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Dolby Digital shows off Dolby Surround Sound on Nokia N95 8GB

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008 at 5:11 PM

Dolby Digital Surround sound processing for mobile phonesNokia and multimedia handsets. Mention one and most people will reflexively think of the other. The Finns are known for their N-series mobile phones that can take amazingly sharp and crisp pictures, shoot high-quality video, and store gobs of media. Unfortunately, Espoo’s expertise in surround sound processing is a bit lacking.

Enter Dolby Digital. Dusan and I mentioned the Dolby Digital surround sound signal processing application back at Mobile World Congress 2008 Barcelona. The technology is amazing and really makes movies and music come to life. Last we heard, Dolby was looking for manufacturing partners to load devices with Dolby’s surround sound processing app for complete and rich out-of-the-box multimedia experience.

Dolby’s strength lies in their ability to take plain, old stereo sound and give it a 3D feel and increased depth. The Symbian booth at CTIA Las Vegas 2008 was small, really small. They didn’t have much to show off, other than the Dolby Digital surround sound app.

The application installs and runs in the background when viewing movies or listening to music. When paired with a decent set of headphones, the Dolby signal processing is really amazing. Look for new Nokia N-series handsets to start offering Dolby enhancements in the near-term (according to the rep).

UPDATE
Apparently the booth rep didn’t know what he was talking about. There is no set deal for Nokia to distribute the Dolby Surround Sound application with any N-Series devices. 

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  • Zak

    Is that a copper N95 8G?

  • Topy

    “(according to the rep)” so no idea when it comes out :smile:
    Nokia have had really good sounds quality compared to many it’s rivals and this will up it a notch again.

  • Will Park

    That’s a Black N95 8GB. The booth lighting must have made it look copper-ish.

  • ajnabee

    tannks man

  • yk

    Um… kinda old technology.
    This was totally last year if you didn’t know.
    My SHARP SH905i keitai already has DOLBY mobile along with a 2001: Contrast ratio 480x854pixel screen.
    And Dolby is barely putting this on a Nokia? Wow. So behind.
    My 2 cents.

  • n95 user

    hey this is cool.. but is there an update or installation for n95. or it is only included in the new made n95s only?

  • Raidium

    Nokias have always had a good sound quality to their devices so this will definitly boost that up even more.

  • sony

    First of all nokia sucks in sound clarity and secondly n95 8gb doesnt have dolby. They fooled the consumers i guess!
    i too own a n95 and se satio… n guess which sounds better se satio.Its not bcoz of headphones(trie se headphone in nokia)same results.
    My plan is to sell n95 8gb and buy a w995(best music phone of the year 2008)