So today was my first real day of use with the N90 and I definitely like it – a lot!
I spent some quality time this am with Hannah, playing and snapping some photos as well as a video or two, which I was able to transmit via bluetooth to my PowerBook from the family room to the kitchen. During a free moment later on, I was able to attach the files to an email and send out to my parents who were quite happy to get an extra dose of their granddaughter.
My weekends are usually spent like most working types running errands and today was no different. As I had noted last night I had paired the N90 with the car, and I was very pleasantly pleased to see (and hear) how well it worked. My usual phone, the BlackBerry 7100T is quite finiky pairing with devices and requires a high degree of hands-on adjustment in order to work with either the car, or a handsfree handset. The N90, simply worked — as long as I maintained state with the vehicle. If you walk away while the car is on, you lose the pairing and have to either manually activate it or restart the car. I really liked returning to the car from an errand and knowing that my phone and car were waiting and ready for calls …
I took a whole series of images which show off both the good and bad of the camera. In general it’s quite good – certainly the best camera phone I’ve ever used, but clearly not my Nikon D70S. It is an all in one, which makes it really great though. I know that as long as I have the phone (I always have a phone) I have a reliable camera that can take both still and video images worth keeping. There are some expected issues – dull flash in lower light, flaring from tougher light sources and a slow shutter, which offers a delay. The delay is most present in my blurred images as I was either moving or shooting a slightly moving target.
I took a quick video as well – which you can see here. (vimeo link)
I uploaded all of today’s images through the Lifeblog application which is very cool and quite simple to use. I’d like to see a way to upload a full album of images at once, rather than the one-off method I used. I have not tried taking the memory card out yet and just using a card reader, though I would probably do that next time with for more than a few images. This is really just due to repitition, rather than difficulty.
Speaking of difficulty… The N90 is repeatedly having issues playing back video I capture due to a low memory error. I think this is due to applications running in the background, but for the life of me can’t quite figure it out yet. This is a killer and needs to be remedied. I love capturing the clips, but I also want to be able to review on the go, rather than having to rely on a computer to beam back…
More to come…
Hi,
I have been using the Nokia N90 for about ten days now and must agree with you. Wonderful machine.
Regarding taking videos; I have found that it works better by going to the settings and selecting the memory card to save the videos. I have added LOADS of software to my N90 and it works fine, although it is a little slow on startup (very much like my portable Mac – slow starters but better than the rest).
Best of luck and merry christmas to you! 🙂
David (Italy)
Your post really remind me about my old n90 that I had used before.. Even I had Iphone now but I kept my Nokia because I use it to take my first baby picture.
@kamek
great post, thanks for shared this very use for me