Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 28th Sep 2006 18:00 UTC
PDAs, Cellphones, Wireless The folks over at Hi-Mobile.net were very kind to send us the Samsung D900 feature phone for the purposes of this review. What's special about this phone is that it's the slimmest slider in the market today with a 3.2 MP camera on it, a technological marvel. Read on for our review, screenshots of the system, camera samples and a hands-on video.
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Do they test these things?
by jonnycat26 on Thu 28th Sep 2006 21:26 UTC
jonnycat26
Member since:
2006-04-06

Things like including a 3.2MP camera and not allowing users to save images to the SD card really make me wonder how much usability testing this phone went through. I can see getting annoyed very quickly if I take a series of photos and run out of room because I haven't popped off to the file manager to move my photos over to the SD slot (manually).

Sigh. It seems like it has some of the pieces to be a great feature phone, but they haven't put them together properly.

What image options are available when taking photos? If they offer options, how big are the best quality photos?

RE: Do they test these things?
by Eugenia on Thu 28th Sep 2006 21:31 in reply to "Do they test these things?"
Eugenia Member since:
2005-06-28

> not allowing users to save images to the SD card really make me wonder how much usability testing this phone went through

My guess is that they re-used the software for another Samsung phone that did not have a card slot. I can't think of any other reason why the option is not there. But yes, proper testing would have found this flaw.

> What image options are available when taking photos?

Zoom, effects, flash, multishot, ISO options, autofocus off/on etc.

>If they offer options, how big are the best quality photos?

Just look at the camera images I have in the article. They are all taken with the highest quality/res settings and they are transfered here unmodified.

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RE: Do they test these things?
by olivier on Fri 29th Sep 2006 13:59 in reply to "Do they test these things?"
olivier Member since:
2005-07-06

I'll tell you why they didn't offer to save photos to the Sd card, it's evident tome from the start; if they offer this function people don't use network services (email, MMS etc..) and as such this feature does not generate any revenue for the network operator, hence no interest in the product.

Phones are crippled because the network operator is buying the phone, not you.

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jonnycat26 Member since:
2006-04-06


Phones are crippled because the network operator is buying the phone, not you.


Really? My Nokia gives me the option to save photos to the memory card, and even gives me the option to send them via bluetooth.

I stand by my original assertation... no testing.

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