Nokia N95

April 7th, 2008 | by Mike Kobrin

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...the N95 is well-suited to multimedia lovers who don't want to lug a laptop around.


Highs: 3.5mm headphone jack; built-in WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth; excellent camera; blogging tools

Lows: Lacks a touchscreen and QWERTY keyboard; slider opens too easily; bad battery life

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Introduction

We got our hands on an unlocked Nokia N95, and we're impressed with many things about it. This Symbian-based multimedia phone lacks a touchscreen or QWERTY keyboard, focusing more on music, video, and photos. It's also a wireless Swiss Army knife, with 3G (HSDPA) support, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, infrared, and an FM radio. Some of the on-board software is trialware, but uploaders for Flickr, YouTube, and Atom-enabled blogs make the N95 a multimedia blogging powerhouse. And you can download lots more apps and games over the air. Although the N95 can be a satisfying phone, its hefty $699 USD list price and lack of a full keyboard may turn off PDA/smartphone seekers.

(Note that this is not the version with 8GB of built-in memory; it has a microSDHC slot instead.)

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