I Got My N95, Now What?

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Firmware Upgraded, No Issues! Happy Dancing. A Few QIK Tips

I did the firmware upgrade following the instructions from Nokia and the advice from Amy Gahran. 

The reason I upgraded my firmware is because I had some performance issues.  I followed the advice that I had gotten from different sources (here) and it didn't work.  So, I had no choice to take a deep breath and upgrade firmware.  The only glitch was that I had backed up the data on laptop which is a vista -and when I tried to restore, I got errors that the program was uncompatible with VISTA.  Grr ..

I had kept my activation key and link to the original download.  So I downloaded again.   This time I installed the app on my memory card so it won't hog up the nokia phone memory - which is sort of limited on this version.   Also, if it fragments - I can use the reformat trick.

Qik's co-founder told me that the ability to reinstall/reactivate the client once you do the firmware upgrade from the profile page. More info here:

Getting Information for Aussie Sim Card via Twitter and QIK!

On Twitter, I asked if I could use an Aussie Sim card in my US Nokia N95 to stream QIK.  Steve Garfield pinged @broy, qik co-founder who gave me a brief tweet.  Yes I can!

I had more questions, so I blogged them and did a QIK video and posted here.  @broy expanded in the comments.

Now, to find the best sim card deal and the Nokia N95 users in Australia.    I found Silk Charm via a BlogHer colleague via email and tweeted her and she responded.   She's a QIK user too!   She tweeted my message out to her network.

My questions are:

• Where is the best place to purchase an Aussie sim card upon my arrival in Brisbane on Sunday, May 18th at 6:00 am jetlagged and needing it for the next morning?

• What are my plan options?  I want to get phone and data access for that week.  What is the best deal? How much will it cost?

A Quick Question and A Quick Answer From Qik

 

I am bringing my Nokia N95 with me on my trip to Australia and hope to use during my workshop.   I had a question

Can I purchase an Aussie Sim card, insert into my US Nokia N95, and live stream QIK from Australia (and post photos to Flickr, etc)

The answer came from QIK -- (impressive listening skills)  and is yes, but I can't use the 3G. 

My next set of questions:

• If I can't use G3, does that mean the data access is slower?  What will the performance issues be?  Or does it mean I can only stream with wifi?

• Where is the best place to purchase an Aussie sim card upon my arrival in Brisbane on Sunday, May 18th?

• What are my options?  I want to get phone and data access for that week.  What is the best deal? How much will it cost?

• Do I need to do anything to my phone besides pop in the sim card for it to work?  When I get back to US and put my original US sim card back it, will things get screwed up?