Phone: Engadget. Hands on with the N95

“There's something about a $750 mobile that incites conflicted feelings of shock, awe, lust, and disgust in its beholder. It's unavoidable. Every time you lay eyes on the N95, you can almost hear Nokia saying, "we're through playin' -- this is our phone multimedia computer to end all phones. We know it's not for everyone, but whatever, here it is." As a reviewer with a unit on loan, your paranoia runs deep; you start to have irrational thoughts about your precious cargo being run over by garbage trucks, lost down sewer drains, and stolen by shadowy figures in darkened alleys, so we can't even imagine what kinds of nightmares keep actual owners of this superphone awake at night. Alas, we hear sales have been strong, with units hard to come by just days after its US debut. Is the love justified? Read on for our quick take.”

Read the whole ‘mini’ review here

PLEASE NOTE: they ‘were delighted with the sound quality’ . . .

“As audio players go, the N95's bundled software is nothing to write home about, but we were delighted with sound quality. The speakers were loud and clear -- on par with some laptops, we'd say -- but the headphone jack was the real treat. Static from electrical interference was near zero. In fact, we couldn't hear any at all; with a decent set of Shures plugged in, it was dead silent. As with the speakers, the headphones were plenty loud and crisp.”

These guys have bucket loads of experience, plus their writing style is spot on . . .

“a bang-up job -- for a phone.”

Exactly what I was thinking! (^_^)

Phone: Engadget. Hands on with the N95

Wednesday, 11 April 2007