Now I've seen it all. A German grocery store has developed an application that allows you to scan barcodes of products your purchasing with the camera of your Nokia N82. This will completely automate the process of checking out at the grocery store. Once your done shopping and scanning your products you place your N82 under a scanner and the machine tells you how much you owe. Pretty nuts right? Check out the video link below...
Nokia N82 in the Supermarket Of The Future
Thanks to the reader Stefan for sending me the email with this link, which I originally read at Atmasphere.net.
This opens the door to so many new technologies that the N82 can take advantage of. What else can you see this being used for?
Showing posts with label N82 In The Press. Show all posts
Showing posts with label N82 In The Press. Show all posts
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Nokia N82 Showcased On BBC News As A Tool For The "Supermarket Of The Future"
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Roundup: Interesting News & Articles From Recent Weeks
There as been a lot to cover the past few weeks as far as Symbian S60 and Nokia news goes. Everything from applications to tutorials, to discussions about the N95 and how it affects Nokia. Below is a roundup of all the latest happenings.
Qik Tips For Live Video Streaming
Matthew from the Darla Mack Blog has posted an article talking about everything you need to know about the Qik application for live video streaming. Click here
The Black N82 Is Amazing
Stefan from Into Mobile talks about his time meeting one of the project managers of the Nokia N82. He also talks about how much he loves his new black N82. Click here
The Where Application & Sling Player For S60 Update
Rick from Symbian Guru has posted articles about the popular Sling Player which allows you to watch your live TV on your phone and a new application called Where which is a location based application and tells you things such as gas prices, events, places to eat, etc.
Uploading Your Photos To More Than One Place At The Same Time
Mark from The Nokia Blog wrote up a great article about the free Shozu application which allows you to upload photos and videos to popular online social websites. It's like Share Online 3.0 on steroids. Click here
Listening To Baseball And Hockey Radio On Your Phone
Have you ever wanted to stream live internet radio to your phone. Here is the only solution for right now if the format is Windows Media Player, which S60 phones currently don't support. Click here
What Makes A Smartphone Smart?
Great question by Steve from All About Symbian, along with a great article. Click here
S60 Software Thats Worth Paying For
Do you buy a lot of applications? Or do you prefer to find a free solution. I only have a few applications on my phone that are worth paying for. Vaibhav from The Symbian Blog has posted an article about this. Click here
Nokia N78 & Nokia N82 Side By Side Pictures
Just Another Mobile Blog has posted a ton of photos showing the two phones side by side. Click here
Problems Updating Firmware With Vista? Look Here
Do you get this error? "Nokia Service Layer Host Process has stopped working". If so Mr-X from Finest Fones has posted a article to get around this. I highly recomment eveyone to read this before you update your firmware with Vista. Click here
That's it for now. If you've seen any good articles recently let us know in the comments below.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Congrats! Nokia N82 Wins The Best Mobile Imaging Device Award
We all knew the N82 is great at taking photos. No other mobile device out there can be it with its 5 megapixels and xenon flash. Not to mention the Carl Zeiss lens. The software powering the camera application is also some of the fastest. But has the rest of the world acknowledged this?
Now they have. The Nokia N82 has just won "The Best Mobile Imaging Device In Europe" for 2008. This award is givin out by TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) - Europe's largest photo and imaging press association. Sounds like a pretty good feat if you ask me. Hopefully Nokia sees the success of this and starts installing xenon flash on more of their Nseries products.
Here is the official press release by Nokia:
NOKIA PRESS RELEASE April 23, 2008
Nokia N82 wins renowned TIPA "Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe" Award 2008
Largest European photo and imaging press association awards Nokia Nseries handset for camera capabilities
Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced that the Nokia N82 multimedia computer has been awarded the 'Best Mobile Imaging Device in Europe 2008' by TIPA (Technical Image Press Association) - Europe's largest photo and imaging press association.
"The Nokia N82 is a compact multimedia computer that integrates GPS, web, video and music functions around a 5 Megapixel camera with a high-speed, f/2.8 autofocus lens," the TIPA 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," TIPA continued. Other Nokia N82 features highlighted by the jurors are the Xenon flash and 20X digital zoom.
"We are very excited to hear that the Nokia N82 has been recognized for its excellent imaging features," says Juha Kokkonen, Director for Nokia Nseries devices. "The Nokia N82 is an excellent example of how converged devices entirely change the way people contribute to and share on the internet by combining strong camera capabilities with built-in A-GPS and an array of connectivity features."
Taking advantage of its integrated A-GPS functionality and high resolution camera, the Nokia N82 automatically geotags images with capture location metadata, making it possible to view the capture location on a map either on the Internet or on the device itself. When it comes to sharing, people can upload their pictures or videos directly from their Nokia N82 to services like Share on Ovi, Flickr or YouTube.
The features of the Nokia N82 include:
- 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash
- Geotagging
- Possibility to capture print quality photos and DVD-like quality video clips
- Wireless LAN connectivity and HSDPA offering high download speeds
- Integrated A-GPS and access to maps for more than 150 countries
The Nokia N82 supports microSD memory cards of up to 8GB which allow the device to hold up to 3600 high-resolution pictures, 5 hours of high quality video capture, up to 6000 songs or all of the available regions for the Nokia Maps application.
TIPA was founded in 1991 as an independent, non-profit association of European photo and imaging magazines. At present, TIPA includes 31 member magazines from twelve countries.
What do you think? Have you had a better experience with a mobile camera?
Friday, March 14, 2008
Stavros: The Greatest Art Ever Made With The Nokia N82
Well the flamboyant and lively Stavros, the king of "position art", has made his greatest masterpiece. Using his Nokia N82 to track his steps via GPS, video, & photo, Stavros wandered around Rome creating a path that is layed out on a map which can be viewed at his blog.
Click here to head over and check out his art.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Track Gold Metalist James Cracknell On His Quest via His Nokia N82
Not sure if you've ever heard of James Cracknell, a two time gold metalist in the Olympics. I personally had never heard of him until today. He's doing an extreme challenge where he's trying to row, bike, and swim from Africa to the United Kingdom in under a week. Everything is being logged by his Nokia N82, using it to track himself with Google Maps and GPS for all to see, listen to music, and keep in touch via text message with his supporters.
He says,
"I'm aiming to show how close Africa is to the UK by getting there in less than a week - rowing the channel, cycling down through France and Spain then swimming to North Africa. Africa is not a place on the other side of the world, as Lenny Henry said "This is your doorstep."
Travelling to Africa under my own steam has always been something that I wanted to do. The majority of the trip will be spent on a bike which is a great way to see any country.
Hopefully by challenging myself other people will sign up for one of the Sport Relief Miles, it is a great way to raise money for an amazing charity."
This of course is all sponsored by Nokia, in attempt to get the word out about the N82 and its capabilites.
If your interested in checking out James Cracknell and his adventure, click here to head over to his website. He's currently on Day 7 so his time is almost up.
He says,
"I'm aiming to show how close Africa is to the UK by getting there in less than a week - rowing the channel, cycling down through France and Spain then swimming to North Africa. Africa is not a place on the other side of the world, as Lenny Henry said "This is your doorstep."
Travelling to Africa under my own steam has always been something that I wanted to do. The majority of the trip will be spent on a bike which is a great way to see any country.
Hopefully by challenging myself other people will sign up for one of the Sport Relief Miles, it is a great way to raise money for an amazing charity."
This of course is all sponsored by Nokia, in attempt to get the word out about the N82 and its capabilites.
If your interested in checking out James Cracknell and his adventure, click here to head over to his website. He's currently on Day 7 so his time is almost up.
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