TamsS60 - the S60 Blog The S60 news and opinion source 2008-07-04T07:52:21Z WordPress http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/feed/atom/ admin <![CDATA[The Nokia N82 review - the camera]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=232 2008-07-03T17:52:50Z 2008-07-04T07:52:21Z Being an avid photographer myself, I was particularily interested to see how the N82’s camera fares - after all, the device managed to take home a CIPA award. But can it stack up(click the images for native versions)?

Hardware-wise, the camera is excellently equipped. A Carl Zeiss lense provides the focussing, a 5MP sensor does the actual imaging. Last but not least, a real flash and a focus assist LED are thrown in to simplify working in low-light conditions.

The first test image was an indoor shot of the ficus in my main office(shared with abc texte) - the leaves are somewhat sharp, but pretty noisy:

After that, I went on to make a few shots with the macro mode(must be activated manually). Both of them turned out well focussed, although the Treo’s keys are a bit noisy:

Moving on to flash: my classic test bookshelf has turned out pretty well. Of course, a digital camera manages a better picture(where the book covers can actually be read) - but for a camera phone, the N82’s performance is superb:

A completely dark bedroom(6m long) was lit up well, although noise levels got out of control:

Finally, an image of a brightly lit house made with night mode. The capture time is pretty long - getting a sharp image is easiest via burst mode. Nevertheless, the images aren’t as crisp as the ones from a digital camera:

The burst mode of the camera is excellent(even though a bit slow at approx 0.5FPS/sec when saving 5MP pics to RAM) - it allows you to fill up the available memory completely..

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admin <![CDATA[BrightHand releases June’s “mind share” stats]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=306 2008-07-03T17:48:53Z 2008-07-03T21:48:22Z The folks at BrightHand’s have managed to somehow generate stats that show which devices stir up the most “user activity” - their results are posted once a month and usually provide pretty interesting reading.

Before we get into the nitty-gritty, here’s an overview of the “Mindshare” distribution. Palm and S60 get one device into the top list, Apple manages to squeeze in two, and PocketPC’s take up the remaining six boxen. Windows Mobile Smartphones are not represented this month:

Here is a list of the devices:

  1. HTC Touch Diamond
  2. Apple iPhone 3G
  3. HTC Touch
  4. ipaq 210
  5. Nokia N96
  6. Palm Centro
  7. HTC Mogul
  8. Sony Ericsson Xperia X1
  9. ipaq 110
  10. iPod touch

What do you think?

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admin <![CDATA[Nokia PC Suite v7.0.6.3 leaked]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=305 2008-07-03T17:34:22Z 2008-07-03T17:34:22Z The folks at Symbian-Freak’s somehow managed to get their hands onto a beta of Nokia’s upcoming version 7 of PC Suite. As of now, little is known about what is actually improved/changed by the latest version.

Nevertheless, daring folk can always visit symbian-freak and try it out - please let us know how you fared!

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admin <![CDATA[Unannounced system maintenance]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=304 2008-07-03T16:40:54Z 2008-07-03T16:40:54Z Dear Readers,
I have to apologize on behalf of the brainsware and tamoggemon content teams for the recent lack of updates and quirks with the comment functionality.

However, our host has decided to migrate us to a new server which is more resistant to DDOS attacks after the recent brawl over a bunch of Olympus E520 sample images.

Anyways, all should now be working a-ok again - in case you note any issues, please let us know ASAP!

Best regards and sorry
Tam Hanna

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admin <![CDATA[Symbian execs start blogging]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=302 2008-06-30T15:39:58Z 2008-07-01T15:08:38Z My long-term pal Mike Mace has recently posted an editorial about the Symbian Foundation - he called it “The End of the Dream“; and didn’t appear to be too happy about it. Nevertheless, he posted a few interesting links that Symbian developers and fans alike should not miss out on.

First of all, two Symbian executives began blogging a few days ago. David Wood’s blog is here; John Forsyth’s sits here.

Finally, TheRegister has a very long story on the history of Psion (the company that initially developed Symbian) - if you have a bit of time, look at it here.

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admin <![CDATA[Another beibei spy shot]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=301 2008-06-30T15:08:38Z 2008-06-30T21:55:51Z The Sony Ericsson BeiBei has been claimed dead a few days ago - nevertheless, new spy shots are leaked on an almost daily basis.

The latest leak involves the infamous HowardForums - a user posted the following shot of two newly-acquired BeiBei devices:

As of now, it’s really difficult to decide whether these devices will ship or not. The hardware seems to be ready to go - the question is SE’s willingness to risk a deployment…

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admin <![CDATA[Spy shots of an all-black Nokia N76]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=300 2008-06-30T15:02:51Z 2008-06-30T18:28:06Z So far, Nokia’s N76 has been critically acclaimed for its horrible product quality - the paint job chips off literally days after unpacking the phone. Nokia nevertheless seems to believe in the product - JAMPB managed to gather up a gallery of shots showing an all-black version of the flip phone.

Here are a few - visit JAMPB for the full gallery:

P.S. In case anyone of you wonders: yes - a “black” version of the N76 has been released a few months ago. However, it isn’t all black, but has a few silver elements on the front…

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admin <![CDATA[OPera 9.,5. for Windows Mobile announced - where is the S60 version?]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=299 2008-06-30T14:28:06Z 2008-06-30T14:28:06Z So far, Opera for S60 has been an excellent browser - I really enjoyed using it on my Nokia N71.

However, the Opera team recently fired up a blog post announcing a beta of Opera 9.5 for Windows Mobile (available on July the 15th) - Symbian was not mentioned anywhere.

We have sent an inquiry to Opera yesterday - and while the company usually responds very fast, the silence that followed can be considered a very bad sign…

Do you think that Opera 9.5 will ever hit S60 and/or UIQ?

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admin <![CDATA[First Nokia E66 review]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=298 2008-06-28T13:33:28Z 2008-06-28T13:33:28Z The Nokia E71 has been reviewed before - now, its smaller sibling aka E66 has hit an analyst’s desk. Alfredo Padilla from wirelessinfo managed to get his heads onto one of these boxen and put its through its paces.

The phone fared pretty well except for minor eekers - get the full scoop here:
http://www.wirelessinfo.com/content/Nokia-E66-Cell-Phone-Review.htm

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admin <![CDATA[Sony Ericsson Paris spotted in black/orange finish]]> http://tamss60.tamoggemon.com/?p=297 2008-06-27T10:54:34Z 2008-06-27T20:47:06Z Even though the world doesn’t look too good for UIQ at the moment(UIQ itself laying off employees); the following shot of the Sony Ericsson Paris has popped up on the internet:

I myself am not sure about what this means for end users as a recent rumor has stated that the device pictured above may never come to Europe and the USA.

On the other hand, developers have received white papers covering the devices; and FCC certification has been achieved - the device IMHO is in a more-less ready-to-drop state and doesn’t look too unattractive for average customers.

In the end, however, the release of the Paris is of little significance for UIQ developers. The ship has begun to sink - get off it asap!

via JAMPB

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