n95 Firmware Version 30.0.015

I flashed my N95 which is getting a little battered (and held together with gaffa tape) a few days ago. The latest firmware is listed on the Nokia N95 Firmware versions thread over at the all about symbian forum.

Amongst other things, it has the new version of Nokia Maps 2.0 (PDF), which is being advertised for some of the newer Nokia phones. Having a search box directly on the screen is a big improvement.

It seems quite stable and I haven't noticed any problems with it yet, so I will recommend anyone with a n95 to upgrade to the latest version.

As for the new Nokia share online stuff, I'm not really that fussed about it..

iPhone edition of The Age is better than the real one

In yet another modern irony, in the race to support the iPhone ( and all other smartphones like my N95), The Age newspaper has a minimal ad-free 'mobile' edition that is much nicer than the current mess.

If you do plan on reading stuff like this with your N95, I would highly recommend using Opera Mini over the built in browser.

Most websites seems to have a mobile version under either m.whatever.com and / or mobile.whatever.com, personally I like the m. version, not as clear but easier to type!

New N95 Firmware! with N-GAGE

Just backed and and loaded the new v20 firmware on my N95 phone. The thing does feel a lot more snappy... (one of those days).. Even the backup and restore seems to of worked better than last update I did, and it did just work.

The last update v12 didn't include the new version of maps for my region (EUROPE-1) but this one does.... now if only the current cell tower location was always on the screen... The new search function looks good if not better than the Inbox for browsing messages.

N-GAGE has been added to the phone, with 2 demo's... they are going to release more soon, nothing available yet... the car racing game feels on par with the old sega rally / daytona if not a bit better



over on the N95blog i found this link for this really nice theme, Dark Teal

ABC Election News mobile application

The ABC has an election app for your mobile phone, i just downloaded it and it looks snappy.

I blog later after playing round with it, will be good for someone out in the bush

Why does my N95 always report installation size as being double the real size?

Observations on the Nokia N95

So i have had my N95 for a while now... i used to have a sony w800i which are both based on the symbian OS...

The new Firmware v12 is meant to of improved the maps,

A couple of annoying things with the N95
* No date and time on messages in the inbox or the message display (on a big screen and all!)
* Cell info only flashes up for a second when you unlock the phone
* why can't i read a file info the clipboard
* why is the clipboard size limited?
* Menu view as list should have a small text option
* I always hit the bloody gallery button when using the arrows
* The camera is slow to start!
* No flash light (there are apps which can turn on the red camera light tho)
* The ridiculous price of the navigation add on, per country!!
* I know it's probably a USB thing, but why do i need to select which mode the usb connection is in? that's so 1990's

Things i really like
* Cut and paste on a using the edit key :)
* the arrows are better than the w800i joystick which always breaks!
* having a GPS!
* The new version of map loader is much faster!

i bought a n95

i bought a n95 last week, optus kindly upgraded my phone 6 moths before my contract was up. I had lotsa dramas with getting it delivered, but it all worked out in the end.

I have re-flashed my phone three times, as the default aussie profile has only english, inodnesian and polynesian... Stupid Optus, use the EURO-1 profile please...

the nokia software is ok, if a little non-standard (flash i/f). I miss some of the features from my w800i, the little things make life easier. But it's nice to be able to txt easily, as my old w800i joystick was very very sick.

maps are good on the n95, still two hard to load them tho. why does the phone have multiple modes? PC Suite should expose the phone a a drive... is that so hard to make work?

anyway, life's good :)

i also have a skype in number for melbourne.... no caller id which sucks, but it's good value for 10 pounds..