The digital camera on your Nokia phone isn't just for aspiring, yet low-budget, Lord Litchfields/David Baileys'/Rankins (delete as appropriate for your cultural references). No, it's also a great way to interact with the world - from using it a scanner to getting the most from the small print on a contract. Discover the top five alternative uses for your Nokia camera, as we look at the latest ingenious apps...
Handheld Mirror
Size: 0.02MB
Price: £1.50
Need to fix your make-up or tackle an alarming zit, but don't have a mirror to hand? This app lets you use your phone's front-facing camera to check that you are still as beautiful as your remember.
Nokia Point and Find
Size: 2.213MB
Price: Free
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Nokia Beta Labs first crack at an augmented reality app lets you point your camera at a product barcode or a film poster and automatically retrieve information such as cinema times, Amazon links and other data. Its still early days, but this is an app with promise.
Nokia Magnifier
Size: 0.104MB
Price: Free
Such a simple idea, but surprisingly useful - use your phone's camera as a maginifying glass. The app features image stabilisation as well as multiple levels of zoom. If you are short sighted - or just need to read the really fine print on your mobile contract - this is a handy, free app to have on your Nokia.
WWIGO Wireless Webcam
Size: 0.445MB
Price: £8.00
DOWNLOAD: WWIGO Wireless Webcam
Together with its companion (Windows only) PC app, WWIGO will trun your mobile camera into a full-functioning remote webcam. You can use this in a number of ways - either as a wireless webcam to save shelling out on a 'real' one or perhaps as a quick 'n' dirty security system . You could even rig it up as an ersatz video baby monitor for when you are staying somewhere unfamilar. All you need is a PC and a wifi connection. And £8.00, although a one hour(!) trial version is available for the curious.
ABBYY Business Card Reader
Size: 1MB
Price: 19.95 Euros
DOWNLOAD: ABBYY Business Card Reader
One of the best optical character recognition we have seen for Nokia phones, ABBYY Business Card Reader takes the slog out of typing in the contact data from a business card. Just point you camera at the card and line up the edges to a grid provided by the app and ABBYY will scan the text and convert into a new entry on your contacts list. Very accurate, and a big time saver if you get a lot of business cards sent your way. Check out our ABBYY Business Card Reader review