When I began testing the N71’s LED flash, I was very disappointed with its range. However, further testing has made me think about using it as a torch – a feature that some Samsung phones have had years ago. Since Nokia omitted that feature from the N71, I was full of hope that NiceLight helps…but can it?
NiceLight’s menu is very simple. You click the desired choice, and get a screen announcing what the phone does:
Keeping the screen backlight up was a no-brainer – but the program’s developers apparently had a different perception of the meaning of camera LED. For them, camera LED means the useless red thingy that lights up whenever the N71 is filming:
As an added bonus, the product also contains a ‘night clock’ mode. It keeps the backlight on(at a configurable level) and displays a clock. While this can be useful for some, I recommend everyone with insomnia or other sleep problems to refrain from using it:
This review looked at version 1.0 of NiceLight on a Nokia N71. The program needs whooping 506 KB of memory and can luckily be run from an external memory card.
In the end, I am a very disappointed with. The white flash LED of my N71 can emit significantly brighter and stronger light bursts than the small red video LED used by NiceLight. The program basically is a night clock combined with a program that keeps the backlight on permanently(which is decently useful on my N71, but can probably also be achieved by pressing a key repeatedly). Get the free trial to find out if the app is worth its asking price of 9$…
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