S60 Open to new features

Last week we asked you to show us your favorite shoes by uploading your pictures to Share on Ovi and tagging them sneaker4, the media we received were quite impressive.

Lots of basketball shoes (thanks Jobber99 and Go Celts ;-P ) but my favorite shot was of a well worn bike shoe:

Thanks to mcpezza for this one. With national bike week coming up in the US and the UK this is apropos for our US and UK-based S60 Ambassadors. Next week's theme? Food! We want to see what you are eating. We've got Ambassadors from Brazil, South Africa, SE Asia...we want to see what people eat in *your* part of the world. Tag your pics "Food5" and we'll showcase the best pix in next week's blog.

As far as an Ambassador Program update: The reports continue to flow in and we have a group of regulars with whom Ricky and Stefan have been conversing on a daily basis. There are some S60 Ambassadors who have signed up but have yet to send in your first report. Remember, all you have to do is send an e-mail telling us about the conversations you're having. If you’re in the USA its ricky.cadden[at]nokia.com and if you’re anywhere else in the world then it’s ambassadors-at-s60.com, don’t be shy, send us mail!

This week's "Report of the Week" comes from California where Alex Huf and his N95 stand out as a true testament to converged device. Check it out:

The reason it's so easy for me to evangelize my N95 is because every time someone brings up a gripe with their phone i show them how it was solved in some way. Granted i've mastered the S60 interface and it makes navigation seem very easy, there is nothing any other phone can functionally do that i haven't been able to do, and so much more.

Just last weekend we had a heat spell in Los Angeles. My friend had the genius idea of coming over and swimming / tanning. The weather was beautiful, the lighting was gorgeous, and whole scene was fantastic. Unfortunately i would never in my right mind bring my DSLR out next to the pool to hang out.

Low and behold the whole day amazing photographic opportunities kept popping up. Initially i felt bummed that i didn't have a great camera to capture the moment, and then i remembered my N95 tucked up my tshirt. My friend was able to take shots with it in 10 seconds, exclaiming "wait, is this a camera or a phone?!".

At the end of the day, i downloaded all the pics into lifeblog, the sharpness and color saturation were simply stunning. Her friends have commented on some of the photos as being "works of art".

Lesson: pair a powerful camera with the powerful S60 OS and you get all the manual control and reliability you need to execute amazing shots. As a photographer, nothing is more precious than to know you always have that opportunity to capture a moment, because that precious tool is ALWAYS with you, in the guise of your phone.

Great report Alex! As a thank you we'll be sending out your loaner N82. And good news to you and past + future RoTW selections, you can keep your device for *2 months* instead of the 2 weeks we originally specified. This, because we finally got our shipment of devices in and we want to spread the love, as it were.

See you all next week, until then, happy WoMing!