Resumo de Nokia N95: The Phone That Does Everything

A few weeks ago Nokia loaned me one of their new N95 multimedia phones. I had it for just a week, long enough for me to become addicted, before it was whisked off to someone else to try out. The N95 is being advertised with the slogan "it''s what computers have become" and they''re not far wrong. It has full internet access via wi-fi, bluetooth or your mobile service, a media player, a 5-megapixel camera and, best of all, GPS. I had never expected to need GPS. I can''t drive and, being a Londoner, I do much of my travelling underground. However, on the first day with the new phone the GPS came into its own. I was on my way to a restaurant in a part of London I don''t know very well. The Tube line we needed was suspended ("essential maintenance", of course) so, instead of taking a circuitous route via other lines, we hopped on a bus and then got off when the GPS said we were near the restaurant. Then we followed the phone''s directions through assorted side streets until we reached our destination. A real timesaver, which is after all what technology is meant to be. Since returning the phone to Nokia I''ve found myself in several situations when I''ve wished I still had GPS in my pocket. There are plenty of other things to love about this phone. If you don''t have an iPod, you''ll get plenty of use out of the media player. And having a high-quality camera like this in your pocket is simply priceless. The images won''t beat the best stand-alone digital cameras but that''s not the point. The N95 is more than good enough for a day-to-day camera. It''s nicely designed too. As you''d expect for such a fully-functioned phone, the N95 is a little bigger than your average mobile but not by much. It''s clever sliding front face moves one way to reveal the keypad and slides the other to get the media player controls. In media player mode the screen switches to horizontal and stays that way until you open the keypad. There are a few minor gripes, the most significant of which is the lack of a qwerty keyboard. After using a Blackberry, typing on a mobile phone keypad is more of a chore than ever. I found the menus difficult to get to grips with but perhaps that''s because I''ve never owned a Nokia. Finally, the GPS reception was a little flaky, occasionally not receiving a signal at all. However, it''s possible that my location was to blame for that rather than the phone. Overall, this is an incredible piece of hardware at the absolute cutting edge of mobile technology. Within a year, everyone will want one.

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