RE: Nokia N95 or.....

["Paul Crate" <CrateP@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I have had my N95 for about two weeks now and I have had no system
crashes =
or any of the problems that have been described here or elsewhere on the
in=
ternet.

My Bluetooth works fine with the PC and with my car kit (Nokia ck-7w). 
The=
camera is good, all be it a little on the slow side, and the GPS works gre=
at.  The first time I used the GPS, I was sitting in the garden and it
took=
about 3 minutes to lock on.  Then, I used it in the car a day later and to=
ok less than a minute (apporx) to get a signal.

I think it's a great phone and yes, the battery life is not as good as my
p=
revious phone (6680) that lasted the best part of a week.  This one lasts
e=
asily 3 days for the amount that I use it (Bluetooth on all the time, WIFI
=
through the day and several calls/texts)

Well done Nokia!  :)

=20

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of J=
im
Sent: 25 May 2007 14:38
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Nokia N95 or.....

Just an observation...

If I bought an item that had major features not working, battery life
below=
the specification and crashed (every crash is "major", as it
stops the uni=
t working to specification), I'd be screaming trades description and
demand=
ing my money back. Did this with the first PDA I got (from Dell, a bag of
c=
r*p), took them about a month to accept they had sold rubbish and refund.

Why do we put up with buying products which are so obviously faulty, then
a=
ccept days/weeks/months of feature non-use whilst waiting for software
upda=
tes to fix problems that should have been sorted during product
development=
?

There seems to be an acceptance with IT products that things will go wrong.
OK, bugs are a by-product of software development (I should know, I'm a
sys=
tems developer by profession!) but most should be ironed during product
tes=
ting. We seem to be all too ready to accept bigger problems as
"normal"
when they shouldn't exist.

I would never buy a Smartphone (Symbian or Windows) for the very reasons
ou=
tlined by Mark - the risk of the thing crashing, which is likely to happen
=
without me knowing and not being able to receive calls. I can see why
peopl=
e would want an all-in-one unit, pity they don't live up to the hype!

</rant>


I'll stick to my trusty 6310i and Bluetooth-connected PDA!



Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of M=
accy
Sent: 25 May 2007 13:41
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Nokia N95 or.....


On Fri, 25 May 2007, Mark Golledge wrote:
> Has anyone tried the N95? I see mobiles.co.uk are doing a 18 month=20
> contract (850 minutes to any network any time and 300 texts) for=20
> =A320.00 per month and free phone -=20
> http://www.mobiles.co.uk/orange-nokia-n95.html

Yes, got mine a couple of weeks ago from O2 (Online) upgrades.

Haven't got the GPS to work at all yet, it never picks up a signal.=20
Waiting for O2 to provide Nokia with their firmware update so I can update
=
via the Nokia Software Updater (apparently this should fix it). There is
th=
e option of changing the product code and debranding but I don't want to
in=
validate the warranty. The O2 sales package comes with a 1GB MicroSD card
w=
ith UK maps preloaded.

VOIP works well. I think Vodafone and Orange remove it from their firmware
=
though. Battery life is pretty poor by all accounts, however spare
batterie=
s are pretty cheap. Made sure I got extra chargers for the car and work,
to=
o
:)

I've had one or two crashes but nothing major.

Other than that, I really like it.

Mark