Nokia’s N95: Next Cool Multimedia Mobile

Nokia have announced the Nokia N95, featuring an innovative double slide design with multimedia controls and a keypad on opposite end of the phones.

The N95 is Nokia’s first HSDPA (3.5G) device, but also boasts Wi-Fi, WCDMA, quad-band GSM, Bluetooth (including A2DP), IrDA and USB 2.0 connectivity (via mini USB connector).

Other hardware features include a 5 megapixel camera, a built in GPS, TV-Out, 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, a MicroSD memory card slot and 150MB of internal memory.

Nokia have managed to add two major technologies to the Nseries line (GPS and HSDPA) while significantly reducing the volume of the device.

In length and width dimensions it is larger that the other Nseries slider - the N80, but it is considerably thinner.

is the next generationin cellular connectivity.

The N95 is a category 6 device which means it is up to 10 times faster that WCDMA (3G).

Clearly HSDPA support is required at a network level, but many networks have already begun their testing or roll out periods.

The faster connection speeds make downloading media (such as podcasts via the in built Podcast application) more palatable and should also improve latency/round trip times.

Wi-Fi, WCDMA (3G) connectivity, together with quad band GSM and EDGE are also supported. Bluetooth 2.0, IrDA and USB make up the local connectivity options.





The 5.0 megapixel camera uses Carl Zeiss Optics with autofocus and digital zoom with a dedicated 2 stage capture button on the side of the phone.

Video capture at near DVD quality is also supported. On the side of the device there are several buttons dedicated to camera usage.

This allows the device to be held in a similar way to a traditional camera with the screen, in landscape mode, used as the view finder and the shutter button on bottom right hand side of the device (top right when phone is held horizontally).

On the rear of the device, next to the camera is the slide switch, which is used to open the lens aperture and activate camera mode.