i got an xda 2i believeing it will be better than the xda2.
everything is good in it but it dosen't have the fonix voice dail as promised.
and the camera suck's big time.
is there any upgrade for the camera?
if yes can someone post it here?
thanks in advance.
fonix voice dail is on the seperate disk in the box you have to install it
as for the camera i havn't really used it yet
as for cmos cameras in general then i never found one which had a quality i felt was good
Mpixels dont seem to matter much
it's cmos vs. dcc (the type used in real digicams)
cmos just cant seem to get colours right
and are pretty sensitiv to bright light and dimm light and...
and the optics in them are poor aswell
but i hear people say that some sony E and nokia have a better quality
but i've never seen good quality myself
also read that nokia is putting propper optics in some cam soon
but that dont solve the cmos tech issues
But have you seen the quality of Nokia's 6630/6680 and of course the amazing SE K750i. Those of the K750i are really of an quality that you can go to the shop and let them be printed on photopaper (or do it at home of course). And look how small the phone is! It has by far the best camera of all (western) cameraphones and they achieved to put it in such a small package. I don't know what HTC were thinking with these crappy ass camera's. Why put in a camera when it's almost completely useless? Better let it out and save some money. Hopefully the new ones will be better (althought the pics I've seen taken with the HTC Hurricane aren't impressive either).
Uploaded to a new thread cos they were screwing up another thread on a different topic...
The comparison camera: My 4 year-old Canon Ixus 300
This is how far behind the pace the Universal's camera is... :roll:
Lets be honest though, the universal isnt really marketed for having a great camera. Its good for taking quite snapshots, but if your are that serious about taking pictures, get a nokia N90 or a digital camera. Its not really the camera what is bad, its just the really bad, plastic lens what is.
Can your 4 year old Ixus make phone calls, browse the web, check your emails, listen to music, watch movies?!?!
I was going to post comparisons about how far behind my alienware laptop my Universal is when playing Halflife, but I couldn't get it to run on my Universal :lol:
lol - OK, don't take this out of context please.
Someone in another thread was curious about the camera's abilities,
so I posted these pics as an illustration, but they screwed up the other
thread so I moved them to a new one. (See? They're even screwing
up this one too! ) Maybe the pics are useful for people who are
curious about the Universal's camera.
The camera quality isn't the reason why someone would buy the
Universal (understatement of the year!), but people will be interested
to know just how good/bad it is. This thread is an objective
demonstration just for them. 8)
I carry a nice 3.2 MPx Casio Exilim S100 - small, loads of useful features and otherwise fills the camera niche. The Exec replaced my P900 + x50v setup. I now use the x50v for development testing.
No probs for me using the universal for photos!!
Sorry guys. I'm quite happy with my jasjar for photos (considering it ain't a dedicated digitl camera!!)
I'm sure that HTC could really put a better camera on the Universal and in all WM devices; the problem is that they don't care ....they have so much space that they can put the K750 i sonyericsson camera module :lol:
If you have a look at the first comparison shots at the top of the kitchen, the Universal shot is clearer than the canon shot, look at the clock on the stove, the universal shot is clearer, you can hardly read the canon pic.
Re: No probs for me using the universal for photos!!
mackaby007 said:
Sorry guys. I'm quite happy with my jasjar for photos (considering it ain't a dedicated digitl camera!!)
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woah!!!!!! this is realllllllyyyy gooooddd!!!!
I guess its built to handle outdoors really well!
@seal
the point is, they are taken at different resolutions....what you need to see in the comparison is, the color quality and richness....!
San
Yes you are right there.....
Re: No probs for me using the universal for photos!!
dreamtheater39 said:
@seal
the point is, they are taken at different resolutions....what you need
to see in the comparison is, the color quality and richness....!
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No no no!
Two of the pictures (the small ones) are taken at the same resolution
so that we can directly compare them! The Canon shot is a thumbnail.
Click on it to get the 640x480 version to match the 640x480 Universal
pic.
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SiliconS said:
dreamtheater39 said:
@seal
the point is, they are taken at different resolutions....what you need
to see in the comparison is, the color quality and richness....!
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No no no!
Two of the pictures (the small ones) are taken at the same resolution
so that we can directly compare them! The Canon shot is a thumbnail.
Click on it to get the 640x480 version to match the 640x480 Universal
pic.
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i think you just added the 640x480 version recently by editing your post didnt you??
we just had the 1280pic from the universal, and the 640pic from your canon....of course....until you edited it unless....there was a problem with my browser!
Cheers!
S
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Universal (understatement of the year!), but people will be interested
to know just how good/bad it is. This thread is an objective
demonstration just for them. 8)[/quote]
If thats the case, then its alright. I dont like people dissin the device cos it doesn't take great pictures. No device on the market does what the jasjar can do, n i dare someone to argue with me on that
Sorry if we hijacked your thread.
can somebody post more pictures??? especially those taken with bad lighting conditions....
a couple pics in pitch dark, with the flash turned on...along with night mode on would be great too!
@universal
Noone would argue with you for sure you sure love your device!!!
San
universaldoc said:
.. No device on the market does what the jasjar can do, n i dare someone to argue with me on that
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Mate you should see the quality of pictures from the SE K750i they are really fantastic. Also the K750's battery lasts my wife 7 days and it is on 24hrs a day. So no competition for the JJ/Exec but makes you think
Like universaldoc wrote there is no other device like the universal, some phones might have a better camera but can they log into your computer on the other side of the world and fully control it..... The answer is clearly NO....... What is being said here is the Universal, despite its little problem, is a Phone/PDA in one that does is all. We will have better in the future but at this present time there is no comparison to anything Ericsson can make and that goes for in the future with Ericsson.
@seal, I know what is being said but not everyone wants all the features of the Universal. For me I still to use my PSP for videos over my Exec and I prefer the music reproduction of my Nokia 9500 (OGG) and Palm LifeDrive (DRM) over the Exec; the Exec music reproduction is very bass light.
I think that the camera is pretty ok with right settings...
@jah,
I agree that the camera is better on the SE K750i, probably the best after the Sharp V203SH.
But i just feel that it is rather unfair to diss the Universal based on the camera. As i have said before, if camera is a criteria for considering the universal, then i am speechless.
Just to make myself clear, i would have purchased the universal even if it did NOT have a camera
Hi all. Hope this isn't too far fetched, but supposedly, the Prophet and the Tytn share the same camera hardware. I was wondering if anyone knew if we could use the Tytn software on the Prophet, as it seems to be better in terms of features etc...
Whilst I like the new Tytn, other than the fast Samsung processor and the camera software, it diesn't have anything else I would particularly care for. does anyone have any ideas in this area?
Try CoolCamera by AtekSoft instead, it's much better than HTC's camera software.
http://www.ateksoft.com
Camera software on Prophet
Budadank said:
Try CoolCamera by AtekSoft instead, it's much better than HTC's camera software.
http://www.ateksoft.com
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Thanks Budadank. I had tried an earlier version of this software but wasn't overly impressed. However with version 1.13 upwards, it has made a significant improvement on my Prophet. Just ordered it and am awaiting serial key. :wink:
For others who may be interested, the Video recording is way better than the humble offering of the HTC software. 240x320 resolution AVI files (5 seconds results in 1 MB!). Large files but well worth it as they look a million times better.
Thanks again Budadank for reminding me about this software. 8)
looks like its worth trying out on my xda neo. thanks for the tip, mate
i just bought my girlfriend a new cell phone and her camera takes some awsome pics and it has a flash
i know that the t mobile mda has a flash but its always on so it sucks and the pictures come out pix elated n blurry so i was wondering if their is a way to fix that? mayb a 3rd party camera program id really appreciate the help!
CoolCamera is an app that can increase quality a little bit.
And there are some registry tweaks but I never saw any difference when applying them.
Actually the MDA's camera is that bad. That's one of the reasons for which I'm getting the HTC Touch Cruise now.
I have a Qtek 9100 running
IPL 2.21
SPL 2.21
GSM 2.07.10
GSM 2.21.4.1
I'm using an O2 rom.
My problem is the quality of the pictures the camara takes.
A mate has he same Qtek9100 but is running a diffrent ROM and firmware, and his pictures are a lot better. He is using a Tmobile ROM
What do I need to upgrade to improve the quality of my pictures.
Thanks for your help
Anyone know if this will help
No idea. Half the things that people have claimed improved their camera function had no effect on my phone. I've pretty much given up trying to get too much out of this aging 1.2 MP camera. It's just never good for anything but broad daylight shots of still life. C'est la vie.
Do a search on the wizard boards for camera despeckle, or camera improvement, or just camera. You may find a half dozen or more solutions, none of which is all-encompassing OR a cure-all for every phone.
Frankly, I've seen more improvement from people taking off their scratched and soiled lens covers than from any software change yet.
thanks for the reply
From the search there seems to be a tweak to improve the quality but I can't find it anywhere.
Any idea where to get if from
This is the link from the post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-260479.html
ftp://xda-developers.com/Wizard/Tweaks/htc_wizard_tweaks_by_thanas.zip
cheers
Windy
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