The two teasers I did earlier (the picture and the video) were both composed, uploaded, and posted with the combination above: The Nokia N95 and the Nokia N810. I discussed this combination before and wanted to put it to a good test. Yesterday afternoon, the FedEx man dropped off my new N95-3 and this morning service was established for it. It was hiking time!
Camera performance:
The N95's camera was a solid performer. Even on a hazy day, I managed to snap off a handful of very good shots. They were directly uploaded to Flickr with Shozu. Go ahead and look at that gallery to see the results.
Video Recording:
The video I took was less impressive. My hands were shaky by that point in the climb and I was on unsteady ground so there is a lot of wobble in it. The N95 did not handle the wobble too well, as can be shown in the YouTube video.
Internet Access:
I got a solid 3.5G connection through the whole event. Granted this mountain is literally IN THE MIDDLE of a city - still it was nice to have a solid, reliable, and fast connection.
Actual Blogging Performance:
Blogger's page worked perfectly, as did YouTube. I wasn't able to Shozu upload the video as it was 13 megs and Shozu caps off at 10. I copied the video to the N810 and then uploaded it. It went across the Bluetooth link twice. I wish I could have avoided that, but I wasn't able to use the Bluetooth phone browser as a source on the YouTube upload page. The upload was the longest wait (I didn't time it) but at that point in the hike I NEEDED the break.
I noticed several typos in my entries (fixed when I looked at them at home) that I'll chalk up to carelessness with the keyboard. Even so - I would not have had those typos on a regular keyboard. Still: it's the best thing yet for pocket blogging.
ThoughtFix's Performance:
My feet hurt. My back hurts. My arms hurt. I forgot to snag a GPS shot while I was there. I flaked out on the last 1/3 mile of the hike (because it looked like this) so didn't even make it as far as I said I would. Oh well. At least I got the review material I wanted. I also took yet more pictures using my PowerShot. That was a nice painful amount of fun.
9 comments:
How is the 3.5G on the N95. I currently have the non 3G version, and I want to get the N810 and pair them. I was wondering if you think it is worth it to ditch the old n95 and get the 3G version. (both the speed and the battery life taken into consideration.) Thanks! Love the Blog too!
Hi,
Nice blog, ... looking forward to see the N810 in action by myself.
By the way, can you tell me how I can add my blog (feed) on maemo planet ?
I didn't find the way how to do it actually.
Cheers, Jan
Hey nice combo there :-) I wish we could do our testing on a mountain top somewhere. What more could anyone ask for - an N810, N95, 3.5G connection and the fresh mountain air.
Best,
Jambo (ShoZu)
Oooh Daniel, blaming the hike on your shaky hands... tsk tsk. You know that's not true, butterfingers. :Pkj
I'll have to agree with this combo- especially with the 3.5G. I just got an N95-3 last weekend, and the night before last- 3G went live in my area. I haven't gotten my hands on the N810 yet, but with the N800 the connection is quite nice via bluetooth from the 3.5G network on my US variant N95. It's no contest with EDGE vs 3.5G. I imagine with a zippy new OS on the tablet the two can only work better with each other.
So Daniel, if you're planning on using an N810 tethered to an N95 in the US with any regularity at all, there's no question- ditch the N95-1 and get your self a US variant with AT&T 3.5G frequencies.
The extra RAM on the new N95s makes it worth it right off the bat!
Great write up. I am curious as to why you are using blogspot?
Does anyone have experience with using the N810 / 800 with wordpress blogs? Thanks!
I meant blogger versus blogspot, sorry for the confusion.
Never realized you were also in Phoenix.
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