Motorola i880 manual Accessing the Camera, Taking Pictures

Camera

The camera in your i880 phone takes pictures and records videos. You can save these pictures and videos in your phone’s memory or to a memory card inserted in your phone’s memory card slot, 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 either in Private calls or with Bluetooth. You can also 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

There are many ways to access the camera. The simplest way is to press c.

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 134.

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.

Note: If you insert the memory card into the phone now, you are prompted to save the picture you have just captured to the memory card. Choosing to save the picture to the memory card does not change your storage preferences after the picture is saved.

5To save the picture, press c or press O or press

A under Store. -or-

To discard the picture without saving it, press A under Discard. -or-

To choose another action, see “More Actions for Captured Pictures” on page 135.

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