Comments on: Straight talk on the Nokia N95 http://mrblog.org/2007/06/03/straight-talk-on-the-nokia-n95/ Mr Blog. Very technical, or silly, sometimes absurd. Wed, 16 May 2012 18:11:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: minamito http://mrblog.org/2007/06/03/straight-talk-on-the-nokia-n95/comment-page-1/#comment-693 minamito Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:38:16 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=314#comment-693 Nokia N95 Video <br /> <a href="http://mobilezzone.blogspot.com/2008/03/nokia-n95-video.html" rel="nofollow">Nokia N95 Video blog</a><br /> <a href="http://mobilezzone.blogspot.com/2008/03/nokia-n95-spot.html" rel="nofollow">Nokia N95 spot blog</a><br /> <a href="http://mobilezzone.blogspot.com/2008/03/nokia-n95-gps-demo.html" rel="nofollow">Nokia N95 - GPS Demo blog</a> Nokia N95 Video
Nokia N95 Video blog
Nokia N95 spot blog
Nokia N95 – GPS Demo blog

]]> By: MrBlog http://mrblog.org/2007/06/03/straight-talk-on-the-nokia-n95/comment-page-1/#comment-692 MrBlog Thu, 05 Jul 2007 05:22:09 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=314#comment-692 Claude, I'm sorry to hear about your N80 experience. I doubt you will be more satisfied with a Windows Mobile phone instead. I'd have a hard time believing it would be more reliable.<br /> <br /> I can use the phone in wi-fi at home, but I'm connecting it to a simple open wi-fi net. It seems to work fine. I have an N80i as well, and I agree that the wi-fi stuff is a total nightmare to use, but I have been able to connect to many networks in all cases so far.<br /> <br /> Are you sure your AP isn't locked by MAC address? Claude, I’m sorry to hear about your N80 experience. I doubt you will be more satisfied with a Windows Mobile phone instead. I’d have a hard time believing it would be more reliable.

I can use the phone in wi-fi at home, but I’m connecting it to a simple open wi-fi net. It seems to work fine. I have an N80i as well, and I agree that the wi-fi stuff is a total nightmare to use, but I have been able to connect to many networks in all cases so far.

Are you sure your AP isn’t locked by MAC address?

]]> By: KPO'M http://mrblog.org/2007/06/03/straight-talk-on-the-nokia-n95/comment-page-1/#comment-691 KPO'M Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:53:22 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=314#comment-691 You might try to load the new firmware and try your tests again. While the battery isn't one of the phone's strengths, it certainly isn't as bad as I've been reading in every review. I used it as a modem for about an hour, made a few calls, synced it up using infrared to an older PC, and synced it to a Bluetooth car kit, and still had 6 of 7 bars at the end of a 15 hour day. Compared to other smartphones, I've actually found the N95 quite easy to navigate, although there are some quirks. All in all, as you say, it won't top a basic phone for basic call usage (no smartphone will), but those looking for a phone that doubles as a PDA and nice camera will like the N95. As for iTunes, until the government starts worrying about Apple's virtual monopoly, then everyone else is at a disadvantage. Even the "DRM-free" iTunes files require modification to work on some products (like the n95). You might try to load the new firmware and try your tests again. While the battery isn’t one of the phone’s strengths, it certainly isn’t as bad as I’ve been reading in every review. I used it as a modem for about an hour, made a few calls, synced it up using infrared to an older PC, and synced it to a Bluetooth car kit, and still had 6 of 7 bars at the end of a 15 hour day. Compared to other smartphones, I’ve actually found the N95 quite easy to navigate, although there are some quirks. All in all, as you say, it won’t top a basic phone for basic call usage (no smartphone will), but those looking for a phone that doubles as a PDA and nice camera will like the N95. As for iTunes, until the government starts worrying about Apple’s virtual monopoly, then everyone else is at a disadvantage. Even the "DRM-free" iTunes files require modification to work on some products (like the n95).

]]> By: Claude King http://mrblog.org/2007/06/03/straight-talk-on-the-nokia-n95/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Claude King Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:30:50 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=314#comment-690 Mr Blog, read your post about the N95. I take my hat off to you, especially when I read your sentence "...I don't know what they're smoking...". It is almost the exact question I had when I experienced my N80. I asked myself how a company can be allowed to put out a product that costs so much, and then many of the claimed features are just lies, because they don't work. I have now been with my N80 for 5 months, upgraded the software twice, and still cannot get the WIFI part to work with my wireless network (please note, I am a computer specialist, so I know all the requirements to set up a network, wired or wireless). <br /> <br /> The N80's software interface appears to me to be the kind of result a designer would achieve if s/he just emerged from a drug spree. The design kind of strikes me as analogous to your home's visitor's toilet being situated right off your kitchen, as opposed to being near your visitors lounge. Bathroom? Oh, you'll find that 100 metres down the road, at some warehouse... and don't fret... it is our bathroom!! We just figured it's a good idea to build the bathroom there and not where it's logically the best.<br /> <br /> So, since the N95 runs the same OS as the N80 (so I've read), I ask myself how much better can the N95 be than all the failings of the N80. For example, can it register on a home wireless network and be seen as another computer, able to be accessed according to the desires of the network administrator and other users? Afterall, that is what I understand when the marketing splurb describes these phones as being WIFI-enabled.<br /> <br /> You also state your real-world observations have proved that the battery-life of the N95 is no where near what Nokia claim. Because of bullsh.. like this, I say it is time all the responsible-minded consumers who are regularly screwed, should get together and bring a class-action law-suit against Nokia and their likes, which would force them to deliver on claims which we consumers paid heavily for.<br /> <br /> In ending, I was partially interested in getting an N95, reasoning that they would've ironed out all the faults in their software design and operationality, but it seems evident that they have not. So, no N95 for me. I'll now look for a Windows Mobile phone instead. Mr Blog, read your post about the N95. I take my hat off to you, especially when I read your sentence "…I don’t know what they’re smoking…". It is almost the exact question I had when I experienced my N80. I asked myself how a company can be allowed to put out a product that costs so much, and then many of the claimed features are just lies, because they don’t work. I have now been with my N80 for 5 months, upgraded the software twice, and still cannot get the WIFI part to work with my wireless network (please note, I am a computer specialist, so I know all the requirements to set up a network, wired or wireless).

The N80′s software interface appears to me to be the kind of result a designer would achieve if s/he just emerged from a drug spree. The design kind of strikes me as analogous to your home’s visitor’s toilet being situated right off your kitchen, as opposed to being near your visitors lounge. Bathroom? Oh, you’ll find that 100 metres down the road, at some warehouse… and don’t fret… it is our bathroom!! We just figured it’s a good idea to build the bathroom there and not where it’s logically the best.

So, since the N95 runs the same OS as the N80 (so I’ve read), I ask myself how much better can the N95 be than all the failings of the N80. For example, can it register on a home wireless network and be seen as another computer, able to be accessed according to the desires of the network administrator and other users? Afterall, that is what I understand when the marketing splurb describes these phones as being WIFI-enabled.

You also state your real-world observations have proved that the battery-life of the N95 is no where near what Nokia claim. Because of bullsh.. like this, I say it is time all the responsible-minded consumers who are regularly screwed, should get together and bring a class-action law-suit against Nokia and their likes, which would force them to deliver on claims which we consumers paid heavily for.

In ending, I was partially interested in getting an N95, reasoning that they would’ve ironed out all the faults in their software design and operationality, but it seems evident that they have not. So, no N95 for me. I’ll now look for a Windows Mobile phone instead.

]]>