Monday, August 22, 2005

Palm Zire 72 camera review Here's a picture from the camera on my new Palm Zire 72. What I like about the camera: I can capture pictures when I need to (sort of). I can moblog (sort of). I can take short videos (sort of). I say "sort of" on the above items because the quality is not so great. What I don't like about the camera: Taking pictures is slow. You have to be very steady with the camera and wait several seconds for a shot to "take." If your hand isn't totally steady, your pictures blur easily Low light situations cause poor picture quality. The camera doesn't have a light or a flash, so taking a picture inside can be difficult. Sunlight washes out pictures taken outside. Yeah, that cuts down on your optimal picture taking conditions, doesn't it? It's a feature I was convinced I had to have. It was either the Palm Zire 72 with a camera and no WiFi or a HP RX3115 Mobile Media Companion with WiFi and no camera. Now, I think I might have opted for the WiFi instead with all other things being equal (which they never are). With WiFi, you can sync wirelessly over the network, surf the Web, and check email. The Palm Zire 72 only has Bluetooth. You can sync over Bluetooth, but I haven't tried it yet because my desktop doesn't have it. The problem that I see is the physical range that is required with Bluetooth. I don't have the specs, but Bluetooth is definitely more localized than 802.11b. My computer is in the basement, and I like the idea of charging and syncing without ever going down there. Oh well, that's opportunity cost, right?

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