N96 killer ?

unwashed potato! · 17 Oct 2008 at 11:49

anyone know how long cpw have exclusive rights to this phone?

Youstolemyname · 17 Oct 2008 at 11:58

mulpsmebeauty said:
How is it going with the Samsung now that you've had a day to play about with it? I'd like one of these phones but am struggling to justify the outlay.

ive had this phone for a month now. Basically it is just an N95 with a better camera and a few other bits n bobs. Battery life is reasonable too.

Tunney · 17 Oct 2008 at 12:04

Mammalian said:
anyone know how long cpw have exclusive rights to this phone?

A month, I believe. Should be ending soon.

Airax · 17 Oct 2008 at 14:30

Tunney said:
A month, I believe. Should be ending soon.

Its over now actually.

eidolon · 17 Oct 2008 at 14:53

mulpsmebeauty said:
How is it going with the Samsung now that you've had a day to play about with it? I'd like one of these phones but am struggling to justify the outlay.

It's better in every conceivable way than the N96.

Actually, that's not entirely true. The N96 has iPlayer installed as default which I think is the only thing which could be classed as better than the Samsung.

If you're trying to decide between the two phones, the Samsung wins by an absolute mile.

Cyrus · 17 Oct 2008 at 15:03

how so? is it not a lot bulkier,

how would you class it as better? trying to decide between these two, the n85 and the n79, i have brain freeze

or should i just get an n82 again...

eidolon · 19 Oct 2008 at 00:13

I'm loving the Samsung more and more, there's no way I'd recommend *any* Nokia while the Samsung is on the market. The Samsung feels like a quality phone, everything from the materials it's made from to the feel of the slide oozes quality. The Nokia is plasticy, flimsy and rattles (and let's not talk about the crashes, freezes and slowdowns)

Booner! · 26 Oct 2008 at 13:27

Booner! said:
Ok, my i8510 has crashed 3 times now and restarted itself about 20 times over the passed week or so? What should I do? software update?

Youstolemyname said:
The only time mine has crashed is while using google maps. What were you doing to cause the crash?

Ringing people, sometimes it's just laying on the table and it restarts itself?!

eidolon · 26 Oct 2008 at 14:24

Mine hasn't crashed yet, it's rock solid stable. Infinitely better than my N96 is.

Guv · 26 Oct 2008 at 14:44

I've had mine for 5 days now and it's brilliant. A very good upgrade from the N95. Seems very stable with no random restarts.

A shame TomTom and Garmin XT won't run on it though! I'm hoping this issue will be fixed sometime

JoeDredd · 26 Oct 2008 at 14:52

DJMK4 said:
My mate also had 3 N73's replaced within about 7-8 months, and his N95 replaced twice.

Although Nokia are leaders in the mobile market I wouldnt say they were built to last.

TBH I have had my N73 for 18months used constantly every day with NP, some people just look after their phones

Youstolemyname · 26 Oct 2008 at 21:14

Booner! said:
Ringing people, sometimes it's just laying on the table and it restarts itself?!

That's really odd- like I say the only crashes I have had on mine are while using google maps.

Guv said:
I've had mine for 5 days now and it's brilliant. A very good upgrade from the N95. Seems very stable with no random restarts.

A shame TomTom and Garmin XT won't run on it though! I'm hoping this issue will be fixed sometime

When you say won't run, do you mean wont use the internal GPS? I have tomtom 6 running on mine but use an external bluetooth GPS receiver and it works perfectly.

Guv · 26 Oct 2008 at 21:20

Youstolemyname said:
When you say won't run, do you mean wont use the internal GPS? I have tomtom 6 running on mine but use an external bluetooth GPS receiver and it works perfectly.

Won't run

Tomtom (i'm also using version 6) stays on the splash screen and Garmin refuses to load at all. From what I've read these are common problems. It would be good to know how you got tomtom running on yours please

Nazca · 27 Oct 2008 at 00:28

Haven't read the whole thread.

Having got my i8510, loving it by the way, i have one question.

How on earth do you use the front lens camera. The manual has jack squat and there's no option on the phone that i have seen. Also, how do I get widgets on it?

Youstolemyname · 27 Oct 2008 at 11:40

Guv said:
Won't run

Tomtom (i'm also using version 6) stays on the splash screen and Garmin refuses to load at all. From what I've read these are common problems. It would be good to know how you got tomtom running on yours please

I just installed it and it ran :confused:

. Did you install it to the right directory (tomtom) and do you have maps etc for it?

Guv · 27 Oct 2008 at 18:14

Youstolemyname said:
I just installed it and it ran . Did you install it to the right directory (tomtom) and do you have maps etc for it?

I copied over the files (including the map) to the memory card. The same files I used when I had it on my N95. I then installed the sis file to C drive.

What do you mean to the right directory? Maybe I need to move some files somewhere else?

It starts running but stays on the tomtom splash screen.

DailyGeek · 30 Oct 2008 at 09:14

Just got mine last night, very nice - needed a satnav too so will have to sort that out asap

Zaf · 30 Oct 2008 at 13:27

DailyGeek said:
Just got mine last night, very nice - needed a satnav too so will have to sort that out asap

SATNAV is a nightmare

unwashed potato! · 30 Oct 2008 at 15:38

Tunney said:
A month, I believe. Should be ending soon.

Airax said:
Its over now actually.

just rang orange and they still say they aren't going to be selling it. anyone know why? it's been out for ages now would have though they'd want this.

Airax · 30 Oct 2008 at 16:18

Mammalian said:
just rang orange and they still say they aren't going to be selling it. anyone know why? it's been out for ages now would have though they'd want this.

Who knows why. I know its not been a big seller, so maybe Orange have other devices to focus on? You could always upgrade on Orange with CPW.