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Nokia 808 PureView
Create apps for the new industry standard in camera phones
The Nokia 808 PureView is a revolution in mobile imaging technology. Starting up in under a second — even from lock — the camera uses an unprecedented 41 MP sensor combined with Carl Zeiss optics and a xenon flash to deliver outstanding 8 and 5 MP images in almost every shooting situation. When shooting a 5 MP image, PureView technology compresses the information from 7 pixels into 1 for the sharpest images imaginable. The phone also offers 3x loss-less slide zoom, with no loss of image quality, and all the shareability you expect in a premium smartphone.
Read more about the technology behind PureView in this white paper ›
The Nokia 808 PureView goes beyond the still image, with 1080p full HD video recording at 30 fps with 4x slide zoom — without loss of image quality. The image is only half the video story. The Nokia 808 PureView delivers the world's first use of Nokia Rich Recording. Rich Recording enables audio recording at CD-like levels of quality, previously only possible with external microphones
Qt is the framework for accessing the features this leading-edge phone in your apps. Qt and the Qt Mobility APIs let your apps access the imaging, video, and audio capabilities of the Nokia 808 PureView.
PureView Imaging Competition — Get involved and win
Running through to 17 June 2012, the
PureView Imaging Competition is the opportunity to share your experiences and innovative imaging and video related code with
the Nokia Developer community. By submitting how-tos, tutorials, or code examples to the Nokia Developer wiki that focus on
using the Qt, QML, and Symbian C++ imaging and video APIs, you will not only gain the kudos of your peers but be in to win
some great prizes. The best article will win a Nokia 808 PureView phone and a trip to a Nokia event in your region. The second
and third placed articles will each win a Nokia 808 PureView. So whether your code exploits the capabilities of PureView or
provides feature such as image sharing or compression, this is the ideal opportunity to show off your coding skill and knowledge.
More about the PureView Imaging Competition ›
Qt and the Nokia 808 PureView
Our product engineering team turned to Qt for many critical pieces of the UI on the Nokia 808 PureView: the camera and gallery apps on the phone were written from the ground up using Qt. No surprise then that the Nokia 808 has the latest Qt APIs for mobile devices on-board, making it a perfect target for your latest Qt and Qt Quick apps.
To use the phone's PureView camera and audio capabilities, you will take advantage of the Qt Mobility multimedia APIs: With these APIs your app can connect to the phone's camera as well as its other sensors. You also get a range of features to manipulate the content from the camera, including control over auto focus. Now you can easily bring the outstanding quality of PureView and High Amplitude Audio Capture to the images, video, and audio captured by your apps.
And then extend you apps features further: Qt Mobility APIs also unlock the potential of NFC, sensors, and almost every part of the phone your apps will ever need.
See how National Geographic and Pikchur used Qt to bring their apps to Nokia 808 PureView.
New to Qt? Start with this guide ›
Read more about using the Qt Mobility for stills, video, and audio in:
- Camera Guide — this document provides the information you need to choose the right API to implement your camera application for the Nokia 808 PureView.
- Guide for Qt Multimedia Developers — this document provides code examples and settings recommendations for using the camera and audio features of Symbian smartphones.
- Qt Mobility Multimedia module documentation — get all the details you need on the capabilities of the APIs to leverage PureView.
- Qt Mobility in the Nokia Developer Wiki — articles about the features of Qt Mobility submitted by the developer community.
Get examples that show you how to use the camera and audio on Symbian phones:
- Camera Demo — an example application showing how to make use of the camera, implemented using the Qt C++ Camera API and exposed through a QML UI.
- Mirror House — this example demonstrates how to use QCamera from the Qt Mobility Multimedia module to create a circus-style mirror effects. The code shows how to manipulate camera frames in real time. Features include the ability to touch the 'mirror' to switch to the secondary camera and pinching the mirror to zoom.
- QML Camera Example — from the Qt documentation, this example shows you how to create a basic image capture application using Qt Quick.
- Examples in the Nokia Developer Wiki — discover a wide range of code examples contributed by Qt developers.
