http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/ Engadget Mobile Comments for North American Nokia N95 8GB now available http://mobile.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://mobile.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 6th 2008 5:52PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/
Internationally, this is carried over the 2100MHz W-CDMA band, while AT&T Mobility uses 850MHz and 1900MHz. The latter is supported by the N95-3 and N95-4 (8GB NAM).

T-Mobile USA uses 1700MHz for W-CDMA; this is not supported by any version of the N95.

For more info, lookup "N95" in Wikipedia.

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And that, my friends, will cost you about $499 + about $100 for the 8GB SDHC nowadays.

]]>Mar 6th 2008 5:55PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 7th 2008 11:36AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/but the ram on this is double up
and with the old ones i cant go onto facebook or imeem on the v15 fw it can!]]>Mar 6th 2008 6:11PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/
I don't know about facebook (I guess the fact that this is important for you, plus your spelling, places you nearly a generation younger than me..), but this may be a flash lite v2. vs. v3 thing. The main difference is that Flash Lite 3 (only on the N95-2 and N95-4 8GB models) supports movie playback.

Of course, you can download Flash Lite 3 for the N95-1 and N95-3 as well, go to:
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashlite3/

]]>Mar 6th 2008 7:24PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 6th 2008 6:16PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/so which one is better cuz i'm going to run it on t-mobile w/the n95 8gb(black)

the recent us version 8gb
or
the unlocked n95 8gb

help me out, thankz! cuz is it worth paying for the $800 US version or which i payed $519 for the unlocked version?]]>Mar 6th 2008 6:55PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/
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- No 3G (don't bother saying that WiFi makes up for this, it doesn't. Plus, many other phones have wifi too).
- Nearly no bluetooth support (only one profile, HSP).. For instance, no stereo audio, no internet connection tethering with your laptop, no file transfer...
- No GPS.
- Crappy, nearly useless camera.
- No J2ME - or ANY 3rd party application support until today. Thus, for instance, no Opera Mini, EarthComber, Yahoo! Go, etc..
- No unlocking - even after your 2-year contract expires.
- Carrier exclusivity.


It _does_ of course have "sex appeal", including a very slick UI (multi-touch & all) - and a very effective marketing machine around it. (These factors tend to attract a certain kind of buyer - generally not as technically savvy, but quite vain, thus easily falling prey to the idea of being on the "bleeding edge"..)

If your current consideration (null hypothesis) is paying $399 for the iPhone, then nearly every option on the market would give you more "bang for the buck". You can even find "free" phones with more features.

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The whole deal with 3G (and cellular bands in general) is that the North American bands are different from the international standards ones.

In most of the world (Europe, Asia, Africa...) GSM/2G signals are carried over 900Mhz and 1800MHz, and W-CDMA (UMTS/HxDPA) over 2100MHz. End of story.

In the US, these frequencies are reserved for military use. Instead, there are many competing standards in use:
- Verizon, Sprint and other carriers use CDMA and EV-DO (800MHz and 1900MHz) -- this is not at all compatible with GSM phones.
- AT&T carry both GSM/2G and W-CDMA/3G over 850MHz and 1900MHz.
- T-Mobile USA carry GSM over 1900MHz and W-CDMA over 1700Mhz.

For phone chipset manufacturers, this means that there is a tradeoff between the ability to fit in support for the variety of bands/technologies that exist vs. other features (like GPS, WiFi..). For instance, it will be easier to make a phone operate on all four GSM bands (850/900/1800/1900) for global usage than having it operate on 2 GSM bands (900/1800) and two CDMA bands (800/1900) - which explains why you see a lot more phones availabe for use with AT&T and T-Mobile than for other US carriers. On the other hand, Tri/Quad/Penta-band UMTS/HSDPA chipsets are just coming out these days, so you don't find a lot of "global 3G" phones yet. (SonyEricsson have a couple on the market, like the k850i, and a couple of even-more-versatile in the making, like the X1).

Based on your question, though, I guess most of this is a bit esoteric to you. The bottom line is that:

AT&T WILL let you have 3G. You just need a compatible handset. Which means an N95-3 or N95-4, but not N95-1 or N95-2.

Again, for some light reading, check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N95]]>Mar 6th 2008 7:57PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/thats the one i purchased., is that the one they released today?]]>Mar 6th 2008 7:44PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 6th 2008 8:09PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 6th 2008 8:23PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/
at&t does not consider the N95 8GB NAM a smartphone, so you don't have to pay the $35 data plan. You can get the $15 media net plan instead.]]>Mar 6th 2008 11:17PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/
Is there anything else internal (or external) that I'm forgetting or not reading?

Because, if there really isn't any difference other than what I listed, I'd rather do what an above poster said and get the N95-3 (NAM non-8GB) and throw in an 8GB MicroSD card for $60 from Amazon! (Which brings up... does anyone know for FACT that it will handle an 8GB card? Nokia's site says, "Up to 2GB.")]]>Mar 7th 2008 11:16AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 7th 2008 11:32AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://m.youtube.com/ from your phone, and there is a download link).

I can refute your claim that the -3 only has 64MB of RAM. That is incorrect. It has 128MB of RAM, and 160MB of internal flash. (I own one, so in addition to the specs being published at Nokia's web site, I have the ability to check the phone itself).

Otherwise, it is a very nice phone. The only only ones I'd consider for the feature set (if only the bands had been AT&T compatible) is the Nokia N82, the Nokia E90 Communicator, as well as the forthcoming Samsung G810 (Also Symbian S60, and nearly identical to the N95 in many ways, but with a 3x optical zoom and Xenon Flash), the Nokia N96, and the rumored (but not announced) Sony Ericsson P5i (UIQ).
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Basically no one has it yet, and they are only selling to those on that call list. Their price is atrocious, but I had to have it. Mobilecityonline was reported to have gotten some today but not enough to fulfill all their pre-orders. They will have enough on Wednesday. I got mine around 1 today. Was yours also Made in Korea? They told me that none of these will be made in Finland.]]>Mar 8th 2008 12:54AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/-3 or -4 or ???]]>Mar 8th 2008 12:08AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 8th 2008 12:54AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 8th 2008 2:18AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 8th 2008 2:25PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/1. The N96 has already been announced.
2. The N95-3 is the same thing basically for less money.
3. $800 for a 2 year old phone.
4. All the new phones dropping this year.
5. AT&T is going to offer either this or the N95-3 soon for a price cut w/ contract.]]>Mar 8th 2008 8:55AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/The blue button squares all your circles!
The red one calls your companion cube.]]>Mar 8th 2008 2:20PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 8th 2008 10:48PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 9th 2008 4:57PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 10th 2008 12:20AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 11th 2008 1:56PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Mar 15th 2008 10:17AMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/
Please evaluate for me if a version of the N95 8GB will satisfy what I want:
- US carrier (T-M or AT&T)
- wan: web & email & data
- voip when overseas via carrier's wan plan

Seems like some carriers in Europe allows VoIP, and folks on AT&T can voip. I'm starting to have to travel to Asia and Canada a lot more, and would like to know my alternative options to the existing blackberries.

As well, is there any similarly capable phones soon to be released? I like these all-in-one devices - easy for the frequent flyers.

Thanks!
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I ordered my N95-4 from MobileCityOnline.com

gsmarena.com has links to other sites that are selling it also]]>Mar 19th 2008 1:10PMhttp://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/http://mobile.engadget.com/2008/03/06/north-american-nokia-n95-8gb-now-available/Any word on when the 96 will be released for public sale?
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