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not bein funny mat, but my n95 is charged ever night when i go to bed. the next day it lasts and im on it all the time, endless phone call for work etc, and never one has it let me down,

And you dont have a charger in the van mate? Cos mine could last 12 - 18 hours without a charge and 1 hours worth of a call and it was gone.

Still, 1 day battery life is far from impressive. And nobody gets more then 1.5 days with the N95 and that is leaving it alone in GSM mode and without using it for a single call or text, it inherited the same battery drain problems that plagued the N80, in fact, it took battery drain to a whole new level.

Ill stick with my K800i, it can squeeze a week without a charge just about, with moderate usage... if you really need a PC on the move, get something real like an HTC device, or a Blackberry instead of Nokia's lame excuse for a PC lol. It doesnt excel at anything at all, why people think it is so good is beyond me.

Imho, it is Nokia's biggest let down, they hyped it for months, and the entire industry was stunned upon its release because it has so many shortcomings compared with what Nokia promised. It should have been a benchmark phone; instead it represents nothing but a modified N80, albeit with a worse camera for photography.

just charge it every night. problem solved

now now ladies this is a car PC thread not another N95 thread lol. anyway the N96 has a60% better battery and more ram

Back to the PC then, why not use the laptop disc to run the OS, and have a portable/external firewire/usb2 drive in the centre armrest for example and use that to store all your media on, that way you can take it into the house and "fill it up"

well i will be adding an external slot load dvd drive when i have some more cash. so can just take what i want into the car and stick it on the hdd

re-done the firber glass on the screen today looks better not perfect but will do for now. all fitted and working properly only 2 more things i need in line fm modulator and usb dvd drive. will post up some pic and vid when i get some time!

Sweet cant wait to see it matey!!

yeh sounds good, lotta work already gone into it, lookin forward to seeing the finished item..

should have come over and had a look last night jonah.

i got my slot load dvd drive now just having issues getting it to work from my usb hub. wifi works great just need to find connections that allow me to use it(Mc d's free wifi is handy!)
i have now got just ove 60gb of music on it. still having problems with dvd player on wmp but i think i may just use a diffrent program.

next project for the pc will be sat nav and hands free phone kit through bluetooth
any 1 know of a usb 2.0 hub, with 4 usb 2.0 connections?

and a big thanks to mark for showing me were the on screen key board is!! its ment i can now get rid of the keyboard!!

well done on this shawnmoan, i was well impressed last night with it, even chris said he wants on in the proton now lol.

Cheers andy. like i said a few issues to sort and things to add but its up and running at least

Yeah, well done on it Shaun, looks great.

I want one now


Uh-oh sounds like another job for me lol

Cheers joe. u interested in putting one in the beemer? would go well with the rest of the tech in your car

had a couple of questions on cost last night

Total cost so far
Screen £38 (should have been £150+)
Motherboard £60
M2 atx(12v power supply)£40
2.5" 120 gb sata HDD £36
1gb DDR2 ram £11
Usb slot load Dvd writer £50
paint, fiberglass, ect about £15
fm modulator £10
total £260

not bad when u consider somthing like this
Sony HDD head unit
is selling for around £750 + the pc has the dvd playback, internet, sat nav, you can even have it read ur ecu to give you all the info from that and a snip of the price.
i did it as i hate portable mp3 players(namedly ipods) and didnt fancy the idea of hooking 1 up to my head unit.