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nokia n93: my only option for movlogging?

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If you couldn’t tell by my couple comments here and there, I love the idea of video blogging. They’ve popped up all over this past year (many thanks to Ryan and Co. and their baby, Node 101), and I’ve got a few of my favs listed on my blogroll. And like any blog, be it based on text, photos, or video… some are thoughtful and progressive, some are silly time-passers, and some are just really damn boring. And whatever Bravehound is becoming, I’d love to add video to the mix.My problem has always been that I want to be able to capture photos (and now video) wherever I am, which no extra hubbub. This of course means I gotta have one bitchin’ phone. Papa don’t carry no extra devices.Here we are, 2006. I’ve given Nokia and Sony Ericsson (the only real mobile players in my book) over a year since I’ve demanded a decent video phone as a consumer. Now that both companies have their 2006 announcements out on the table… is the Nokia N93 my only option for movlogging?

Nokia N93 Video Ad

I haven’t heard that term used yet, but I’ll go ahead and go there. For those of you we need a little push on this one, here ya go. Blog = Web Log. Moblog = Mobile Blog. Vlog = Video Blog. Movlog = Mobile Video Blog. Andrew = geek.

There had been rumors that following Sony Ericsson’s line successful Walkman branded music phones (including the Sony Ericsson w800i that I currently use) was a line of Handycam branded video phones. All of us in my phone forum (see end of last paragraph above, I wasn’t joking) had our fingers crossed hoping it would happen. It didn’t. Not for 2006. [insert frowning forum emoticon here]

So Nokia is my option for video if I want it. But after my brief affair with the Nokia N90, I learned that it was difficult for me to have a flip phone, let alone a large, lawn-chair shaped monster. Throw in Nokia’s best (at the time) camera optics showing far too many inferiorities next to Sony Ericsson w800i, and I was not pleased. I sent her flying.

I’m hoping the past year has been good to Nokia’s camera modules. Come on… I know you’re hoping the same thing.

Posted May 22, 2006 by Andrew in Mobile //

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nokia n93: my only option for movlogging?

  • mark May 22nd, 2006 5:16 am

    Lawn chair… that was funny. I bet it would just snap like one, too.

    What’s the holdup on the video capabilities seem to be? Memory capacity is certainly getting up there…

    I’m confused you’re rooting for Nokia to get a better camera rather than for Sony Ericsson to do better with the video…

    I’m on the verge of getting a w810i - they finally got all my favourite features together.

  • Andrew May 22nd, 2006 1:48 pm

    I’ve given SE enough time to catch up. Now that they’ve announced that nothing is coming for the rest of the year, they’re out of the running until 2007. So if I want video anytime soon, Nokia will have to be my choice.

  • Tony Hayden May 22nd, 2006 3:21 pm

    I LOVE that you are headed in that direction!! Can’t wait to see pretty moving pictures starring YOU!

  • Tony May 23rd, 2006 12:05 am

    geek =D
    but movlog is quite the only way to name it =D

    man…i was just thinking about buying w800i…and now there are more advanced models…
    geez…i need to be richer! =D

  • Jets May 23rd, 2006 3:08 am

    I agree - Nokia’s camera optics really lag behind Sony’s. I recently got the Nokia N80 and I must say the camera (despite being 3MPs) is a tremendous and I mean tremendous disappointment!!! On the flip side… the video quality is great though. hmmmmm. Can’t help but feel slightly ripped off.

  • roger May 25th, 2006 7:23 am

    And when can we expect to see bravehound.mobi?

    “New domain launched for mobile phones”
    http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060523-6893.html

  • Christopher Campbell May 27th, 2006 12:03 am

    If you can deal with having a visible erection whenever you travel with the phone due to it’s size, i’d say go for it.

    The N93 is the step in the future of video that I too would like to take but it all seems to good to be true. Why not take the N73 and wait for a 30fps candy bar comes out.

    You trust me, that’s going to be the 7610 successor. :-)

  • Hoista! May 27th, 2006 8:04 am

    Hi, as requested there is a link to download some N93 native videos in my blog. The Youtube versions are also on the blog so you can see how much quality is reduced by youtube. Link will only be up for 30 days (blog will be continously updated)

  • Andrew May 29th, 2006 10:10 pm

    @ Hoista! - Thanks for sharing the files! Downloading them now…

    @ Christopher - While it certainly is a great package, the N73 is still pretty darn plain looking next to a 7610. Though I gotta say, it’s about time Nokia launched a phone for normal folks, and not just crazy transformer phones for gadget freaks like me :)

  • Jets June 11th, 2006 12:03 am

    If you can wait, the whiz-bang of them all is coming next year.

    All hail to the Nokia N83:

    - Series 60 3rd Edition
    - Large (at least 2.5-inch) 352 x 416pixels 16 million colour display
    - Bluetooth 2.0
    - MicroSD slot
    - MP3 / ACC media playback
    - FM radio with Visual Radio
    - Featuring 5 megapixel shooter with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, mechanical shutter, and integrated flash and a VGA cam in front for videocalls
    - GSM850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA
    - Wi-Fi
    - 802.11b/g for VOIP-calls
    - 4GB Hard Disk
    - USB
    - Minijack 3.5mm (insert yell here!!!)
    - New nokia-style media control panel

    Also rumoured is an in-built GPS tracker.

    Since Nokia have had multiple sites remove the photos/specs I’m assuming the news is quite reliable.

    http://forums.asia.cnet.com/showthread.php?t=3675

  • Andrew June 11th, 2006 2:49 am

    I agree… althought the N80 sounded great on paper, but turned out to be quite a dud to people that use it now, I have high hopes for the N83.

    The concept of “wait a year” is silly to me, though…. people wanting the sweet new phone can’t really play too much of a waiting game, because by the time N83s hit the streets, the specs will be overshadowed be the next phone.

    So my rule is “why wait?” I could be happily using an N93 until the N83 comes out. :) Or in my case, the N95 ;)

  • Jets June 11th, 2006 6:28 am

    I’ll be the first to admitt that the N80 was an anti-climax, but it seems like we’ve all let the poor video capturing eclipse all it’s other marvellous functions.

    Have you all seen the N93 vs. N80 photo comparisons?
    They’re the fairest I’ve seen so far.
    http://www.symbian9.com/content/view/68/33/

    The N93’s camera wins hands down but the N80, given it’s size is the all-rounder (in my biased opinion anyway)… If a firmware update fixes the N80’s low-light video noise, i’ll be rejoicing.

    Also, here are some videos taken by the N93 in their original mp4 format:
    http://www.symbian9.com/content/view/49/24/

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  • Jets June 19th, 2006 12:59 am

    OMG just when I thought I can get over the n80’s camera I see this.
    Both can shoot videos at 352 x 288 pixels (CIF) resolution, but check out the difference…

    N71 (2MP):
    http://img1.gsmarena.com/i/reviewsimg/nokia-n71/camera/video/gsmarena_v001.mp4

    N80 (3MP):
    http://img1.gsmarena.com/i/reviewsimg/n80vsk800/video/gsmarena_n80_1.mp4

  • Patrick June 19th, 2006 5:41 pm

    I miss using my Nokia nearly daily…but I like my w800’s camera too much. I love the idea of movlogging but just can’t bear carrying a “lawn chair” or any phone heavier than my w800 so I’ll be sticking with it for a while.

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