N900 Videos

This is another 30 second video from NokiaConversations.

The proud owner of an N900 uses it to film his friend riding a BMX bicycle around the local park. The guy riding the bike is doing nothing special apart from circumnavigating a tree, but the video is being shot in “quality 16:9 widescreen”. Not “high quality” or “low quality”, just “quality”.

The caption tells us that “flinging clips to Facebook” can be done in moments, as we are about to see: click “Share via service”, add a title (and a description if you like) then click “Share”. This assumes that you’ve already set up your Facebook credentials, of course.

And there’s just time to bring up the browser window to play the video from Facebook, before the 30 seconds is up.

This thirty-second video from NokiaConversations starts with the ominous sound of a clock ticking.

A guy sits outside his local pub, nursing a cappucino. The pub is the White Hart, which has 22 windows. But his N900 can open more windows than that, no bother.

We see a web browser window, a drawing application, and then the dashboard which is already up to 24 windows “and counting” when the 30-second timer goes off.

This is a rather strange video from NokiaConversations. It’s one of a series exploring the N900, each 30 seconds long and “Suggested by you, filmed by us”.

The video opens with an ominous ticking noise.

We see the N900’s Application Manager with its categories: Educational, Graphics, Location & navigation, Office, Programming, Desktop, Games, Internet & Networking, Multimedia, Other and Science.

An anonymous finger selects Games, then almost selects Bullshit Bingo but scrolls the list just in time. We don’t see what he selected, because the shot then cuts away to a big boot with a small N900 next to it. An anonymous hand pulls a shoehorn out of the shoe and tries to lever the phone with it, before deciding that it’s not needed.

I suppose the point being made is that the N900 comes with 2GB for applications, not 256MB like some lesser phones, but I suspect this allusion will be lost on many viewers.

The caption says “App Manager lets you download, install and search for new apps” as the anonymous finger chooses the Desktop category and scrolls through the “smartly organized” list of apps. The sought-after app doesn’t seem to be there, so the finger brings up the search box and types in Evernote.

There it is, and only 2.01 MB to download.

Anonymous thumb taps the “Update” button, and the caption says “Apps are best kept fresh via updates”. I was half expecting it to say “Best if installed by 13 November 2009″, but in fact the next line says “You’ll be alerted or can check if your eager”. Ouch! Grammar Fail!

The loud ticking is now back with a vengeance, as ominous as ever. Suddenly, we see that the “Facebook Widget and Photo Uploader” needs to be upgraded, and a startlingly loud alarm goes off. Yikes!

This video from Nokia Conversations walks through the initial setup of the device, when it is started for the first time. The idea is that the basic setup process will also serve as a “smart tutorial”. Learning without realising that you’re learning, in other words!

The “Language” dialog shows you how to exit the dialog without making any changes, simply by clicking outside of it (there’s no Windows-like “X” icon).

The “Time” dialog shows how to drag things around the screen (the clock hands in this case). The “Date” dialog shows how the “rollers” are flicked around to set the day, month or year.

Next we see a video of the “Get started” app, which itself contains a video of the N900. This is starting to get a bit recursive, but we see how this app teaches about the multiple desktops, how to launch applications, how to use the browser, how to switch between multitasking applications, how to access contacts, and how to return to the desktop.