PDA with camera and thumbpad

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Robert J

Hi All,

Does anyone know of a PDA that has a camera and a thumbpad ?

I know you can get a camera attachment for the HP and use it's sdk.

Thumbpad is a easier to use for some of the targeted users, because the
sip is a little harder to use, and can hide some input controls

There is also supposed to a camera API in CF 2, has anyone had any
experience with it yet ?

Would be nice to also have internet access, so I can use a web service
to upload the data and photos.

Cheers

Robert
 
The Camera API is a feature of Windows Mobile 5.0, not .NETCF v2.0 - so any
WM5.0 device with a camera should support the API, you can use it from a
..NETCF v1.0 or 2.0 project (and there is a native code API too). The
functionality is found in Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Forms.CameraCaptureDialog

The HTC Wizard (iMate K-Jam) has the camera and keypad (although its a
slide-out one not fixed) and runs WM5.0. It has built in WiFi, Bluetooth and
GPRS.

Peter
 
But if you are in need of a good camera stay away from the HTC
Wizard/k-jam/qtek 9100.
The quality of the camera is rather poor.

The CamraCaptrueDialog is missing one thing, the option to just capture
a picture without using the "camera software" of the phone. I would lik
to just capture a picture from .net cf 2.0 without the needing to click
the capture button.

Andreas

Peter Foot [MVP] skrev:
 
The 65xx runs Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition so doesn't support the
Camera Capture API, although you can get a HP specific SDK (at additional
cost).

Peter
 
Thanks for the replies.

I did look at the HP 6515 and feature wise it does seem to have what I need.

HP must not be far off releasing Windows Mobile 5 version.

The HP SDK is $199 as part of the developer program, so not too bad.
Has anyone had experience susing the SDK, and any tips or tricks I should
look out for ?

I would like to present my own dialog to capture the picture, with an option
to retake if they don't like it, and then have the ability to save and name
the photo the
way I like. Capturing a short video may also be an option.

The final photos that are sent to the website will at a resolution smaller
than 640x480
so both devices have more than adequate cameras.

Robert
 
Is there anyway to lock down some of the camera settings of the
CameraCaptureDialog such as preventing the user from changing the
resolution?
 
Hi Larry,

Thanks for your reply. While this does shed a little more light on the
subject, it doesn't quite solve my problem. I'm developing an
application which uses the CameraCaptureDialog on a 6700 PPC. Once the
CameraCaptureDialog is displayed the user can click on the tools icon
which takes the user to a Camera Settings screen where the user can
alter the capture format, capture size and several other options. How
do I prevent the user from altering the format and size? How do
determine if the user clicks on the tools icon in the
CameraCaptureDialog?

Thanks!
 
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