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November 2008
2 posts
pining for the fjords
This is odd - I’ve had a G1 for a little over a week - and I’m generally not loving it. Now its a great start for a platform - but the hardware is poor - battery life makes it unreliable as a medium use handset (forget heavy use). At least you can carry a spare (not currently available though - other than dodgy ebay ones). For me the G1 and N96 are two very very different phones. If...
N85 isn't the fanboys delux
Well there has been alot of fanboy nonsense about the N85 being the new world order - it seems initial reviews are less than complimentary. Hey guess what, a cheaper device has poorer build quality - what a shocker!!!
I suspect some re-evaluation and slight improved attitudes towards the N96, but I can’t help thinking neither is a long term product, and theres much more to come.
October 2008
48 posts
nokia S60 fest
So I had a play with an N85 yesterday at ‘an evening with S60’ in the regent street nokia store. Its a nice bit of kit - but seriously lacking the wow factor of the N96 - yes I know most people think the N96 is missing it two - but playing with the N85 after the N96 left me cold - though I think its got a good chance in the market - its going to be easily confused by consumers with...
So I'm now minus one N96.
I returned mine for a refund - one of the advantages of buying SIM free with 28 day return policy. The odd ‘missing link’ of a product code means mine is un-updateable. This is a deal breaker for me - so I am back on the N95.
Returning to the N95 has been both pleasurable and disappointing. iPlayer downloads don’t work on the N95 - this I really miss, along with the larger...
trying out nokia email beta →
the design
I do love the N96 design - its nicely tactile, the lines are clean and uncluttered. This purity of form is not without it’s practical implications, the screen is always exposed to damage, and a screen protector is a must. the materials are nice - but not amazing, there is no metal, as the N95 classics face was - I dropped mine many times and it survived. I suspect a 4ft fall to concrete...
Missing the gallery button?
I know I don’t - as I never used it. Actually I didn’t even realise it was there!! I believe the ‘button that has no name but brings up the spinny shortcuts thing’ is it’s direct replacement. Likewise I have no sorrow for the departed pencil key - Not once in 18 months had I used it. As there are already 16 buttons on the area below the screen - something had to...
It's not all bad.
The problem with doing an ongoing ‘review’ blog is it’s very easy to concentrate on the negative experience and omit to mention the joyful ones. One of the main ‘joys’ of the N96 is its physical design, now this is a matter of taste. Some have said its merely an oversized N81 - what harm - the N81 was a beautiful device - hampered by a poor camera, n-gage delays and...
“I had another odd semi crash. Well it didn’t crash - but the screen...”
maps = win gps = fail
I spent 20 minutes walking though the city yesterday. From Farringdon to Cannon street. At no time did i get a gps lock - only the cell-location. So the combination of cell location and maps meant I got where I wanted to go - but had the GPS worked it would of been alot easier.
Now this is similar to the N95 experience and pretty much all mobile GPS units (esp the ones using low power chips)....
hello 5800 - the seed is sown. →
International calls.
I just had a call from Ireland - was crystal clear. I often found a lot of echo when calling ireland on the N95. v.good.
nokia remix london event →
Looks like ‘Comes with Music’ is launching tonight. SO for sure we will see 5310 comes with music variants - and hopefully the 5800/tube touch screen phone too. I expect a bit of N85/N79 action going on too.
Eagle eyed Ernest Doku has spotted it being set up at camdens koko
“Another day, still no v11 firmware via pc suite.”
