Nokia N95?

hosi

Hi, I'm thinking of getting Nokia N95 to use its sat nav feature from time to time and also to surf in the internet. Which network will be the best choice: vodafone, o2? Which network offers best data plan? Is the build-in sat nav reasonably accurate?

AleoN

I am also thinking of buying this phone. (Nokia n95 8 G.B.) Can anyone tell me if the Vodafone one has any branding on it or is it locked to Vodafone? Dont think O2 have this one yet. Has anyone purchased one from Carphonewarehouse?

Thanks in advance
AleoN

talla

Purchased one online from the Vodafone website last Friday as an upgrade and arrived monday morning. No branding on the model I received on the phone itself or software. Appears to be SIM free so unlocked. (although I havent tried another operators SIM in it).

Very impressed with the phone, UI responds very quickly. Like the built in web browser, best i've used on a mobile device apart from safari on the Ipod touch. GPS can be very slow to lock sometimes. Sometimes it can take 30 seconds, sometimes 10 - 20 mins. The actual SAT NAV does appear accurate and comes with one years free Voice Navigation.

hosi

talla, which data tariff do you use??

Doctor DooM

It is most definitely available on O2.

If it came from an official Voda store, its locked. All network phones are.

As for data tariffs, no idea.

talla

SDooM wrote: »

It is most definitely available on O2.

If it came from an official Voda store, its locked. All network phones are.

As for data tariffs, no idea.

No Vodafone never locked the original batch of N95s when they went on sale earlier this year and the same thing happened with the N95 8gb, see this thread for details.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055190742

Hosi, I just use the Vodafone live access point which is 9.99 a month for 500mb or you can pay on a daily basis

http://vodafone.ie/vlive/costs/

Havent had any problems using it for normal web access or gmail app, google maps etc. Havet used it beyond that.

jimmycrackcorm

Get X-series on Three for the N95. The Sat Nav feature locks a lot quicker once it has access to a data connection for the assisted GPS calculation. Their HSDPA works really well on the N95, unlike their usb broadband packages, and there is no concern with overdoing the surfing.

Opera mini is a much better browser than the built in nokia browser.

whisht

SDooM wrote: »

It is most definitely available on O2.

Hi. when did O2 add it? I have been watching the site and its still not there! :mad:

xanthor

whisht wrote: »

Hi. when did O2 add it? I have been watching the site and its still not there! :mad:

N95 Appeared on O2 stores several months back. AFAIK, the N95 8GB isn't out on O2 yet(?)
I don't think the N95 has ever appeared on O2s site.(?)

Vodafone have a 500MB data bundle add on for about a tenner a month, *HOWEVER* it is ONLY valid using the Vodafone Live APN - not Vodafone ISP.

It's reasonably fast, though there are times when you wouldn't want to be in a hurry.

PaddyofNine

Vodafone have a 500MB data bundle add on for about a tenner a month, *HOWEVER* it is ONLY valid using the Vodafone Live APN - not Vodafone ISP.

What does this mean? Can I still access the entire web on the phone, or are their restrictions? Could I, for example, watch a You Tube video with no problems?

As an aside, the disparity between knowledge in some shop attendants is ****ing infuriating. Two weeks ago, a lady from O2 customer care told me that the N95 8GB was being tested on the network and would be out soon. In the O2 store today, some unfriendly fool told me that the N95 8GB wasn't coming out at all on the network, as they had such a poor experience with the original N95 (fair enough). He also said the new one had "too much memory for a phone" and "people didn't know what to do with it". Another gem was that the iPhone would be out in early February on O2 (think we'd have heard a bit about it by now if it was out in 3 weeks) and that it'd cost at least €1,000 with a 2 year contract (found that a touch unbelievable, I gotta say). Walked next door to CPW and the lad there told me that the iPhone wouldn't be out until summer at the earliest. I just wish someone had a clue what the hell they're on about...

johnnyboy4711

hi all!
turned on flight mode from shanghai to london(sorry total noob!)
and cannot get the phone out of it now!
any help???
thanks
john

johnnyboy4711

help plz

xanthor

if you've tried everything else and the phone won't co-operate, try a hard reset.

1. Power off the handset (battery removal and reinsert if needed)
2. Hold down 3 * and GREEN buttons
3. Power on (still pressing the three buttons above)
4. Wait 60 seconds (still pressing the three buttons above

xanthor

Vodafone do limit some content - have failed so far to get into the normal version of Hotmail, and some forum based websites will not load.

They'll allow boards.ie however.

hosi

I've just bought N95 8GB on Vodafone. The problem is, when I'm trying to connect to the Internet via one of predefined profiles like Vodafone Live! or Vodafone ISP I'm getting always an error message "Web: Connection time-out" Can't I use my Mobile broadband 500MB add-on straightaway?

Any ideas??

talla

have seen that error a couplr of times. i just try again and it usually works.

hosi

talla wrote: »

have seen that error a couplr of times. i just try again and it usually works.

That's the problem. It doesn't work for me at all.

hosi

From this morning connection via Vodafone live works fine now. I think this was because I have switched from prepay to pay monthly and I kept my old sim and number.