The camera on the Palm Pre

Pt. 11 of 12 | 4:25 |

Palm Pre Basics

Thursday October 1, 2009

While it can't do selective focus and can't shoot video,

the camera on the Palm Pre

is a 3.2 megapixel shooter with a built-in LED flash. It even has a large self-portrait mirror on the back of the screen.

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Show Notes

- Find the camera application in the launcher.

- Use the left-hand flash icon to select between auto, on or off modes.

- Hit the green photo button to snap your pic.

- The most recent photo shows up in the bottom-left. Click to launch the photos application.

- In the

photo app

, select the top-left menu to choose from the options: assign to contact, share, set as wallpaper or upload.

- Open the back slider to access the self portrait mirror.

- Photos can be accessed by plugging your Pre into a computer and grabbing pics from the DCIM folder.

-

The Palm Pre

should show up as a

digital camera

when plugged in to a PC USB port.

- In the photos app, select Preferences & Accounts to choose services you'd like to upload pictures to.

- Tap Add An Account.

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