the reason phone manufacturers put that shutter sound there w/out the option to disable is because creeps would take pictures of unassuming people on the street, subway, changing rooms, etc. Why would a normal person want that disabled? hmmm.....
A silent option would be a good feature though - I don't want to wake up my niece when I'm taking pictures of her sleeping and have her bawling her lungs out again!
I don't know how loud the shutter sound on the 99xx is though, just know that I can silence it on my iphone.
There is no law about digital camera shutter sounds. There was a bill introduced, never happened. It's a myth. I'm sure it will be available at some point soon. Was a part of QuickLaunch, probably still working that out for OS7. My previous devices on Android have the mute as a default option, built right in.
the reason phone manufacturers put that shutter sound there w/out the option to disable is because creeps would take pictures of unassuming people on the street, subway, changing rooms, etc. Why would a normal person want that disabled? hmmm.....
Because the sound of the shutter is really really cheap, it makes the phone corny while its looks are as nifty as futuristic phone!
3rd party app developers are no longer able to silence the shutter sound
Do you mean on OS7 because RIM locked it somehow? Because there are dozens upon dozens of apps for Android and iPhone that silence the camera shutter. Also still apps for OS6 on BB to mute it.
Do you mean on OS7 because RIM locked it somehow? Because there are dozens upon dozens of apps for Android and iPhone that silence the camera shutter. Also still apps for OS6 on BB to mute it.
according to quicklaunch dev, RIM locked it down in the OS
according to quicklaunch dev, RIM locked it down in the OS
and droid and iphone are very different devices
Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification. Stinks, because there are legitimate times when you would want the shutter to be silent. Say, at my children's school play or when I have someone take pics of me when I'm presenting to large crowds (so I can examine my posture). Maybe someone will write a whole new camera app that can make muting possible.....
Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification. Stinks, because there are legitimate times when you would want the shutter to be silent. Say, at my children's school play or when I have someone take pics of me when I'm presenting to large crowds (so I can examine my posture). Maybe someone will write a whole new camera app that can make muting possible.....
Agreed. I work on movies and I like to take behind the scenes pics. I have to have my phone on silent the whole time, but if I take a pic the sound is louder than the actors talking. That sound makes me look very unprofessional.
There is no law about digital camera shutter sounds. There was a bill introduced, never happened. It's a myth. I'm sure it will be available at some point soon. Was a part of QuickLaunch, probably still working that out for OS7. My previous devices on Android have the mute as a default option, built right in.
My Thunderbolt has the option to mute shutter as well as every non smartphone and every smartphone excluding BlackBerry.
There are plenty of non perve reason to want to mute that annoying sound. On my past Blackberry devices I used a 3rd party app to mute.
I wish RIM would just Include the option as a native feature.
i dont think rim will bring it back.. there are also 'coporate /business reasons' to keep the cameras with the cameras sounds... it'll prevent unauthroized videos/pictures of secret pictures of documents/other stuff beign taken at a workplace enviornment. So to applease the corporate world, this will never be removed.
I personally think this whole shutter sound issue because of "corporate/business reasons" is ridiculous... it doesn't make any sound when you film... you can film, and then take a screenshot of what you wanted. not too difficult... i have CameraMuteApp on my 9700 and 9650 on os 5, don't know if anything similar is going to come out for os 7.
corporations should be smart about it and give their employees non-camera blackberries... as long as there's a camera, there will be secret pictures and videos leaked. when you want to prevent someone from doing something, you should render it impossible to do, not make it complicated.
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I've always "silenced" my shutter sound by calling my voicemail, then activating the camera.
When you take a pic during a call, the sound is very faint.
Thats the only workaround I know.
Thanks for the tip :-)
Originally Posted by ignites
i dont think rim will bring it back.. there are also 'coporate /business reasons' to keep the cameras with the cameras sounds... it'll prevent unauthroized videos/pictures of secret pictures of documents/other stuff beign taken at a workplace enviornment. So to applease the corporate world, this will never be removed.
This doesn't make sense. Videos don't make a single sound! And corporate can disable the camera with BES.
Camera can be disabled by BES,or employers can choose to issue non camera BlackBerry devices. It doesn't make sense to not have a native camera mute option.
the reason phone manufacturers put that shutter sound there w/out the option to disable is because creeps would take pictures of unassuming people on the street, subway, changing rooms, etc. Why would a normal person want that disabled? hmmm.....
So everyone that hates the shutter sound is a creep? That's a pretty ******** view...