GLOBAL – There’s been plenty of discussion around the N86 8MP and the fact it doesn’t come with a Xenon flash. There’s good reason, as to why, some of which we outlined in the interview with Damian Dinning, the man behind both devices. Damian himself wanted to highlight the low light performance differences of both devices so set up a true like for like test which he’s shared with Conversations.
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GLOBAL – There are some problems that can’t be fixed through the usual route and need to be resolved a different way. Capturing good images in low light has always been a challenge for mobile devices, for a variety of reasons, and one which the newly launched N86 8MP was tasked with tackling head on. The team responsible for conceiving the N86 is lead by Damian Dinning, who has a long history in photography (his first job was in a camera shop, before working for a variety of global camera brands). Damian had an ambition about 20 years ago where photography would become part of everyone’s daily lives, be accessible and easily usable and form part of our daily communication. Since joining Nokia he’s been heavily involved in the Imaging Business Unit, and is now responsible for developing a raft of Nseries devices (he was also involved in the N82). Fitting then, that one of the guys responsible for us being able to take better images with our mobile devices is also the guy who coincidentally, even by his own admission, had that vision all those years ago.
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HELSINKI, Finland – Yesterday, the Nokia N86 8MP officially started selling in shops around the globe. To mark the occasion (and to take advantage of the great weather), I went into Helsinki to take some videos and photos with my brand-spanking-new N86.
As an aside, I was a big fan of the Nokia N85. The N86 is similar, but has a ton of new tweaks, including a super eight megapixel camera, so it instantly became my new favorite (we wrote about it back in February).
In any case, decide for yourself. I took some photos and posted them below for you to check out. Just remember, I’m no pro photographer (or videographer) so take that into account when you comment on the quality of the photos (in other words, be nice).
ESPOO, Finland – Nokia launched its first camera phone, the Nokia 7650, back in November 2001 and helped changed the face of digital photography, the Web, and mobile phones. The latest leap in camera phones for Nokia is the Nokia N86 8MP. It has shown that Nokia still as something to say about mobile phones and photography. I have been an avid user of camera phones since the launch of the Nokia 7650. And I am currently using the Nokia N86 8MP. Continue reading for a bit of a journey past the milestones in camera phones at Nokia, and maybe get a glimpse of the future.
ESPOO, Finland – Wow. Today is our first anniversary (we went public on 21 April 2008*) and it’s amazing what we’ve accomplished in one year. When we set off on this adventure, we sort of had our own ideas on how it would be received, what challenges we would face, and where we would be at this stage. But, we really came to this with open minds and few expectations, keeping us ready to grow and respond to conditions as needed.
As with many milestones, we’d like to pause and take stock of some of our highlights (and “lowlights”) and even think a bit about the coming year. Please read on and see if you remember the year the same way we do.
ESPOO, Finland – It’s been a funny week of chips, cows, and fish being mixed in with mobile phones. I do not know what’s going on, but the interest in those stories suggests that maybe we need to dig up more of them (don’t forget to vote in our fish vs cow poll, though).
Right. Back to reality.
In this past week or two I found a few articles evaluating actions Nokia has taken (or not), a review of battery life on smartphones, a review on the Nokia N86 8MP, and a gag application for the Nokia 5800. I also have a comment on recent issues with the Nokia 5800.
Yeah, that’s a lot. So read on.
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