It’s become a tradition to post photos from one of my favorite local destinations (Red Butte Garden) each spring, after all the snow finally melts and nature finally begins to bloom. As in past years, all photos in the gallery were taken with my Nokia N900 smartphone…
I’ve continued to experiment with the N900′s camera, and it continues to impress. I know iPhone users are excited for the camera improvements coming in iOS 4, but I gotta be honest – after looking through the official iPhone 4 sample photos, I’m not seeing anything beyond what the N900 already offers.
I can safely say that my Nokia N900 is the first mobile phone I’ve truly loved. It’s a brilliant device – and having a phone/netbook/camera/iPod/game system on me at any given time is hugely addicting. I also find the N900 to be a fine example of a device that “sells itself” – anyone who plays with it for more than 30 seconds is likely to want one. Unfortunately, the sticker shock of a $549 phone (at the time of this writing; I’ve seen it as low as $469) can be hard to stomach in the U.S. Because the N900 can only be bought unlocked, its price doesn’t compare very favorably to similar smartphones. (The Motorola Droid, for example, is a similar price unlocked – but only $19.99 with a 2-year contract.) Most Americans have a false sense of what a “fair” smartphone price is, since all advertising focuses on the price of phones subsidized by a two-year contract. So it got me thinking – if an individual were to individually purchase all the separate “features” of the N900, how much would it cost?
Now that Utah weather is FINALLY improving, my wife and I were finally able to take a road trip out to Red Butte Garden. All photos here were taken with my Nokia N900. The phone has a 5mp sensor, but these were all taken at the 3.5mp setting (widescreen). Not bad for a phone, eh?