic services for free and you can pay for it only if you need it. This is the best part about the GPS feature on the N95. GPS however is a real battery drainer and a fully charged N95 wouldn't last for more than a couple of hours with GPS usage. So the best way would be to hook it up to your car charger all the while when you are using GPS. Battery Life As I mentioned earlier, GPS and data transfer can drain the battery real quick and also using WiFi and the yet to be discussed camera, can easily empty the juice. The battery generally lasts one day with moderate usage but heavy usage which includes video recording, GPS, WiFi can drain your battery even faster. My phone is lasting 24-36 hours on a single charge on moderate usage without WiFi and GPS.  We can't really blame Nokia because they have done their best to keep the phone's size and weight in check and so they had to go with the 900mAh BL-5F battery instead of a 1000mAh one. I seriously hope that Nokia releases a better battery for power users as soon as possible. |
