The Technical Image Press Association today crowned the Nokia N82 camera phone the “Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe“. The specs on the N82 are virtually identical to the N95, but it comes in a sleeker candy bar form factor. The jurors said “This Carl Zeiss Tessar focuses from 10cm to infinity and produces sharp prints up to and beyond A4 size. Several scene modes are also available to optimize the Nokia N82 for great images, whether shooting portraits or night shots.” As a journalist’s tool, the N82 also supports mapping, and geotagging of the images.
Although I’ve become a huge fan of the Apple iPhone, it’s also clear to me that Nokia phones are head and shoulders above the crowd when it comes to photography and other advanced media capabilities. Today’s award reinforces that the N-Series devices are far more than the simple phones of yesterday. They’re serious tools.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry make Research in Motion. This is his personal blog, with his personal viewpoints. Prior to this Alec was the CEO and co-founder of Calliflower — the easiest way to hold a meeting, online, on a conference call, or on the go. A double-decade veteran of product management and marketing, he spent nine years at Microsoft where he helped launch Windows 95, the first two versions of Internet Explorer, the Universal Plug and Play initiative, the push into home markets, opt-in email marketing and what might well go down in history as the very first direct email list ever.
