Bada 2.0 camera :D

Here's an update! I found the different modes and settings of the bada 2.0 camera. Thank Goooood! XD

The first fifteen pictures featured are from the latest trip. Most were shot using the touchscreen button compared to the one located at the side. As you can see, some are blurry but most were actually quite decent..hehehe..there are some pretty nice shots if I may say so. Enjoy!

Now, the next pictures were taken last year with bada 1.2 with the old camera application. using the side camera button.. (ugh I forgot what it's called). 

What do you think? Can you see any difference between the pictures? Some factors may have affected the shoot, like the sun and the angle (etc) but all in all, I think I may have judged the 2.0 camera application too harshly the first time. Being an unprofessional photographer, my eyes aren't as trained as the ones who do this for a living or hobby so for me, it's quite decent and both pictures have more or less the same score. (ISO both times set to auto). The touchscreen button sure makes taking pictures a breeze but the downside is, sometimes it does not focus as you would have wanted it to focus (eg. the blurred pictures above), 

In conclusion, the camera may not have improved dramatically in my estimation, but neither has it deteriorated...so I may have to keep my phone after all!! ^__^ 

What are your thoughts on the pictures? any improvement on the quality or not? hehe

Cheers! 

Bada 2.0 visited 0(*o*)0

Yup. Finally, that's bada 2.0 you're seeing on my wave 2. I upgraded 2 days ago and it took me from 11:30 am to 5pm just to download all files and for the upgrade to start. :D

There are a lot of blogs out here in the internet about the pros and cons of the bada software. Honestly, there's not much difference. Granted, the UI is different since it looks to me, a cross between android and iOS. No kidding. 

The interface was revamped and now it sports smaller and sharper icons. 

The little knobs for on and off  here I saw first on iOS and the drop down menu which features the notifications and toggles (although they were there before) has now auto rotate option which is also seen on android. (yeah I like 1d). It was only wifi, bluetooth and sound toggles before. :D

There is now also the option to add folders and delete or uninstall applications by long pressing the icon. Much the same as on android. (I don't have an iphone so dunno if they have this). 

The music player has on screen sound adjustment button (lower left here) so you won't have to find and grapple for the volume rocker located at the side of the phone. 

The camera and video recording capabilities are pretty much so so. I found online that the takes of the camera from 1.2 is much better that on 2.0, yes, it definitely is true. There were also more options/settings for the 1.2 os and the colors were better handled there. Not an official photographer so dunno the right terms to describe it.. the new pictures look more pixelated. ( or is it just my eyesight?) The colors are not as vibrant. I'm going on a trip tomorrow so I'll see how the new camera works. If it's not as good (or better) than before (and since I bought this phone for it's screen and camera), I would probably switch back to 1.2.  

Those are just a few (and there's only a few :D) upgrade differences I've discovered so far.

There are also new applications that were included during the upgrade, you can see the icons for Ch@ton and allshare o)) and there's the caster application. Unfortunately, I haven't explored these yet but allshare I think was there before the upgrade but not with it's own icon. The chaton application allows users to communicate with friends through online interactions. Much like viber and kakaotalk (both are better imo) and caster allows users to share web content, phone to pc- pc to phone.. cloud? ^_^ 

There you have it. My take on the new update my wave 2 got from kies..it took 2 months for it to reach the Philippines and there's nothing really exciting about it except for the fact that the previous applications I downloaded were totally erased and no backup was done (my fault) because I thought it was only another 1.2 update.. not the big 2.0 upgrade. XD Good thing that I synced my phone so samsung apps has a copy/list of all the applications that I had downloaded before in case I wanted to have it again. hehe

What's your opinion on the bada 2.0 update? Any new things you've discovered that may help me find my love again for this antiquated phone I bought last year? You're very welcome to put your thoughts in the comments. Maybe this phone's going to be exciting again. Who knows. Have a great day!