Why on earth would I want my camera to be running a full phone OS? It's one thing to build a camera into a phone for convenience, but when will having an OS and touchscreen in the back of my camera make something more convenient?
That's what I told a guy I went to school with when he has shown me Snakes on his Nokia phone. Who'd ever want to play a game on a phone?
And then, around two years later, I asked him who'd ever want a color display on their phone when he was showing off his T68. Who'd ever need a color display on a phone...
I also remember laughing about the ridiculous camera add-on for that T68. I mean: who'd ever want a camera in their phone?
In this present case, being able to instantly upload to Dropbox or picture sharing sites certainly has some appeal, but I guess we'll have to see how this develops over time.
I certainly stopped asking "why on earth..." when talking about gadgets though :-)
Communication programs would make synchronizing and sharing photos (particularly one-offs) much easier.
Touch-to-focus, touch-to-set-white-balance are pretty awesome and far more user-friendly than comparable functions/processes on today's point-n-shoots (when they're even available).
Applications would be able to extend what are fairly difficult-to-kludgy with todays point-n-shoots (HDR, stitched panoramas, night shots, etc)
There are smartphones, tablets, netbooks, watches, ski goggles running Android. It is interesting to consider Android as a "phone OS".
Sure, your camera doesn't need apps. Neither does your phone. But just because it's not necessary, doesn't mean that it won't provide lots of benefits. You can, for instance install Dropbox and use Camera Upload to automatically sync all your photos to all your devices the moment you shoot them.
pilif|13 years ago
And then, around two years later, I asked him who'd ever want a color display on their phone when he was showing off his T68. Who'd ever need a color display on a phone...
I also remember laughing about the ridiculous camera add-on for that T68. I mean: who'd ever want a camera in their phone?
In this present case, being able to instantly upload to Dropbox or picture sharing sites certainly has some appeal, but I guess we'll have to see how this develops over time.
I certainly stopped asking "why on earth..." when talking about gadgets though :-)
roc|13 years ago
Touch-to-focus, touch-to-set-white-balance are pretty awesome and far more user-friendly than comparable functions/processes on today's point-n-shoots (when they're even available).
Applications would be able to extend what are fairly difficult-to-kludgy with todays point-n-shoots (HDR, stitched panoramas, night shots, etc)
etc.
esolyt|13 years ago
Sure, your camera doesn't need apps. Neither does your phone. But just because it's not necessary, doesn't mean that it won't provide lots of benefits. You can, for instance install Dropbox and use Camera Upload to automatically sync all your photos to all your devices the moment you shoot them.
slantyyz|13 years ago
A lot of people seem to like using apps on their phones for photography though. This Samsung camera seems like a great Instagram camera.
blinkingled|13 years ago
(NEX5 user - great camera but every time I use the interface it always feels less than friendly/sophisticated)
goggles99|13 years ago
jarek|13 years ago