Motorola i870 manual Accessing the Camera, Taking Pictures

Camera

The camera in your i870 phone takes pictures and records videos. You can save these pictures and videos to your phone’s memory or the memory card, depending on the storage preference you chose. You can access these saved pictures and videos through the media center.

You can send the pictures you take in InstantLINC Mobile to Mobile calls, send them with Bluetooth, assign them to Contacts entries, or set them as your phone’s wallpaper.

The pictures the camera takes are JPEG files.

The videos the camera records have the following file formats:

•H.263 video format

•128 kbps bit rate for 176 x 144 resolution

•64 kbps bit rate for 128 x 96 resolution

•AMR audio format with 4.75 kbps bit rate

Accessing the Camera

From the main menu, select Camera. -or-Press c. -or-

On your keypad, press the number assigned to the Camera shortcut. -or-

Access the camera from the media center. See “Accessing the Camera” on page 96. -or-

Access the camera during an InstantLINC Mobile to Mobile call. See “Starting a Call by Sending a Picture” on page 111. -or-

If you set the camera as a power up application under Settings, then press p to power up your phone.

Taking Pictures

1Access the camera.

2If you want to adjust the zoom, spotlight, picture quality, picture size, or a timer, set these options. See “Setting Picture Options” on page 82.

3Aim the camera lens on the flip. Use the internal display as the viewfinder.

4When the image you want to capture is in view, press c or press O or press A under Capture.

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