No Offense taken my good friend!

It is an interesting device but like you, I don’t consider it a “MULTIMEDIA COMPUTER” … yet. I’ll have to try it to make that determination.

But what I will say is that on a variety of Nokia devices I have tried, I have been incredibly impressed with their performance. For me, the only thing missing to make it perfect is Windows Mobile but that is just my prejudice towards that OS.

Currently, I use a Nokia N80 as a secondary device and it has proven to be a quality device. The camera, Lifeblog, and media playback are very strong features that I really enjoy … they keep drawing me back to it. Hopefully I will get to try out the N95 and if it performs well, I will write about.

Hey Jack… I put that in the top of the post because I wanted to give credit from where I got the info, but I didn’t want everyone to think it was an attack on you. I agree that Nokia makes some very good devices and the ones I’ve had in the past have been excellent.

I’m looking forward to seeing if you get your hands on one. I’m sure it’s been a good/honest read of what it’s really like.

Oh … one more thing. That Nokia lifeblog thing looks pretty interesting. Have you found something similar for WM? If so I’d appreciate you putting some thoughts together on your site for a similar setup for those of us sans-Nokia.

The Nokia N95 looks like a simply amazing device. Like Brandon and Jack, I would not call this a multimedia computer, however, I am anxious to see how it will compare with other Smartphones and he upcoming iPhone. Windows Mobile or not, this looks to be an incredibly feature rich mobile device.

Doug

I think this is a harmful attitude. Sure this device makes phone calls, and probably does a good job doing that, but that is only one of the myriad of things any S60, Windows Mobile or even a high end feature phone can do. To continually emphasize that a phone is just a phone stifles innovation. Here in the United States we are plagued by below average phones and even lower expectations about what phones can do and how they can improve our lives. Please be a little more opened minded to the power that these little computers have. In fact my Cingular 8525 is more powerful and even has more storage (with the help of a Micro SD card) than the first laptop I took to college in 1996.

Huh.. US release. Let’s see, WCDMA/HSDPA 2100, WCDMA/HSDPA 2100, WCDMA/HSDPA 2100!!!

WHO CARES?!?!?! When Nokia builds a Quad EDGE/Tri WCDMA/HSDPA “multimedia” whatever, with WiFi, that I can use in the States AND Europe, THEN I’ll care, until then:

SHUT IT!!!!!

SHEESH!!!!!

@Captainmicahp … I don’t think it’s a harmful attitude at all. If anything I’m expecting more innovation from them. You’re correct we are plagued with below average phones in the US, and you are coorect again in that we have low expectations. But that problem doesn’t stem from people like you and me, it stems from the people who flock to simplistic devices like the MotoRazr like it’s the most powerful phone ever made. Never mind that it runs the exact same software build as their lowest end phones. And again true they have more power now than an old Compaq laptop but that was 1996. They didn’t compare this to a 1996 multimedia computer… they called it a “today” multimedia computer. I stand by my statement of if I gave you the specs of this phone and told you it was $745 for this multimedia computer you’d laugh at me.

How’s this… you can’t call your phone a computer unless it requires no syncing EVER. If you bundle software that requires a PC to sync with, you can’t call it a computer.

@AngryOldMan — Upset by the fact that it only supports EDGE data rates in the US and not Cingular based 3G? Most people probably didn’t catch that

@ Brandon Steili – Yes. That is correct. I’ve read many news articles and blogs on this and some other items that have recently come out, and I am very frustrated that Nokia (among other manufacturers) will still not produce a product for the Americas that matches the European and Asian models.
Yes, I’ve read all reasons why this has not happened yet, (Cingular’s anal-retentive thinking (reminds me of Motorola’s thinking in the early to mid ’90′s), TMobile lacking 3G at the moment), etc, but I’m sorry, if Nokia is going to pimp these in their stores, for the price they are asking in this country, I would want a “fully functional” unit, that meets specs for this side of the pond as well, not something that is, excuse my French, “half-assed”.

Your French is pretty good. You must have studied it in school

As for the rest of the comment – I agree 100%. If you’re going to market a device in this country it needs to adhere to the spectrum in use in this country. If you’re going to sell it has having HSDPA then it needs to work in THIS country.

And don’t get me started on the half-assed version of a product. I got that shaft when it came to the BlackJack vs. the i600… no wifi, no camera, no “nifty” card-slider homescreen, etc.

Hey about the N95 if you are planing to use it in the states right now the phone doesn’t even support the 3g 1900mhz band needed in america, only europes 3g. Thus, you can’t use 3g, thus, 1 thousand dollars for a EDGE speed ‘multimedia god’…. Though…

From what I hear it’s still awesome, and when a new model or I guess a possible hack(?) supports the 3g, it’ll all really come together w/ that TV out & standard 3.5″ stero plug.

I’ve got a cingular 8525 coming, it doesn’t have the TV out, or that beloved 3.5″ but it is *hundreds* and *hundreds* dollars cheaper, working 3g, touch screen and full qwerty keyboard…

Thank god for stereo bluetooth… or I’d still hold off to drop the $$$ on the n95. But the 3g is a joy kill as I want a 3g working phone sooner than later.

Oh and while I have heard some bad things about Windows Mobile 5… the 8525 is “for sure” (says AT&T) to have an upgrade to WM6 which i’ve heard some nice things. And being a ‘pc’ guy I’m hoping I will get along with a windows mobile operating system compaired to n95′s ‘symbain os’ or what have you.

Anyways if you are lucky enough to wind up with either of the two I’m sure you’re the same kinda bastard that I am who will find some fatel flaw and still keep rubbing your hands together and drooling over all the new phones sure to come to combat the iPhone. While I will never have one (only edge, itunes = boo ) it does raise the bar on what consumers are going to want and expect from their new ” ” ” Mulimeida Computers ” ” ” : )

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That;s the thing we were talking about above. Sure it supports 3G, but not here in the US which is where the phone is being sold… to me that’s just stupid and a major flaw if you’re going to sell this thing as a media god.

I won’t be getting one.. that’s for sure.