Multimedia
The camera on the back has a resolution of 3.2 megapixels, and it has autofocus. The only problem with its use is that there is no dedicated exposure button on the machine, we have to take pictures with the selection key on the navigation panel – and this is touch-sensitive, so as we touch it the camera focuses, and as we press it takes the picture. Focusing is surprisingly fast and picture quality is pretty good, although colors are a bit dim and we can observe some noisiness and rim obscuration. Pictures can have a maximum resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels, the size of the images is between 300 and 1200 kB. There is an average number of available settings, we can set white balance, JPEG compression (three values), light metering (average and centered-weighted), and besides these we can use a timer, effects and exposure correction (+/- 2 EV in 0.5 steps). The highest available resolution for videos is 352 x 288 pixels (CIF), while the video format can be MPEG4 or H.264.
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In terms of music iPhone is quite a strong competitor, and to tell the truth no device managed to live up to that standard, at least not in terms of usability. Well, HTC didn't fuss around too much and they just simply stole the idea of the Apple guys, which means that we have an interface in Diamond that is just as usable. I have already mentioned TouchFLO's music player part, but the album viewing and browsing is here mostly for the sake of design, we won't be selecting music there but in the music folder. To access this we have to press the Library key, which makes the interface known from iPhone appear with the scrolling routine, where we can sort tracks by artist, album, genre and composer and we can also use playlists. The copy of Cover-Flow is not included, so no matter how much we rotate the PDA, we won't have a different view.
The equalizer has 10 bands, we can create our own presets – but this part can be accessed only when the headset is plugged in, I really couldn't understand this. We can seek fast in tracks, but setting the volume is a bit problematic, we have to use the lateral volume control keys, or we have to select the speaker icon at the top. The first has the problem that it changes the volume in large steps, we have only five levels when setting volume with the hardware buttons, although there are about a dozen. The FM radio can be found in the programs section. Sound quality is medium when on handsfree speakers, while the headset in the package is quite good and looks cool, but the lack of a standard jack output is quite a big mistake.
A cikk még nem ért véget, kérlek, lapozz!
