A beta version of Nokia’s mobile media management software, Nokia Photos 1.5, has been released, complete with a visual overhaul and a handful of new features.
The New Features:
- Picture/Video management support for any S60 device, digital camera, memory stick, or local hard drive
- Automatically converts and compresses media for playback on your handset for the sake of optimal storage space usage.
- View geotagged photos and video by location via the map view
- Improved Share on Ovi support
The beta isn’t quite bulletproof yet, having locked up on me immediately after the initial startup. Everything went without a hitch after that, which allowed me to develop a bit of a crush on Nokia’s photo mapping implementation. After being scared away from the idea by a bad experience with Flickr’s solution for manually mapping non-geotagged items, Nokia Photo’s drag-and-drop methods make me want to give the concept another shot. If you’re running Windows and are looking for a solid photo management tool, give Nokia Photos a look.
[Via AllAboutSymbian]
Whilst this sounds really interesting I just don’t want ANOTHER photo organiser. Lightroom and Flickr currently fulfil my needs. And I still haven’t quite ‘got’ Ovi…
I agree with Glenn. There are too many sub-par photo management software out there now. I would prefer something with open standards to go to whatever program I want (Picasa). I don’t have a nokia, so I don’t know if this announcement precludes that (you can only use this software to look at the photos), or is just an additional way to manage them.
I also agree with Glenn .. give me Picasa Mobile, and make it functional!
Well, because I don’t carry a digital camera with me, maybe I can get a phone with a 5.0+MP camera to take snapshots with. In the meantime though, this still doesn’t seem all too appetizing for me personally.