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Microsoft and Nokia had a really good balance of software and hardware, and it's still a unique contrast to what Google and Apple are doing. I really liked thei
by dylan-m 9y ago
Microsoft and Nokia had a really good balance of software and hardware, and it's still a unique contrast to what Google and Apple are doing. I really liked their colourful cases (although the N9 did it best), and I'm still envious of the dedicated shutter button. Why hasn't anyone else done this? It makes way more sense than that goofy "press the volume button to take a picture" hack that Android and iOS have been doing. For one thing, the shutter button is actually on the right side of the phone. With the volume button, they don't even know if it's at the edge. (It probably isn't). And they keep coming up with these weird things like flicking your phone at the lock screen to open the camera app. No, Google, just add a button.
- ams6110 9y agoHeh wow I've had an Android phone for years and never knew the volume button would take a picture. Who would have thought? But thanks -- that's better than tapping the screen, which was the only way I knew until now.
- dylan-m 9y agoGlad to help! It's better than nothing, yeah :b And if you have a newer phone version of Android, you might be able to double press the Power button to open the camera. In stock Android, there's a thing in Settings / System / Gestures / Jump to camera. (Now, imagine if you could open the camera and take a picture with the same button. Revolutionary! Someone should patent it).