Nokia's patent application shows 8 megapixel N-series slider?
By Thomas Ricker 
posted December 3rd 2007 5:52AM
posted December 3rd 2007 5:52AM
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Computer says no
Sudo say no too
YAhhh.
What a brick!
FUGLY
It may just be me, but it looks more like "6 megapixel", although that doesn't change the price of tea in China.
yea it definitely says 6 Megapixel. cmon engadget, control + scrollwheel on OSX and you could have figured that out quick
"control + scrollwheel on OSX"
Try control + scrollwheel on *Windows*
Control + scroll ball in OS X zooms the whole screen in, making it easier to tell that's a 6. As far as I remember, control + scroll doesn't do anything in XP.
@Joseph
It sure does zoom in in win XP, even pre-SP1 it did
it only zooms the text in XP, image stays the same.
Or, if you use Ubuntu Gutsy, the button is +Scrollwheel.
*You need compiz fusion with the enhanced desktop zoom enabled.
It really gets annoying when companies attempt to patent everything they do, but then again it's equally frustrating when all the other companies attempt to copy it because they can't be bothered to think up their own stuff.
If you are able to improve on someone else's intellectual property, you should be able to, but I don't agree with crappy cheap rip-offs.
that`s definitly a 4 in my book!
Definitely a 5 or 6... get some new glasses Engadget!
Looks more like '6' megapixels to me.
It says SIX megapixel, what are you, blind or something Engadget!?
I bet it is 6 MP!!!!
No matter how many MPs - that thing is fucken ugly!!!
oh com on engadget thats clearly a "6" not a "8".
8 is more newsworthy than 6...
This design is hideous. That definitely looks like a 6 to me though.
I'm pretty sure thats a six.
Ummm, yea thats a 6. Its that number after 5 and before 7.
Definitely a six but eight looks better in the title ;).
http:\\www.gameconsolesshop.com for great deals on consoles straight form eBay by the way :).
you're right about the 8 looking better but why did you put http:\\ ?
Who cares if it is 6 or 8, without a decent lens, the pics will be just as crap as the phone looks. Function can have some form, unfortunately Nokia thinks that form is best served by making it look like a Philips electric razor
looks like a 5 to me.........sorry
Fugly mess. Who needs it?
looks like a 6 to me.
anyhow, i think the megapixel race for camphones is overdone... 5 megapixels is more than enough for what the candid shots we want. Seriously, who'd depend on phones if they wanted to print out something on the size of an A3 paper. Phones are for candid shots, and people are missing that point. Get a DSLR if you really love photographing so much.
yeah...whatever dude
People who love photographing will go medium format film.
@Jon
no, people who love photographing will weigh the pros and cons of large/medium format film and DSLR photography and choose what best suits the situation.
Oh and if you look at the right "slide-out" picture with a litle fantasy it looks like 57... or maybe even 107.
A phone that changes Mexapixels on-the-go, thats cool.
And imagination would probably be a better word to use than fantasy...
It's an ugly design but who buys a phone to show off how cool it looks? As long as I can load my NES, SNES and sega emulators, check and send email, surf the web, listen to music, GPS, take good pictures and video and send them to friends or upload them directly to my flickr account like I can with my N95 it could look like a tampon for all I care. Plus I keep mine at 3MP usually to cut down on noise a bit so I wouldn't worry about MP too much.
6 MP not 8.
Would be a great follow up to my N95 if it wasnt designed like that.
It looks like it says "6 Megapixel"
yeah idk looks 6ish to me. plus the skarven is supposed to have an 8 megapixel lens anyways, this isn't so new
Looks like a replacement for the N93i. There are people who like the N93i form factor and dont want a small chintzy handset but something that is of a reasonable size that has a real zooming camera.