Taking and Sharing Pictures with WP7
3:27 pm in wedding dress by admin
It’s possible to disable this function from within the Pictures + Camera settings. At face value it seems to be an issue to be able to bypass the password security on my smartphone just by holding down the camera button, but Microsoft has considered the security implications as well. I can take pictures, and I can review the pictures I have taken, but I can’t access the rest of the Windows Phone 7 operating system.
I will start with my favorite camera feature of Windows Phone 7. Actually, there are two, but they are inter-related. I love the fact that my ”Mango” device has a physical button for the camera on the side of the phone. Not only that, but you can use the button to activate the camera function and take a picture even when the smartphone is locked.It is frustrating to see something interesting and want to take a picture of it, but have the moment be gone before I can swipe, enter the password to unlock the smartphone, navigate to the camera app, and tap it just so I can take a picture. With ”Mango” on this Samsung Focus, I can just hold down the camera button on the side of the phone and it opens straight to the camera function.
In fact,landscape oil paintings, I can’t even see the rest of the camera roll, or post or share the pictures while in this locked down camera mode (although the pictures are still automatically uploaded to my SkyDrive folder if that option is enabled–more on the in a bit). If I tap the back arrow or Start button at the bottom of the phone, it just takes me to the initial lock screen. There is a padlock icon at the upper left that I can tap as well to enter my password and unlock the device from within the camera function.
Taking and Sharing Pictures with WP7