Everyone kept telling me that this little piece from Nokia, the N95 is such a great phone and that we should do a review on DevicePedia.com. So what we did? We got one, used it for 2 weeks and now we’re ready to tell you why Nokia N95 rocks and something about those nasty things that you only find out, using one.

So I got myself a Nokia N95 8GB and used it intensly. But here are the first things that we’ll start with. The GOOD part. The specs, which are great.

• Screen 240×320 px, 2.6 inch, TFT LCD - Exceptional video quality, vivid colors and high brightness controlled by ambient light detector
• Camera 5 Megapixels (Back): it’s a 2592×1944 resolution, autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss Tessar optics (f/2.8, 5.6 mm, 10 cm ~ infinity focusing range) and 1/1000th ~ 1/3rd s mechanical shutter provide the best quality you can get from a camera phone.
• Second camera CIF video call (Front)
• Operating system Symbian OS v9.2, S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1
• Input Keypad
• MicroSD memory card if 8GB is not enough
• Networks HSDPA (3.5G), Quad band GSM / GPRS / EDGE GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
• Connectivity: wireless LAN (802.11 b/g, up to 54 Mbit/s) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), Bluetooth 2.0 EDR (up to 3 Mbit/s) and USB 2.0 Full Speed (12 Mbit/s) via Mini USB with mass storage class support.
• Built-in GPS receiver and the Smart2Go software
• Exceptional video quality, vivid colors and high brightness controlled by ambient light detector
• Standard 3.5mm jack that’s great with your new pair of expensive headphones
• Runs on Symbian OS 9.2 S60 3.1 (3rd Edition Feature Pack 1)
• TV-quality video recording @ VGA resolution and 30 frames per second
• powerful ARM11-based TI OMAP2420 processor running at 330 MHz
• Form factor Slider. Slide up to reveal the keyboard, slide down to reveal the multimedia buttons.

Not all is great with our Nokia N95 8GB Review so there are things we didn’t like. The BAD.

• The battery. The specs Nokia comes gave us, are only true when you disable GPS, WiFi or if you don’t surf the Internet. Because if you do, you’ll have to recharge the battery daily. We won’t mention those that speak at least 2 hours on the phone daily (business people) which may see this as a big drawback.
• I would have enjoyed the Sirf Star III GPS chipset instead of the Sirf Star II (which is older and less precise).
• The sliding part is a tad too loose - moves and rattles. Also, I would enjoy a lock to prevent it from sliding out.
• The 22MB free RAM is just too little for this beast

All in all, that’s a great mobile phone that we’d have put a better battery inside to make it one of the best.

Nokia has found an interesting way of promoting their products, the 500 Auto Navigation this time. It’s actually a game where a guy named Christopher has to find all sorts of coordinates in order to get to a certain place. With the help of his 500 auto navigation he manages to get to the last challenge, but I let you solve the black box mystery yourself. Here is a trailer.

Play the “game” on BlackBoxMystery and get the chance to win some prizes.