Today I was downloading the new Channels Media Service application from Nokia Beta Labs to test it out and see what it has to offer. The interface is pretty clean, but one of the nicest things I noticed is that Channels makes use of the N95′s built in accelerometer. I recently showed you the Lightsaber demo, but Channels automatically orients the UI based on how you’re holding the device, similar to what Apple always shows off in their iPhone commercial. Here’s a demo of it in action.
When the N95 came out it didn’t have this functionality. In fact, it didn’t even talk about the accelerometer. But you know what? Nokia is slowly releasing software updates for this device, and they’re slowly showing people more and more things that can be done with this device. Every time there’s a new firmware update or I find a cool new application, it’s like getting a whole new phone. And I’m just not seeing that with the iPhone. Web apps? Yeah, they’re okay and can be helpful, but they’re more like widgets that sit on top of an internet connection rather than something that truly integrates with the device. The N95 is showing me more and more that it’s retaining its value over time, whereas the iPhone price drop just says that it was overpriced to begin with.
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Mike Shinoda |
Totally agree with you.
Nyways do check out some nice applications for your N95 on nclubsoft.com. They are offering 10% discount on all N95 games and applications during the holiday season.
Regards
Mike
randy |
preach on brother! i have been loving series 60 since it was called that. nice to see someone else around here who’s aware of all the cool stuff you can do with these “phones”.
Jad |
u should try “RotateMe”, an application for the N95 that enables the accelerometer full time, u can check out the apps on http://www.bysamir.com
other apps enabling the accelerometer are coming out soon.
Sathya |
could not agree with u more!!!
Series 60 rocks
iphone is so closed (yeah they talk abt sdk blah blah… but there is 1000′s of s/w already available for the symbian platform)…
madani |
how can is use the touch screen in my n958gb
Heimir |
Don’t like how hard it is to have apps work in your phone.
always problem with signing or some s**t