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Thursday, March 29, 2007
More on the Nokia N95
My completely selfish interest in this phone is the GPS and navigation support, and most others also seem to focus on that in reviews, as that's what's completely new. The camera is also impressive, but supposedly very slow.
The Smartphones Show has a video episode about the N95. The beginning is hilarious, but it gets more serious after that. See also the list of other episodes covering other phones.
'Nokia N95 - part 1, The Navigator (Smart2go)' goes through the navigation software bundled with the N95. Verdict: The software is not en par with dedicated navigators.
Of course, if you are dissatisfied with the included software you will be able to replace it, but don't expect such software to come free. There will be (and already is) a lot of software for making use of GPS for other purposes like geotagging, geocaching, fleet management etc, either developed for Symbian or Java. For both application platforms there's access to a Location API, making it easy for developers to location-enable applications. See Forum Nokia for more information.
The Smartphones Show has a video episode about the N95. The beginning is hilarious, but it gets more serious after that. See also the list of other episodes covering other phones.
'Nokia N95 - part 1, The Navigator (Smart2go)' goes through the navigation software bundled with the N95. Verdict: The software is not en par with dedicated navigators.
Of course, if you are dissatisfied with the included software you will be able to replace it, but don't expect such software to come free. There will be (and already is) a lot of software for making use of GPS for other purposes like geotagging, geocaching, fleet management etc, either developed for Symbian or Java. For both application platforms there's access to a Location API, making it easy for developers to location-enable applications. See Forum Nokia for more information.
