Nokia N95 one-ups Apple's iPhone via unrefined display 'hack'

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 4th 2007 at 3:13AM

There's no denying that we were fairly taken aback by the beauty of the iPhone's screen, but leave it to a clever (and likely bitter) N95 owner to trump Apple's best shot with his very Nokia. While not nearly as ingenious as converting the device into a mapmaker, this crude demonstration explains how to increase the screen real estate linked to the N95 if you're willing to sacrifice your left (or right) arm. Granted, the "hack" did begin with a broken N95, so strapping a portable TV onto one's forearm and utilizing the device's video output was about the only real solution within arm's reach (ahem). Like it or not, it's laced in utility, and you can catch a video of the action after the jump.

[Thanks, Eirikso]

Filed under: Handsets, Peripherals, Nokia, Apple

Tags: diy, hack, iphone, mod, n95, screen, stupid, tape, video, weird

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Henrikki @ Jul 5th 2007 9:59AM

Well, it's not a hack as itself: the N95 comes with a component cable with which you can connect the phone with any display which has this kind of connection type.

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Owen V @ Jul 4th 2007 4:41PM

I don't think the hack is so much getting the video to display on another screen, but instead hacking the screen onto his arm.

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