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Nokia N9 camera: sample images and video

Our first encounter with Nokia’s N9 may have been eleven different kinds of awesome, but we knew it was a mere scratch of the high-grade polycarbonate surface. One of the core pieces of functionality we didn’t get the chance to address back then was the camera, and after Nokia decided to toot that horn recently — saying, among other things, that it’s the ” fastest image-capturing phone ” yet — we decided we had to go back for a second go-around. In terms of performance, Nokia’s camera application definitely lives up to the company’s own hype, with nearly instant captures and an equally brisk return to a state of readiness for more image-taking. When shooting video, we noted that audio recording starts slightly later than the video, leaving the first half second or so without sound. This isn’t an uncommon issue (we’ve seen it on other phones and tablets) and can be seen in our video sample after the break. Now might be a good time to also mention that the N9s we tested with today were all prototype units, so don’t prejudge Nokia’s final hardware on the basis of what you see here. Unless your premature judgment is positive, we doubt Nokia would mind that. So anyhow, we took a walk around the company’s offices, escorted by a group of unarmed but surely lethal Finnish ninjas, taking shots of the surrounding cityscape as we went. The results show the N9 picking up a ton of detail and controlling noise admirably, while a few impromptu ThinkPad hands-on photos convinced us it can do a pretty stellar job with closeups as well. With a name like N9 , however, it was obvious which phone we needed to compare Nokia’s lone wolf MeeGo handset to, so out came our trusty N8 with its world-beating 12 megapixel sensor. Alas, in spite of having an F2.2 aperture on the N9, Nokia hasn’t managed to replicate the heroics of its earlier device: the N8 shows its advantage in consistently picking out better color balance and in also being sharper throughout the frame. It makes the N9′s images appear as if they were shot through a haze, though we hasten to add that this should be considered a strength of the older phone rather than a major failure of the new one. Additionally, the N9 suffers from the typically narrow dynamic range of smartphone camera sensors, which is the cause of the consistently blown-out sky in our gallery images. Still, considering the quick software operation and consistently detailed imagery on offer from the N9, we’d say Nokia is on to a winner here. P.S. — Looking for the full-size 8 megapixel stills from the N9? We’ve zipped them up for you right here . Continue reading Nokia N9 camera: sample images and video Nokia N9 camera: sample images and video originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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LG Optimus Black vs. Galaxy S II and Xperia Arc… fight!

It’s time for us to welcome yet another contender in the battle for world’s slimmest Android phone: the LG Optimus Black . This 9.2mm-thick handset made its debut to oohs and aahs of admiration at CES earlier in the year, and is now on the very precipice of a global release. Admittedly, it’s not quite slender enough to knock the 7.7mm-thick NEC MEDIAS N-04C off its perch as the absolute thinnest, but it is sufficiently slender to give Samsung’s Galaxy S II and Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Arc a good fright. That pair of smartphones offer thinner proportions on the spec sheet, but when rested on a flat surface they sit ever so slightly higher than the Optimus Black. This is because, unlike its tricky contemporaries, the Optimus Black keeps to the same thickness along its full length (don’t laugh), which, technically speaking, makes it the thinnest Android handset on the European market. Check it out in the gallery below or video after the break — and hold tight, we’ll have a full review for you in the coming days! Continue reading LG Optimus Black vs. Galaxy S II and Xperia Arc… fight! LG Optimus Black vs. Galaxy S II and Xperia Arc… fight! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 May 2011 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

HTC Sensation versus Incredible S and Desire S… a family scuffle

We just so happened to have our review units of HTC’s Incredible S and Desire S on hand during today’s Sensation launch event , so what else to do with them than to throw them in with the new 4.3-incher and shoot some photos? The gallery below should give you a pretty good idea of the physical differences between HTC’s trio of foremost Android devices for the European market. You won’t be able to tell much about the difference a dual-core processor makes, but then what’s life without a little mystery? HTC Sensation versus Incredible S and Desire S… a family scuffle originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Windows Phone 7 beats iPhone 4 and Android … in a grilling contest (video)

Let’s face it, it’s a question the world’s been dying to know the answer to: which of the T-Mobile G2 , HTC Surround and iPhone 4 will withstand a (literal) grilling the longest? Well, just in time for a mildly singed breakfast today, we have the answer. As you might have surmised from the title, HTC’s WP7-equipped Surround showed the most endurance, though in the end it too cashed out its Earthly credits and moved on to that great scrapyard in the sky. Video of its final moments awaits after the break. Continue reading Windows Phone 7 beats iPhone 4 and Android … in a grilling contest (video) Windows Phone 7 beats iPhone 4 and Android … in a grilling contest (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

Re: any new htc 4.3 inch andorid in the works for att?

sweet, it looks like i can still post here.   pardon me if i ramble a bit, but i think i may have something worth saying     i have been a user of att or cingular since 2002 or so and i just recently left to go to sprint, i dint think they’d let me post but they did and so here i am.       shortly after i posted this i went to sams club for some tables and left with htc evo 4g. :)   its a really really nice phone. so nice that i had to have it, even though i loved my tilt 2 and only had it about 8 months or so and was still in a contract with att       i feel i should make some small comparisons about the evo vs the tilt2. there are alot of things i could voer but i’m only going to high light a few that come to mind at this moment.   first of all the tilt 2 slide out keyboard spoiled me, virtual keyboards on capicitive screens are nice but not as nice as a the tilt2 slider, not too mention the tilting screen. i found i would tilt the screen and set it in my lap, arm of the couch or my desk. the evo has a off center kickstand but it needs to rest on a flat surface to mantain balance   going through apps and menues and settings and pretty much everything on evo is very fast and smooth….pardon my english, iphone fast and smooth   getting gps fix is almost instant everytime for me   there are two built in gps apps,the google app is the best i have ever seen on a phone, better than my tomtom, but im sure it relies on data connection   the phone works, everytime i try to do somthing it repondsand does what it should, no soft resets now!! this evo can probably never need a reset, compared to wm needing reset as often as a few times a day…you know its true…:)   giant screen on the evo. ok screen on tilt2   market place is looking good and super easy to use, lots of good free apps   android does not support hid blutooth keyboard- this is a huge setback for me…tilt2 did this fantasticaly   built in head phone jack- i really dont care, but hey its there   2 cameras- one on front and one on back, not that i’ll use the front, btw the back camera is awesome, 8mp and 720p vids..i dont need to drag my dedicated camera around with me anymore.   battery life on evo- not so good, it uses the exact same bettery as tilt 2 along with a few others..makes extra batteries cheap. not only does this thing drain the battery rapidly but i beleive there is a chrargin issue that sprint nor htc want to talk about..google this if ya like. but all in all the battery is still prettgood. will last all day with light use. im not a light user so i ordered extra batteries.   no mini usb ports, so i cant use any of my five tilt 2 chargers   hdmi output on evo…not sure why though   no glitches out of the box, tilt 2 had many tweeks you had to do to get somethings to work right right out the box, like texting or something like that.   good price on evo, 200 with 2 year contract   sprint is cheaper, and i get a student discount, seems like alot cheaper and more options, earlier nights and weekends, all mobile to mobile are free, texting inlcuded in data plan.i have cheaper billl and alot more talk time. i was even getting a little too good of a deal on 3 data plans with att, aka smartphones using non smart plans..sprint was even cheaper doing it the wrong way with att   sprints techs and customer service seem to suck and the reps are in the philiipines and they are hard to understand. i definetly preferred the att call center  even if it is in gangstersville atl   data- i get 3g here out in the middle of no where with sprint, and i always get 1.3mb/700kb, with att  i didnt get att 3g here where i live and work, unlike with sprint. on att 3g i never got more than 400kb/200mb   on wifi  i get 7mb/3mb on evo, on  tilt2 and all my other wm devices i never got over 400mb down???   there are alot less tweaks to do on android, sure you can root, but i havent yet seen the point, but im sure i will eventualy.  in wm there was a tweak for everything and this was nice, there is very little tweaking on unrooted adnroid, or so it seems.   i dont have as many choices or options as i did with wm. maybe that was part of the porblem with wm from a coding standpoint. in wm there were 5 different options and those options had options to do any one task…in android usualy you dont even know whats going on or how it work, but it works.  in android,  even just downloading a file through the broswer can be awkward cuase it just downloads and it doesnt tell you where the file is.   also it seems like android just dumps stuff all over your micro sd card. its as if we really arent supposed to go browing our files or worring about this sort of things, lol. infact you have to down load a third party app to even see the sd card, and its interface looks crappy.   speaker phone ont tilt2 is better, imo   so i rambled on for a bit here but i thought i would share my experiences. i really thought everything about android and or my new evo  would be better then wm and or my tilt2 2 but that just isnt the case.   i will be selling my tilt 2 on ebay, even though i realy dont want to, i told myself if i got the evo i would offset the cost by selling my tilt2.   :(   i didnt come here to sway anyone or to taunt, but more to say a few words about my comparison of the tilt2 and the evo and to say thanks to the folks around here that helped me and i will miss my htc wm smart phone days i have had here.   maybe i’ll see some of ya over at xda    

BlackBerry Bold 9800 gets some glamour shots, OS 6 gets a 16 minute video walkthrough

The verdict is still out on OS 6 , but there’s hardly any doubting the assured design and form factor that RIM has gone with for the BlackBerry Bold 9800 slider. Our latest look at the device comes courtesy of BlackBerry Times in China, who has what appears to be an early version of the device. They expect the smooth plastic back to be replaced by the leather look RIM favors on its higher end devices, but otherwise the unit looks to be pretty solid and far along. The Google-translated Chinese seems to confirm again that the screen is not SurePress. Not a lot of landmark news to be gleaned here, but we’re mostly stoked about these delicious bokeh-filled shots of device — it’s really looking good, and the comparison shot with other recent BlackBerrys (check after the break) is rather helpful for sizing this thing up. [Thanks, Johnny] Continue reading BlackBerry Bold 9800 gets some glamour shots, OS 6 gets a 16 minute video walkthrough BlackBerry Bold 9800 gets some glamour shots, OS 6 gets a 16 minute video walkthrough originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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Droid Incredible versus Nexus One: cameraphone showdown

With all this talk of the Droid Incredible ousting the Nexus One from Verizon Wireless, having a better multitouch implementation , and just being newer and shinier, you might think this comparison of cameras is just mercilessly piling on the pain for the original Googlephone. After all, the Nexus One and its 5 megapixel sensor came out a good few months ahead of the 8 megapixel Droid Incredible, so surely this battle would be over before it’s even begun? Not so fast, says Android and Me , whose diligent testers have put the two HTC handsets through a side-by-side shootout. As it turns out, the Nexus One rather swept the contest in both naturally and flash-lit shots, while the Incredible habitually exhibited a blue hue in less than perfectly lit photos. Both cameras were adept at taking excellent daylight photos , as is to be expected, but the devil is as usual in the details — and you can find all of them at the source link below. [Thanks, Matt ] Droid Incredible versus Nexus One: cameraphone showdown originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 May 2010 08:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink