Stanford University and Nokia Research Center, Palo Alto, have created and released a new, open-source digital photography platform, called FCam (Frankencamera) for the Nokia N900. FCam allows developers to create new capabilities for digital cameras, and users to take advantage of a whole new class of photography apps. FCam allows the creation of new digital camera applications that help users overcome some of the shortcomings of their devices or create interesting new types of imagery. It is part of the Camera 2.0 project, created in collaboration between Nokia, Stanford, and other partners. Nokia Fellow Kari Pulli says that the Nokia N900 is a camera phone, but it runs a version of Linux almost as complete as that installed on personal computers. For this reason, Nokia N900 was chosen as the host device for the FCam platform. The researchers have already created a series of new photography apps for the platform, some of which will also be free to download. These three will be available from the FCam project pages. read more on http://mobile-reviews-latest-mobile-phones.blogspot.com/2011/05/fcam-released-for-nokia-n900.html
