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A new release of Opera Mini, probably the world's most popular mobile web browser, is coming your way, and I presume that this is the new Opera Mini 4.1. Current stable release of Opera Mini is v4.0 and the latest version is the beta is v4.1.
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Nokia N95 in dark, captured from a Nokia 6233 and posted from the N95.
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Those guys at Opera are doing a really great job! The Opera Mini server(s) just went through a new upgrade and this includes BiDi support for feeds and some bug fixes. Majorly on image loading and uploading/downloading for the new Opera Mini 4.1 beta. But, for me, the most important thing is that, now Opera Mini displays this blog page without any errors, which was not loaded at the Blogspot address previously. Uploads work back again and now I can look forward to completing the N95 review. Because this blog is almost completely written on Opera Mini. Which is, from a mobile for mobiles. Head over here to read more.
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You might have wondered why my reviews were delayed.
1. I've fell in love with the device, I don't want to even spare some time to review.
2. I had nearly finished my exposure article on the Chinese fake N95, but mistakenly deleted it.
So now, I'm going to tell you about the great display on this multimedia computer. The N95 has a superb QVGA resolution display. It has a diagonal length of 2.6" and displays upto 16 Million colours. It has GREAT display quality both indoors and outdoors and you can call it superb when you compared to some Sony Ericsson devices of which you can't view any picture outdoors easily as their displays do not have folios and thus shines when under the sunlight. With the rotating gallery, it is a really nice experience to view the pictures. And for web browsing, the display won't make you feel that it is a mobile. I won't mention the display's help in taking great photographs, I'll keep it for a separate article. Expect more screenshots, I'm currently having some problems in uploading them. Expect more on the N95 and don't forget that I've not yet mentioned the best features of the device. The real review starts now!Add to: | Technorati |  Digg |  del.icio.us | 


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I do not like hacking when it's after effects will lead to dangerous stuff, but when hacking is used to do good, I don't object it. This is one of those moments. Teo over at Symbian Freak has found a revolutionary application which will completely change the way you see the web on your S60 phone. The new applet will support tweaking of your phone web browser's User Agent (the little piece of information which your phone sends out to websites when you surf, which will help the site identify that you are a mobile and will select the website version that you use)thus giving you better and different versions of web pages. It can change your S60 Web's User Agent into iPhone, Opera and much more. Click here to read more, see the screenshots and download the app.Add to: | Technorati |  Digg |  del.icio.us | 


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As it has already made a lot of voice about the battery capabilities of the N95-1, I decided to test it myself. This is what took place in a practical Sunday. And SPOILER ALERT : The whole day without a recharge. The phone was switched on for all the 24 hours.


5.30a.m - Start of the day. With a small recharge of around 30 mins taking the battery to a nearly full level with the recharge day before.
6.00a.m- Checking my email, with a 3.5G browsing session.
7.30a.m- Using the Messaging function and some other applications.
9.30a.m- Using the camera and Bluetooth for nearly half an hour.
11.00a.m- "Playing" with the device for around half an hour.
12.10p.m- Playing some videos and using the camera for around 20 minutes.
1.45p.m- Using Messaging function for sending some SMSs.
3.00p.m- Some more minutes of playing, including N-Gage.
4.30p.m- Active 3.5G browsing session, some calls, battery still full.
7.00p.m- Some more 3.5G browsing and listening to music, actively using other applications.
9.30p.m- End of the day. Still surviving from a single recharge, battery still one bar left.

With this normal usage, I believe it should be well enough for any normal user. And for a 950mAh BL-5F battery, this is still impressive. And for today, after a full recharge, I've been browsing internet with 3G set on for nearly 3 hours, while losing only one battery bar. So my recommendation is that, if you use wisely, you are able to survive without a recharge for a single day even with a higher usage. And, if you want a bit more power, just switch off 3G as it's one of the most battery consuming features.

COMING UP: "A camera review in night" and, "N95 Exposure : Fake or real - The deep truth on the Chinese N95"
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Already having nice experiences with GPS in the N810 that I trialled,
I started to explore GPS on the N95 this morning. The sky was cloudy
and I was expecting to wait around 30 minutes till it picks up a
satellite signal as the N810 needed even longer durations while in the
bright sunlight. What a surprise! The N95 didn't take more than 90
SECONDS! It seemed that the N95 was so GPS hungry. Photos speak better than words, so look out for the pictures!
I also used the SportsTracker along with GPS and it worked really nice too.
Picking up satellite signals

Navigation


So, if you are looking for a good phone with GPS, my recommendation is Nokia N95 (Or N82 if you don't like sliders that much). My device was just v20.0.015 and if you upgrade to firmware v21.0.016 you'll get a whole lot more advantages. Stay tuned to MobileRoyale to find out what else the N95 can do, more reviews are to come! This entry was posted completely from a Nokia N95.

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