Some useful information for anyone of you want to change spare parts. I've phoned the NCC HQ at the Berjaya Plaza (the 13th floor one, not the 1st floor NCC). They said they didn't order spare parts at the moment cause the spare part price will be going down so they're waiting to get a new price list for the spare parts in a week or 2 then only order them.

HolyCross how's your phone? Did you manage to have it repaired? I wonder how much they charge for the spare parts? I can imagine it'll be expensive at the moment right?

Glad it worked for you!

Haha yalo, i wished i was able to purchase an authorized set too, but if buy authorized set then have to really eat maggie whole month...

By the way, ncc called me again and said got spare parts...maybe the staff didn't check then simply say one...

So then i bought a keypad for RM32, maybe will try DIY change the keypad since only need to remove 2 things, not even a screw driver is needed. I thought they won't sell spare parts? Anyway i'm happy now...

You can phone them, phone number is 03-2141 5993. Not sure if they have it but I think they kinda have a few in stock gua...HQ woh cannot don't have spare parts...

BTW I just changed the keypad! Don't even need to take off anything and my phone is remain on!

I just need to use a thin card like iTalk or prepaid reload card, then gently pry off the keypad, gently push the side cover outward a bit to make way for the keypad. Then replace, gao dim...

By the way I accidently bend the very edge part of the soft plastic and left a folded mark there, but totally invincible once the keypad in place and won't affect the keypad at all so I'm happy with it...Now I know how to change keypad le...

PS: here's the picture of the part that I was talking about...

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Well, Coreplayer is NOT cool, it's FREAKINGLY AWESOME! I've been looking for video player that can let you choose just play left or right channel! I was having hard time trying to convert my older video files to just select only one of the audio channel, and this save my ass! Also, the most feature rich player for symbian phone I've ever seen!

By the way, it seems that this player was officially at 1.1.1 beta, but I was able to find 1.1.2 however only in chinese...missgeek yours is chinese version or english version? I prefer english version, not that I don't read chinese though, just prefer english when it comes to application. If there's no ahem english version then I'll just stick to chinese version.

Haha thanks I just found the english version of 1.12, trying to install it first see if it need serial...

Haha, installed and run...Already *Ahem'ed (where's my fisherman friend?)...

Nope, never happened...

By the way, no problem so far with my phone in overall except don't simply insert headphone during a call or open Nokia Maps during PC Suite via USB...It'll restart...

Em, TV out, 640x480 30fps video shooting, 5MP, 2.8" screen, N-Gage, WiFi, 3.5G, 8GB internal memory...I actually LOVE the dual slide even it's not perfectly designed...

Which phone are you comparing to...?

This post has been edited by pigcat: Dec 5 2007, 12:05 PM

I don't see there's any 3.5mm audio jack for the W960, kinda render walkman phone useless in a way, but I'm sure there's remote control but you can't charge during music listening if it's a usual SE dock port.

However, battery life sure W960 win lo. N95 8GB has slightly better spec that you might not need, also for the features, I think W960 will be chaper than N95 8GB. Think about it...

Actually even me also set to 3MP for casual shots only, 5MP is way overkill. However, I'm travelling to Macau soon so I'll set it to 5MP to capture all the nice nice scenes (the advantage of having the option to choose higher resolution).

Yeah the big problem with SE is that they simply don't want to come out with a "perfect" phone like Nokia did, pack everything inside. But they have their own market isn't it? Not every wants so many features. But then, no standard 3.5mm and USB port...Aww...I hate docking port...

Oh yeah, still, the N95 8GB video shooting is really the best I've seen, way more appealing than the megapixel wars...

Bug report!

Ok, the manual light compensation (EV +-) doesn't work with the positive setting! When set to e.g. EV-1 the brightness will lower down, however, set to anything +0.5~+2 will not have any effect at all! I'm not sure if this is normal, but I've seen the N82 camera shots and it actually functional even though the picture came out too bright! It's a manual setting after all right?

Firmware is v11, not sure if this applied to v10 as well...

Dang...Should have learn from my girlfriend, she never update her firmware lol!

Nevermind, wait for the new firmware then...So sad haha update new firmware that add more bugs...

No, both EV +- all preview very well, it's just after taking the photo with the positive setting, the picture will be no difference with normal setting (EV 0). However, negative setting seems to work after taking the picture too, picture come out darker as previewed.

More experiments with the TV out and the 3.5mm connector...

Well, the 3.5mm connector is very sensitive and won't accept anything that has non-standard size (certain headphones has slightly thicker diameter). Basically it'll detect good quality cables, but won't give a damn to chapalang cables. Also, how fast/slow you insert/unplug the jack will also affect the detection.

I tried a cheap china made AV cable for iPod video, totally cannot display (weird image) and produce annoying noise. Then I also tried it on the iPod video, it won't even detect it (it was OK and absolutely functional when my gf first got it, I guess the iPod 3.5mm port is also very sensitive). I use the original Nokia AV cable, and it was functional. So don't waste money on chapalang brand cables cause it's not worth it and waste money if so happened you lost your cable or cable spoiled (touch wood touch wood)...Also I found that if I unplug the AV cable too fast the phone will not resume to normal handset status and will remain on TV out...

On the other hand, the headphone cables. Yeah, I bought a Griffin (I think it's spelled that way) headphones RM100 (dang!), the diameter of the jack is slightly thicker so when insert it into the connector it'll just detect it as TV out no matter how hard I try. Then no choice I bought another good quality Sony headphone (RM119), an in-ear earbud headphones like those bundled with SE W series phones except it came with 50m cord + 1M extension cord (also the detachable ear frame that'll secure the headphone during jogging etc). No just the quality is even better, the rubber also very soft and easy on the ears, and most importantly the sound character goes really well with N95 8GB. Also, it has an L-shape connector. Highly recommend this, for the price I think it's really a good one. I probably will give the Griffin headphones for my brother. However, the Griffin actually very nice also (just not as clear as the Sony headphone), and it doesn't need as much power to drive the volume as the Sony headphone (means the Sony headphone will be softer compared to the Griffin with the same volume setting). I would have stick to that one if the connector has "normal" size...

Sorry for a dumb question but how much is the in-car charger? Nokia charger supposed to be very popular but I never buy car charger before so I don't have a clue...

You need Public Bank to do direct bank in. Or else like me Maybank2U have to provide the bank account holder's ID number or something which is highly unlikely you can ask for it, so a no go if you don't use Public Bank. I use CC by the way, order went very smooth...Or contact Daijoubu for bulk order...?

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Added on December 7, 2007, 11:06 amEm, what kind of difference you expect...? It's like asking what's the difference between Windows XP SP1 and Windows XP SP2...Moreover, you cannot install the OS by yourself, it's all built in as it is...

BTW I think N95 is using S60 v9.2...

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Hmm anyone experiences the numeric keypad "3" has poorer tactile feedback? It feels like the keypad wasn't aligned properly with the button underneath...It doesn't affect texting but somehow I felt uncomfortable whenever I press "3"...

EDIT: Oh nevermind, apparently it's my finder too big and didn't press in the middle of the button thus giving me that impression... Funny that only happened with my right thumb...

This post has been edited by pigcat: Dec 7 2007, 01:40 PM

Oh and anyone found out the video recording is not always smooth? It's like the first few secs of the video capturing will stutter or low fps and then it'll become smooth. Kinda annoying when I want to capture something on the spot that only happen randomly.

I've just watched the sample video captured by the LG Viewty vs the N95, it appears that N95 finally meet its match! LG Viewty seems to capture smoother video than the N95 (maybe stablelizer enabled?), however color seems to be a little on the soft side...

Anyway still very happy with N95 video capture...Moreover got very convenient TV out plus the audio captured in compressed form means it'll pump the volume up to an optimized level, although not "natural" but that's what a casual shooting needed (also won't distort easily with high volume).

I was comparing the 30fps video from both phone...

Anyway the 120fps is only QVGA haha...

My E70 is even thicker, bigger and longer...Still no complaint...Why? I also have a big hand...I actually love the size of the E70 and the qwerty keyboard (kinda miss it).

So the size of N95 is a BIG PLUS for me...

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Added on December 7, 2007, 5:16 pmAlso small phone hard to feel the vibration hence miss calls...

This post has been edited by pigcat: Dec 7 2007, 05:16 PM