Okay, here is another thumbs up review for Nokia N95 8GB, but I don’t normally do mobile phone reviews. It neither pays me nor is my passion. I’ve spent my hard earned 28k on this. So, I’m just another customer of Nokia N95 8GB.

I bought this phone a couple of weeks back which is enough time to review if you know the kind of stress we put on gadgets in the first few days.

When I was looking for a new phone I had to conclude on what I wanted. Was it style or power or music or internet or camera, etc. Then I realised that even if I were particular about all these, I could get all this into one phone.

When I was doing my research and analysis, it didn’t take too much time to realise that I had Nokia N95 8GB on one side and the ‘other phones’ on the other side. Then I was asking myself what stops me from buying N95 8GB. Firstly, I did not want a bulky looking heavy phone. Secondly, how good looking would be a black phone which has a width of three-fourth an inch? Thirdly, it has a million features but do I need them at all?

I went to a mobile store with few other phones in mind but I wanted to check N95 8GB before I saw anything else. The phone looked so heavy until the store guy placed it on my palm. Believe me, it is not at all heavy for a mobile. And if you really need those features packed into that phone, it in fact can feel a lot lighter. And you know what, it was stylish, it looked real good. It felt like a brand new gun with it’s color, finish and the mass.

Whatever inhibitions I still had about the phone were blown over by the size of the screen. Then the money and the mobile exchanged hands. I was just hoping that I made the right choice. That was not the most expensive tech stuff I’ve ever bought, but in terms of cost per cubic centimetre, it is right on top.

Let me do it like a pro now. I’ll try to catch up on the major features that I understand and use. I’ll split the rest of the review into (i) phone calls (ii) music (iv) videos (iv) camera (v) internet (vi) gps (vii) battery (viii) etc.

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• has got S60 v3 Feature Pack 2
• looks like, but better looking than, the N81, thanks to the 2.8 inch screen
• twice the internal memory than the N95 8GB + expandable external memory (40 hours of video / 12000 songs)
• mobile TV (DVB-H)
• Just the same 240×320 screen resolution
• 5 MP autofocus camera with Carl-Zeiss lens with two LED flashes
• Wi-fi
• 3.5 mm jack for audio, TV output
• 950mAh battery (if N95 8GB struggles when scanning the 8 GB hard drive, I wonder how this phone can handle all that storage)

Update: N96 pictures (YouTube slide show)

I’m buying my Nokia N95 8GB next month. Don’t know how much the N96 will cost, but I’m sure it will make N95 8GB very affordable!

N96 feature list at All About Symbian.

N96 - N95 8GB comparison at GSMArena

Image: GSMArena

I called Airtel to ask if they’re already testing 3G here, if it’s possible, but they denied it. Wish someone explained me the mystery of the 3G logo.

Snapping pics to locate your parked car, capture computer error messages, location of cables attached to your PC/home electronic devices, to use as a mirror are some of the uses.

Go check it out: Interesting Uses of Camera Mobile Phones To Stay Productive

Download it from here: http://www.box.net/shared/prjuy9iio0
It’s unsigned.

Pretty useful for S60 phones like N95, N95 8GB, N82, and N81, those with good memory. Why only top order NSeries phones? Because Call Filter - another program that needs to run in the background to do its job well - is shutdown when Opera, S60 Web browser, and similar apps are used. So such phones are for S60 v3 FP1, actually.

(courtesy: Nokia Users)