Nokia N95 8GB becomes first phone to win DLNA thumbs-up

Nokia’s got a smile on its face. The Finnish phone giant's N95 8GB handset has become the world’s first mobile to win wireless connectivity certification from the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA). Nokia_N95 Nokia's N95 8GB: now with DLNA certification DLNA who? It's an industry organisation that aims to provide an …

[andy rock]

hmmm

sounds like this is some kind of UPnP type horror. run away!

[muzchap]

RE; hmmmmmmmmmmm

Unlikely!

This is just saying it has all of the necessary IN BUILT functions to qualify to a certain standard - it's not any new protocol - just a 'yardstick' (for our US friends - see how cultured I am!) for measuring the usefulness in terms of interactivity of a device when looking to integrate into your digital lifestyle.

I like the idea :)

[Anonymous Coward]

Rubbish

I saw this on my phone, mmm, so...

Can I play music on my phone off the network? NO!

Can I play videos off my network? NO!

Can I make my phone that has 8gb as a server instead of my 1tb NAS storage? YES!

Rubbish, rubbish, rubbish.

[Brian]

tag

"Nokia N95 8G becomes first phone to win DLNA thumbs-up

The what got what?"

That tag just had me laughing so hard my chest started to hurt, lol!!!!

[Bill Coleman]

@andy

>sounds like this is some kind of UPnP type horror. run away!

Why, what's so bad about UPnP? (I'm not defending it - I've never tried to use it, but have been toying with the idea for media server... )

[call me scruffy]

I have to admit that I like this.

I was thinking about rigging up some plumbers nightmare to automatically shift videos from my bittorrent machine to my '95 so I can watch them on the bus in the mornings, if the new 8GB version makes this easier then Bring It On.

[Andy]

Generation gap...

They're on 8G now? And I thought my 3G phone was up to date...

[Simon Grierson]

Can quite happily copy music over

I can copy msuic, videos,and photos over from my EyeConnect equipped imac to my N95 8Gb fine!

I can even play music directly off my N95 from the Netgear Radio I have too :-)

Not only that, my Ps3 connects to both too!

All excellent!

[Anonymous Coward]

RE Rubbish

RTFM mate, I can quite happily do those. Don't knock the product because you can't be bothered to learn how to use it

[Anonymous Coward]

Rubbish, still.

Actually the phone cannot play music on itself from these "Home Networks", Look at the AAS forums and you will see others can confirm this.

-I have my own standard, no honestly it's not proprietary, my mother uses it too, it must be a standard!