Normally hyper-intelligent robots terrify me, but this little guy has officially won me over. It uses Lego Mindstorms parts, a Lego programmable robotics kit and – of all things – a Nokia N95 mobile phone to unlock the mysteries of Rubik. More »
Official word from Nokia is that the next (and maybe last) firmware update for the US N95 is due in just a few weeks. Exciting, because Symbian Guru speculates it’ll come with support for Flash Lite 3, Demand Paging, Web Runtime and a bunch of other tweaky goodness. What are you hoping they add (or fix) in the update? [Nokia via Symbian Guru]
It’s not just the iPhone that’s being cloned: now this black 8GB Nokia N95 clone has joined the party. With dual slider keypads, a two megapixel camera with flash, another small camera, media player, Bluetooth and microSD card slot, it’s actually not all that bad. It doesn’t have the 8GB, of course. But you’ve got to admire the brazen advertising: “STRAIGHT FROM THE CLONING GODS OF CHINA! WE BRING YOU THE ALL NEW N95 DUAL SLIDE VERSION!” It gets worse. galleryPost('n95clone', 3, '');
Nokia has developed software that allows data to be received from GPS enabled phones, which is then compiled and interpreted into traffic flow patterns, which is kinda similar to what Dash GPS units offer. However, these plans are currently at concept stage, with a demonstration recently taking place as a joint venture between Nokia, California Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT), CalTrans, and Berkeley’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. AU: Also sounds very similar to the agreement between TomTom and Vodafone in some European countries. Can’t wait to see this integrated into traffic systems here in Australia
The Germans over at Nokia have posted the N96 specs on Nokia’s Germany product page. There are still no official images but the N95 successor has the same obvious specs, 3G, 2.8 inch LCD, WiFi b/g, AGPS, 5MP camera, and MicroSD slot. What’s new to this model is the 16GB internal memory, 950 mAh battery, ability to use flash while video recording, microUSB, and Flash Lite 3 enabled web browser.
It seems like only Tuesday that we were breaking the news that the Nokia N-Gage gaming platform Beta was available for download for the N81. Now, two days later, Engadget is reporting that the download has been hacked for all NSeries devices, provided they have the internal grunt.
That makes anybody on an N95 open for some cool gaming action. The modified download can be found here. If anybody’s brave enough, I’d love to get your reviews on the experience…
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As an alternative to touchscreen control, Keynetik has designed a prototype motion-interface for portable devices that requires just a single hand to operate. Using multiple accelerometers, it can cleverly distinguish the user’s gestures from mere accidental “interference” motions, and even works whether you’re left- or right-handed. With control buttons resting under your fingertips on its curved chassis, its operation really is one-handed, so you’re free to do whatever you like with the other one. If you own a Nokia N95 and fancy some mono-mano action, you can try out the “RockNScroll” test version they’ve built. [Technabob]
Nokia’s N82, which is essentially their high end N95 in a candybar body may cost US$550, but WirelessInfo found that the slightly high price tag gets you what you paid for. Here’s a summary of WiInf had to say.
newVideoPlayer("n95spot.flv", 475, 376,"");The Pitch Nokia ramps up its N95 8GB campaign with this lyrical-yet-baffling spot, featuring an array of international archetypes absorbing media in ways that may soon be obsolete: sitting in darkened cinemas, listening to battered boomboxes, watching interference-addled TVs. The narrator’s ghostly voice spills forth from the various antiquated devices on display, warning the actors that their worlds are about to be turned upside down—no longer shall they be tethered to the clock radios, opera houses and coin-op games of yore. Thanks to the N95 8GB, the mobile-entertainment future is now—at least for consumers willing to part with US$779. Is Nokia about to give Apple a run for its money in the high-end mobile phone market, something the Finnish giant has been hankering to do for a while? Or has Nokia picked precisely the wrong N95 8GB virtues to tout?
Remember last week when we reported that the new Nokia N95, with the bigger battery, can run on a 3G network for one hour less than its predecessor could run on EDGE? At the time, I asked the cellular pirates ninjas at WirelessInfo.com if they were going to do an EDGE to EDGE comparison. They did, and guess what? The new N95 smokes the crap out of the old one, with a time of 9 hours and 14 minutes. Of course, it does have the larger battery, but still, it’s impressive. If you want to take advantage of the battery life, WirelessInfo.com tells you how to set your 3G N95 to run on EDGE, even when more bandwidth is available. [WirelessInfo.com] More »
