All weekend long I have been toting around three phones – BlackBerry for email, iPhone for personal calls and the internet, and a Nokia N82, with it’s 5 megapixel camera and xenon flash, for photos. We already know that iPhone 2.0 will feature native Microsoft Exchange integration. Driving back, I commented to Janice that if Apple today were to augment the new iPhone with a decent camera, then I could probably go to a single device.
Lo and behold, just hours ahead of the Apple announcements, Samsung has unveiled the i900 Omnia – an iPhone look-a-like running Windows Mobile 6.1, with a 5 megapixel camera. Just yesterday, the details of the BlackBerry Thunder, another iPhone look-a-like, also leaked out. You can bet it will have great email support, although camera quality is anybody’s guess at this point.
Over to you, Steve Jobs.
Alec Saunders is the Vice President of Developer Relations for BlackBerry maker 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.
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Alec — Since you're already carrying multiple devices why not carry an actual camera as a camera? There are lots of small, high quality devices available that I have to assume will actually outperform the Nokia as a camera (though I don't actually KNOW if this is true). Cheers, Eric
Hey Eric — not many cameras allow you to upload your photos or stream video real time… need a radio for that
And the Nokia, with it's great software and Zeiss optics, is a pretty competent camera.