I joined my fellow bloggers this morning in the lobby of the Soho Grand, where Nokia has put us up on their tab. Thanks Nokia. This hotel rocks. Literally! There's a Bose Music System in here and I'm listening to !!!, Tede Leo, TV on the Radio, The Occasion, French Kicks, Lansing-Dreiden and Ambulance LTD on the hotel's own compilation, GrandLife SohoNewYork on 5 Points Records [ Music plays ].
We took cabs over the the 7th Regimant Armory, signed in and then went upstairs where we met product managers from Nokia.
There was lots of activity going on to get ready for tomorrow's presentation and show floor.
We gathered together at a long table and the presentation began.
Out came the Nokia N95.
It's a lot slimmer than the N93 I've been testing and the camera is a 5 megapixel compared to the 3.2 of the N93. The phone supports GPS too. The user experience is much like that of Google earth. Sweet.
There was an application called podcasting and I asked about it. It's a media aggregator that will be able to subscribe to audio and video podcasts which you'll then be able to watch on the device. It's really a lot more than just a phone. It's a multimedia computer.
Here's a comparison shot with other Nokia phones.
That's Teo trying out the phone with the optional Bluetooth keyboard.
Here's Darla Mack and the Nokia N95. Darla took a bunch of photos too. Check her blog for her reports.
Rafe Blandford and the Nokia N95. Rafe took a lot of notes, check his blog for detailed product info.
We also got a look at the show floor as it was being assembled.
The phone is scheduled to come out in Europe first, and then possibly in the US depending, it seems, on market demand.
Nokia is smart. They sent us all N93's prior to this launch and then flew us into the city for this presentation. None of us were required to write or post about anything, but based on reading our blogs, they saw that we're all people who like to learn about new technology and share what we learn.
I'm impressed ny the Nokia poeple and their marketing represenatives. Everyone really knows the product and they are enthusiastic about it.
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7 comments:
Sounds pretty cool, any idea on when the European launch is? Also, if the video the same as the N93?
I heard Q1 for Europe. Video is the same except no optical zoom.
Thanks Steve, no optical zoom huh? So it's more a successor to the N80?
I am not familiar with the N80, but having used the N93, I'd say it's a successor to that one.
I never use optical zoom any way. I always move the whole camera in towards the subject to get closer. It's a matter of preference.
Hi, I don't suppose that it came up but I’ll ask anyway. The N93 has only one major flaw and that is that lack of system memory, any chance that they have up this from the poor 18mb?
"Up to 50 MB internal dynamic memory for messages, ring tones, images, video clips, calendar notes, to-do list and applications†"
http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/N93/0,7747,feat:1,00.html
Getting a 1GB expansion memory card solves any memory issues.
Your comments: Definitely looks better than N80, finally a really nice looking Nokia!
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