December 27, 2007, 11:21 am
Beyond the iPhone: Nokia N95 is smart pick
FSB's tech columnist likes the Nokia N95's versatility. What's your preferred smartphone?
Your Answers
From Shay, Berkeley, CA The Nokia N95 has been out since March '07, this is not exactly "news." Many American consumers think the iPhone is "revolutionary." If they would only do some research on the cell phone market they would find there are many great phones that can compete with the iPhone, such as the N95.
Posted By Shay, Berkeley, CA : December 27, 2007 11:36 am
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I own both of these devices and N95 outbeats the iPhone any day when it comes to features and control. This is one of the first devices to truly claim gadget convergence. I use this device daily to check traffic, navigate GPS, text message, check email/meetings, and surf the net in broadband. The N95's camera camera has replaced my consumer-end camera and video recorder. Still quality is vivid and crisp(5mgpx) and videos are almost DVD quality – even after up-loading through bluetooth to my computer.
The iPhones strong points are ease of use, large screen, and internet browsing experience. If you're an apple fan you'll love this phone given it's integration to iTunes. However, N95 has all this same functionality, can hold over twice the amount of songs with SD Card upgrade, and requires no proprietary music service. The browser experience is great on the phone, Apple removes the ability to download content from the mobile interest (i.e. videos, wallpapers, ringtones, etc.) as to control content to this device through iTunes and their iPhone Application Store.
Once a US cell carrier offers the N95, they'll subsidize its $550 price tag and make it much more viable in the US. Until that happens, this phone will remain in the shadow of the iPhone; atleast in the US.