Gallery: Open Studio New York

A comparison show with the E50 shows off how small the N95 is.

With an integrated GPS the N95 is a comptent mobile map device. Maps for 100 countries are provided over the air for free.

With the number keypad closed the phone operates in landscape mode. This is suprisingly effective and gives the device a pad like feel.

Sure to be a big hit next year. Let's hope the battery life does OK.

Displays many phones not available via the US carriers.

Very sureal vibe. Feels enclosed at first (it is a small space), but improves with time.

Ask what they would call a device with the specs of the N95 on person replied, 'My Life'... even we're not that obsessive.

A big play was made of the GPS capabilities of the N95.

Nokia has already sold 10 million Nseries handsets. Thats impressive for a range that has been with us less than a year.

Overall the listening audience seemed impressed. There's no doubting the N95 is an impressive device. Real world tests await though!

Many of the event crew were on the sidelines watching the launch of th N95.

The city that never sleeps (its very noisy at night when you are use to the gentle mooing of cows at night).

Throughout the presentation images were used which were from Flickr users which had made them available under Creative Commons licenses.

Nokia is the world's biggest MP3 manufacturer. Of course not everyone uses the functionality, but that is something Nokia wants to change.

Music Edition of existing handsets were announced. The N70, N73 and N91 8GB Music Edition phones.

Nokia also announced a range of accessories including several Bluetooth Stereo headsets (A2DP). These will work with only a limited range of handsets at present. The N95 is the first handset to officially inlcude A2DP from launch. Other accessories include a range of speakers.

Somewhat against the trend of Web 2.0 and the idea of widsom of the crowds the Nokia Music Recommenders service gets experts from independent music shops to choose their favourite new music. Sounds like a great idea, and the implementation looks solid too.

A key point of the presentation was to suggest that the N95 would be attractive to a broader range of people. The uptake of the smartphone in the truest sense (someone who uses it as a smartphone) by the average user has been slow. Nokia want to encourage use by providing services and customisation, improving user experience, and providing great hardware - so that people can get the ultimate device for them. It's then becomes about how the individual can use the device to do what they want to.

Steve Garfield was live photo blogging the event to Flickr.

This custom car had 770 Tablets in the headrest of the front seat for use by passengers.

It doesn'y yet (officially) support A2DP, but it might via a firmware update. It does have full support for Windows Media DRM.

The N91 8GB adds 4GB in memory over the standard N91 and is now coloured black.

A bigger memory card and a black colour equals the N73 Music Edition.

The N70 Music Edition in black. No other changes from the standard N70 aside from a bigger memory card out of the box.

The N75 had a particularly good screen.

There are camera capture and zoom buttons on the side on the N75.

The N75 has a more obvious camera than many flip phones. However it packs and impressive punch and results seemed good. You can see in this shot the phone is quite small.

N75 is a flip phone for the US market. It is the first ever S60 phone specifically for the US market. It may become available elsewhere if there is enough demand.

The Panel discusses what they had for breakfast.

The panel session had reps from Yahoo, FON and Nokia. It was moderated by Om Malik.

The N75 and a RZR - as you can see they are similar thickness'. Thanks to Howards Chui's hand for the assistance in this shot.

The N95 supports TV out. The demoers were showing off the Web, Messgaing and Gallery.

Showing that the N95 was about communicating, about people. I think. Possibly someone dropped a deck of emails cards.

The N95's were glued down.

This demos the concept that shows off Nseries in retail locations

This showed a demo of taking Tivo content and getting it onto the Nokia Nseries devices.

Nokia had a big show area at the NY Open Studio event to show off the new products, but also the demo the enormous range of software wand services available.

Nokia show area was dotted with Web 2.0 buzzwords.