The Unofficial N95 User’s Manual

A guide to the smartest phone on the planet.

August 13, 2007

Add-On Game Pad Lets You Use Real Buttons

One of the most glaring design flaws of the N95 is that, while it has full gaming capabilities under the hood, it has a horrible button layout that almost guarantees you will launch other applications or somehow exit or pause your game multiple times per session.

smartgamepadSmartGamePad (www.smartgamepad.com) ($80) is an add-on Bluetooth device that lets you press “real” buttons and avoid the dreaded in-game application launch syndrome.

The official website doesn’t list the N95 as supported as of the date of this post, but this comment thread includes a post that says it does indeed work.

Other things to consider (culled from the above comment thread): it’s still a “little buggy” at times and the response time isn’t as fast as some might like. Oh, and just personal opinon: it’s not going to win any design prizes any time soon.

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