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Gallery: Go Play Event
Published by Rafe Blandford at 14:01 UTC, August 30th 2007
Summary:
At the Go Play Event at the end of August 2007 in London Nokia launched the N81 and N95 8GB. The Nokia Music Store (UK) was also launched together with the Nokia new generation N-Gage gaming platform.
See the Flickr page here.
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Nokia N95 8GB SummaryThe screen is improved (both size and quality). The memory is now at 8GB - no microSD slot. Perhaps more importantly the RAM has been doubled. -
N95 8GB ScreenThe screen is bigger on the N95 8GB and it also seems to be brighter too. It has a glossier features. Here, on screen, we can see a video of the Spiderman trailer. -
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Screen and finger printsThe N95 8GB does seems to attract finger prints with it slightly more glossy screen. The screen is also less recessed than the N95 which doesn't help matters. nor does the black colour which draws more attention to the on screen prints in certain light conditions. -
Redesigned control keysThe keys are slightly smaller to accommodate the bigger screen. -
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Video Panel -
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Internet PanelThe internet panel features quick access to your Bookmarks. -
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N95 vs N95 8GB -
S60 UIWhile most attention went to the new Multimedia menu (people saw it as the implementation of the Ovi idea - though the story is more complex than this), the N95 8GB also has all the standard S60 refinements and UI. -
Multimedia KeysThe redesigned multimedia keys on the N95 8GB. They keys have better tactile feedback are easy to locate without looking at them. -
MusicThe music menu includes quick access to your music library. Podcasts are now separated out into their own category (no more shuffle problems). The Podcast application has also had an overhaul. -
N-Gage EntryThis is the N-Gage entry in the Multimedia Menu of the N95 8GB. The one showing here is the preview that will lead to the download of the full N-Gage client. -
N95 8GB vs N95 Classic -
Multimedia Menus compared -
Back of the N95 8GBThe back has been redone to accommodate the larger battery, -
Batteries ComparedThe N95 8GB has a bigger batter (1200 mAh). Apologies for the photo quality, its an important point and this is the best I had... -
Black FinishThe black colour does add a different feel, whether you like it or not is rather subjective though!
