This is Lisa. She loves her N95 8GB, as well she should. There’s
many reasons to love the N95 8GB. I’ve spent some time with the N95 8GB myself,
and am currently having a go with the N95 8GB NAM (these N95 variant monikers are
starting to become a mouthful) right now courtesy of the fine folks at WOM
World, the Nseries sponsored word-of-mouth resource that covers all the latest
happenings around the Nokia blogosphere. The N95 8GB line has seen some very
nice software improvements since I last played with one. I’ve done a piece some
time back on the ten reasons to update to the N95 8GB from the classic edition,
and it may very well be time to revisit that topic. The shiny black beauty that
I’ve got here in front of me now has flash support in the browser so that I can
play embedded flash content from YouTube, or any of the other flash content
sites out there. It’s got all the fancy updates that I’m sorely lacking from my
beloved N95-3- that’s the seemingly forgotten North American variant. This new one
has vast improvements in speed with regards to the gallery as well as a much
quicker camera load time and processing of the images. It’s also got a larger
screen- which doesn’t really look that big on ‘paper’- it’s a 2.8 inch screen
as opposed to the classic N95’s 2.6 screen- but when you get the thing in your
hands, it’s a quite noticeable difference. The width added to the top slider
that allow for the extra 1/5 of an inch gives most the initial impression of a
rather “chunky” device, and this was exactly my impression. It just loses some
of the elegance of the N95- and yes, I think the N95 is a classy, elegant
device- I really do. The N95 8GB though, with its shiny piano black looks, and
it’s fat-headed slider with the 2.8 inch screen seems to lose some of this. I
will have to say though- I’ve absolutely gotten used to it- and now that the
North American 3.5G network capability has been added to this variant of the
N95 8GB, I’m really starting to like it. One thing that really makes this
device stand out is something that Lisa wants to tell you about…
There are a number of reasons to like the bigger screen-
read on for some of the impressions that the N95 8GB has left of me, and some
of the reasons why you should love the N95 as much as Lisa does...
Looks like the service center distrubuted firmware has finally been made public, offering Flash Lite 3 and Web runtime support. The firmware, labeled 21.0.0.016, was first seen almost two weeks ago at select Nokia repair centers; and offers numerous improvements including enhanced browsing experience, better Java performance, along with other application (Music Player, Nokia Maps, and Gallery) improvements. Be sure to check out the thread over at N95Users regarding the new firmware, and also be sure to backup your data via PC Suite before launching the Nokia Software Updater.
As for the "other" N95 users, I won't even begin to ask why we haven't seen the N95-3 firmware update; as that is just becoming played out and hopeless. For those of you did purchase the N95-3, maybe now would be a good time to switch to the N95 8GB NAM -as you may actually get Flash support and demand paging out of the box.
For those that were looking to replace your N95-1 rear cover
you will soon have a realistic (and mildly affordable) possibility. Benz-Driver
from telefon-treff reports that Nokia Repair Centers will soon be carrying the replacement
back covers for roughly 15-20 euro; offering the same colors we have
already seen throughout the current N95 line. It's nice to see Nokia give some options
to the old school users; let’s just hope your trip to the Service center is just to purchase the cover. Current colors shown in the provided picture are Warm Graphite, Black, Sand, and Deep Plum. No official
word on availability, however these should be trickling in within the next few
weeks.
Spotted at N95users today, member Benz-Driver has posted a picture of his newly updated N95-1 .
RM-159 (N95-1) MCU SWV 21.0.016 has apparently been available at Nokia Service Centers in at least the UK since this past Wednesday. The official changelog was posted earlier in the thread- no doubt that if you are an N95 user, you have most likely seen it already. This is basically the v21 firmware that has been in testing and available on a web runtime demo for developers and tinkerers since sometime around October last year.
So if you have an "old school" N95-1 and a Nokia service point around you, I would recommend taking that phone and heading out to that service center. Enjoy the flash in your browser. :)
Edit- To clarify, this update does not seem to be available with the Nokia Software Updater still, as of right now. It should be hitting NSU soon, for now it's only at walk-in service points. It's reported that all generic Euro and Middle Eastern product codes are allowed the update, as well as several local (euro) variants are also being made available. Generic product IDs ready for update include the following-
I'm absolutely steamed this afternoon. Ricky just dropped me
a line and asked if I had heard about the N73 update- thinking he must mean the
last update that brought demand paging to a device nearing it’s end of life
well before my beloved N95-3 received such an update- I responded affirmatively.
Much to my utter dismay, Ricky is talking about yet another firmware update for
the N73- one that dropped today.
While my NAM variant N95 is falling miserably behind the rest of the
N95 product line with regards to both performance and feature set, a device
released in 2006 is seeing further development. Don't get me wrong- I’m thrilled that Nokia
continues to support such a dated device- I just don’t get it. I also don’t mind
saying that I’m more than just a little miffed about this, and I've got a few things to say.
Stay tuned here for your Mobile World Congress coverage!
We are expecting some big announcements from Nokia, including multiple N and E series revealings, Nokia Maps updates, and Feature Pack 2 discussion. Also be sure to bookmark WomWorlds Virtual Event!
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This is Lisa. She loves her N95 8GB, as well she should. There’s
many reasons to love the N95 8GB. I’ve spent some time with the N95 8GB myself,
and am currently having a go with the N95 8GB NAM (these N95 variant monikers are
starting to become a mouthful) right now courtesy of the fine folks at WOM
World, the Nseries sponsored word-of-mouth resource that covers all the latest
happenings around the Nokia blogosphere. The N95 8GB line has seen some very
nice software improvements since I last played with one. I’ve done a piece some
time back on the ten reasons to update to the N95 8GB from the classic edition,
and it may very well be time to revisit that topic. The shiny black beauty that
I’ve got here in front of me now has flash support in the browser so that I can
play embedded flash content from YouTube, or any of the other flash content
sites out there. It’s got all the fancy updates that I’m sorely lacking from my
beloved N95-3- that’s the seemingly forgotten North American variant. This new one
has vast improvements in speed with regards to the gallery as well as a much
quicker camera load time and processing of the images. It’s also got a larger
screen- which doesn’t really look that big on ‘paper’- it’s a 2.8 inch screen
as opposed to the classic N95’s 2.6 screen- but when you get the thing in your
hands, it’s a quite noticeable difference. The width added to the top slider
that allow for the extra 1/5 of an inch gives most the initial impression of a
rather “chunky” device, and this was exactly my impression. It just loses some
of the elegance of the N95- and yes, I think the N95 is a classy, elegant
device- I really do. The N95 8GB though, with its shiny piano black looks, and
it’s fat-headed slider with the 2.8 inch screen seems to lose some of this. I
will have to say though- I’ve absolutely gotten used to it- and now that the
North American 3.5G network capability has been added to this variant of the
N95 8GB, I’m really starting to like it. One thing that really makes this
device stand out is something that Lisa wants to tell you about…
Looks like the 
g the replacement
back covers for roughly 15-20 euro; offering the same colors we have
already seen throughout the current N95 line. It's nice to see Nokia give some options
to the old school users; let’s just hope your trip to the Service center is just to purchase the cover. Current colors shown in the provided picture are Warm Graphite, Black, Sand, and Deep Plum. No official
word on availability, however these should be trickling in within the next few
weeks.
Spotted at N95users today, member Benz-Driver has posted a 
I'm absolutely steamed this afternoon. 
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