Nokia N95 8GB - FCC spills the beans
Published by Rafe Blandford at 15:59 UTC, August 20th 2007
The FCC website (US regulator) currently has some information about the Nokia N95 8GB on its website. Hardware changes include a reworked back section with the removal of the camera lens cover to allow for a bigger battery. The top slide media keys are now slightly raised and the phone itself is black. There are also some interesting hints about the software in the manual with references to N-Gage gaming and the Nokia Music store. Read on for more.
Hardware / Images
Here are some pictures of the N95 8GB taken by the FCC during testing and included in this report along with some other images.
The softkeys and directional controls appear smaller than the N95 classic suggesting either a larger screen or a slightly smaller device (or possibly just a design tweak).
The N95 8GB specification is likely to be similar to that of the N95 classic: 3G with HSDPA support (2100MHZ), WiFi connectivity (including support for UPnP), a 5 megapixel digital camera, on board GPS (with support for A-GPS), and a 3.5mm audio jack for headphones, loudspeakers, headsets and TV-Out. The exception is the 8GB of memory; all the indications suggest this is internal flash memory in place of the microSD card slot.
Software / Manual
In the software manual there are a number of items of interest. You can download the manual from the FCC site here.
The manual mentions a Nokia Music Store (likely part of the forthcoming Nokia announcement) in which you can search for, browse and purchase music. The music section of the manual also suggests that Windows Media Player is likely to be used as the syncing tool to get music from your PC to your phone.
The Multimedia menu screen has been reworked into a different style as shown in the screenshot below.
The manual notes that the Multimedia menu (used to 'view your most frequently accessed multimedia content') can be used to access various categories. These are Music (Music Player, and podcasts), Gallery (pictures and albums), Games (Nokia Nseries games), Maps (Nokia Maps), Internet (Web), Contacts (add contacts, make calls, send messages) and Video (Nokia Video Center).
The manual also notes that the Nokia N95 8GB is compatible with the N-Gage Gaming experience and comes with one of two applications: either Discover N-Gage or N-Gage.
Manual Quote:
Discover N-Gage application — With this preview application you can get information about the upcoming N-Gage gaming experience, try out game demos, and download and install the full N-Gage application when it becomes available.
N-Gage application — The full featured application gives you access to the complete N-Gage experience. You can find new games, try and buy games, find other players, and access scores, events, chat and more.
The manual also mentions as mass memory application used to manage the 8GB of internal memory.
It is likely that the N95 8GB will be announced at Nokia forthcoming launch event in London on the 29th August.
Thanks to KP for the heads up. (Later edit: also mail from WirelessInfo).
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Platforms: S60 3rd Edition, N-Gage
News Discussion
viipottaja
Nice.. I don't like the black colour though.. looks too much like every other (Samsung) slider out there..
krisse
Well, it's not a huge surprise, but this must be the first confirmed (albeit slightly unofficially) Next Gen N-Gage compatible device. It's nice to see that the N-Gage application will be downloadable, so a lot of current device owners will be able to get the games from day one.
Having a userbase of perhaps several million right from the launch should help to overcome the problems the original N-Gage had in getting third party support.
Rafe
Yes interesting to see the multimedia key develop into something quite significant. I think offering a content key is quite a good way to offer this. Its one solution to avoiding the complexity of an open platform with lots of extras bits while still providing an easy way to get at multimedia bits.
Though I can hear the critics having a go at two different UIs / ways to do things already (there is merit to this in a way).
krisse
"Though I can hear the critics having a go at two different UIs / ways to do things already (there is merit to this in a way)."
Well... it's a matter of taste, but I've always thought that a good UI provides as many ways as possible to do something, because everyone has their own favourite way which they find most intuitive. You can access most functions in Windows or Mac OS through the keyboard, or mouse, or menu systems, or a combination of all three. There must be a dozen different ways of finding and opening a file in Windows.
The multimedia screen seems pretty much a favourites list or bookmarks list. Windows has its Start menu as well as the conventional icon system, Mac OS also has a chunk of on-screen icons as well as its usual menus, it's not a crazy thing to have a section of the UI which highlights important applications (and indeed that's what the S60 active standby already does).
What would be a good complement to the multimedia screen would be to have the My Own key lead to an automatically updated list of the most frequently opened files and applications. It would let people get to stuff that they know they used but can't remember how to find.
PMitchell
Hi there,
but you know what? It looks, like the N95-8GB does not have a microSD slot.
See page 95:
Your device has an 8 GB internal memory providing
high-capacity storage for different kind of files.
[...]
To change the name of the mass memory, select
Options > Memory card name.
To back up information from the device memory to
the mass memory, select Options > Back up
phone memory.
This looks like it still has internal memory and mass memory. Not 8 GB internal memory plus a microSD slot :(
Anyway, looking forward to it :)
Regards,
PM
tnkgrl
The screen definitely looks larger.
Orophin Anwarunya
but WHY??
What about the N81?
Why remove the microsd? There is alot of flexibility in having a removable card.
why make the 8gb internal? An card of such size included in the box would have sufficed.
The new look is quite ugly.
The new software inclusions and tweaks are welcome.
The larger battery is very well due.
raymasky
any idea on the pricing of this baby ?
Unregistered
the pictures are not of a n95 az the buttons are different and thhe multimedia buttons do not have that hump
Unregistered
Hi, at the end of your artical is this text, can't understand what you want to tell us, is there any link to download this application already?
"Maual Quote:
Discover N-Gage application — With this preview application you can get information about the upcoming N-Gage gaming experience, try out game demos, and download and install the full N-Gage application when it becomes available.
N-Gage application — The full featured application gives you access to the complete N-Gage experience. You can find new games, try and buy games, find other players, and access scores, events, chat and more. "
krisse
"Hi, at the end of your artical is this text, can't understand what you want to tell us, is there any link to download this application already?"
The text is from the new N95's manual. There is no download link. The preview application it mentions would be built into the new N95.
The actual Next Gen N-gage application will not be available until the Next Gen N-Gage platform launches some time in the next few weeks or months.
"Why remove the microsd? There is alot of flexibility in having a removable card."
It could be that removing the memory card slot allowed them to fit a bigger battery. Devices like these are always about tradeoffs really, there's always something that suffers whenever you make alterations.
"but WHY??"
Some people wanted an N95 with a bigger battery and more RAM?
"What about the N81?"
That will probably be launched at a separate event in a few weeks time.
"the pictures are not of a n95 az the buttons are different and thhe multimedia buttons do not have that hump"
It's of a new version of the N95 for the US market. It's like the N93 and N93i looked different but were basically the same phone.
Rafe
There's a good chance that the N81 will be announced too. Nokia usually announce 2 or 3 Nseries phones at a time.
The ting about internal memory is that it is there from the start. While I imagine most people reading this site wouldn't think twice about buying a memory card there are people who might not want to / cant be bothered. At the end of the day 8GB is a big chunk of memory. Its very few people who are going to be willing to swap out several 4GB cards.
I would anticipate that the pricing will be slightly above that of an N95. Like the N95 it'll start if pricey and fall as we go.
Dogmann
Hi all,
Well as nice and interesting as this looks it seems for once the US is getting a better specified device than the rest of the world. Really i hope Nokia do the sensible thing and just include all the bands available and make it a truly world device as that would be the best solution in MO i don't see the need for location specific devices in this time, when we live in a Global market why not just produce one device for all. As economies of scale would reduce costs and whilst they are at it all devices should have world wide warranty support my only other disappointment with Nokia and others manufacturers policy.
Marc
viipottaja
Marc,
I read a comment somewhere saying that Nokia's unwillingness/inability to put in all frequencies has something to do with their dispute with Qualcom and that it would be fairly expensive to do so at this time due to licencing fees. Not sure if there is any truth to that.
Hmm.. still not sure if the screen is really bigger or not.. Have to wait till 29th I guess.
Unregistered
Marc, that's not for the USA, the N95-3 is for the USA: ttp://w w.wirelessinfo.com/content/US-3G-version-of-Nokia-N95-gets-FCC-approval.htm
So it looks that europe will win again :p
tnkgrl
After looking some more at the FCC pictures of this 8 GB N95, the screen is definitely larger...
The phone is about the same overall height and width, but the top housing is quite different!
In fact, the top housing on this new N95 is wider than on the original N95 (it's now the same width as the bottom housing, instead of being narrower than the bottom housing like on the current N95).
The frame around the screen is about the same thickness, but the keypad/D-pad block is now shorter and wider.
PS: Interestingly, the internal FCC pictures were taken with a 1st gen Nokia N95 - just check the reflection on the screen :)
Unregistered
Does It Have A Xenon Flash?
nj7
But same screen resolution... what a lost chance to improve:frown:
Guess Who
Will it have the 128MB RAM chip? With only 20MB free RAM the current N95 is not so good.
de_construct
I got a P1i, best part is the extra RAM... I can't see the N81 and N95 8GB being much of an improvement if they are short on battery life and RAM.
Liking the iPod-like touch scrollwheel on the N81's d-pad... that should catch on hopefully. Controls surrounding the d-pad are still a mess, the gaming buttons above the screen are a great move.
Now if SonyEricsson could integrate the next gen PSP into their phones we'd have a fight on our hands...
Unregistered
i like that
"the pictures are not of the n95"
ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE YOU MUPPET
ITS THE N95 8GB
ITS DIFFERENT
for gods sake
its on the nseries website anyway if anyone cares to look
its stupid to not have a card slot anyway
thats the sole reason i wont be buying one
Unregistered
how much is it
MAS123
Anyone know the launch date of the N95 8GB in the UK market? Heard it's coming exclusive to Voda, but not been able to find a date. Thanks.
Unregistered
O2 online shop told me that they expect the N95 8Gb to be in their shops from Monday 8th October. I'm due an upgrade and will be upgrading to this new phone only for the .2 inch bigger screen. .2 inches can make all the difference.
Unregistered
I rang the O2 online shop yesterday and they told me they were getting the N95 8GB tomorrow (01/11/07)??
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