GLOBAL – Yesterday, we brought you a story on the N73 being more than just a cameraphone, which got us thinking. What is the most important feature in a cameraphone? The new Nokia N86 has raised the bar performance-wise in a number of ways, but with the megapixel race slowing, what is it that you believe is most significant?
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SAN FRANCISCO, USA - NewScientist.com reports that bio engineers working in the University of California in San Francisco have come up with a system to aid disease detection in developing countries using a Nokia N73. The device is one part of an apparatus the team developed which enables medical staff to photograph blood samples before sending them over the Internet for analysis. The team believe that images of malaria-infected blood captured by the device are good enough to detect the disease.
GLOBAL – Uncharacteristically, we have another “administrative” announcement. The last one was pretty recent and mentioned things like Blogbite, @nokconv on Twitter, and blogs.nokia.com. This time around we want to introduce something a bit larger.
One thing that we’ve been wishing for is a central place that has all the information on a particular product or service. No, we don’t mean some static page with fancy graphics and long lists of technical specs. What we wanted was a page that had some info on the product, some photos, some dynamic ever-changing info about the product, and something fun. A jumping-off place for all you would want to know about a particular product.
What we came up with is The Almanac. And we think it’ll be a hit. Read on for more details.
GLOBAL – This morning the team over at Nokia Beta Labs released a new version of the Nokia Magnifier app. A sharper, smoother-running update, this latest beta release of Nokia Magnifier better exploits the auto-focus camera feature on many S60 devices such as the N96, N95, N95 8GB, N82, N73, E90, E71, E66, to enable you to easily enlarge hard-copy small print.
Harnessing the often underplayed features of a device is crucial for driving innovation – an ethos that has been wonderfully embraced by many mobile innovators over the past year. So with traditional household tools such as the magnifying glass and spirit level (click to see it working on N95) becoming available on devices, how far can this go?
Okay, so you can’t digitize a screwdriver, weighing scales or a rolling pin… or could you, with say the Morph concept in mind? Perhaps that is stretching things too far. Maybe you disagree. So, how far can or should this breed of digitized traditional tool be taken. Is there a point where what’s practical and useful steps into the realm of the ridiculous?
Read on for more and to watch videos of Nokia Magnifier and the spirit level on N95. Plus, get stuck in and leave your opinions.
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INTERNATIONAL – Here on Conversations we’re always on the hunt for examples of new ways that help enable co-creation and more open communication between those making Nokia products and those of us using them day-to-day. So it was cool to see a brand new approach called the N-Gage Feedback Forum pop up on the scene. Spotted by the eagle-eyed team over at allaboutsymbian.com, this smart interactive feedback tool is a little hidden on the N-Gage site, so here’s the direct link. Read on…
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