[Galaxy S 4 General] BarryH_GEG:
How? There's a difference between a burst of pictures and a Zoe. The burst of pictures wouldn't be saved as a Zoe they'd be saved as a dozen free-standing pictures because you can't specify in advance you're taking a "Sequence shot." How would you apply the after-the-fact Zoe-dependent features to them? Here are the options available pro-actively without Zoe from Anandtech. Everything else appears to be Zoe-dependent. I'm going to play with a One tomorrow at the mall beause the "with" and "without" Zoe thing is puzzling me.

These are available via the action overflow button:

Normal

Night

HDR

Sweep Panorama

And these are in a sub-menu:

Portrait

Landscape

Backlight

Text

Macro

HTC Zoe is more advanced than any other gallery on a phone and it works thanks to the dedicated ImageChip 2 that the One uses.

When you use the camera in Zoe mode

, every time you press the shutter key, the phone captures up to 20 full res shots and a 3 second video (1 second before you press the shutter key and 2 seconds after).

All that information is required for the advanced features of Zoe

.

One of those features is Events. Zoe can be used as a regular image gallery with photos stacked together according to their folders, but Events groups photos by when and where they were taken. Each event has a 30 second highlight video, which is stitched together from those 3 second clips plus a slideshow, including some of the pics. You can remove clips and add new ones to the highlight video, add a video effect and also include a background music (the tracks are preset, though it is possible to add new ones to the list).

The videos and multiple full-res shots come into play when editing images as well.

Since the phone has a video of the scene during which the photo was taken, it can find moving objects and put a red X on them so that you can tap and remove the ones you want, but keep the rest. The result is a full-resolution 4MP image.

Zoe can also make sure everyone in the photo is smiling and their eyes are open - it detects all faces and circles them

, then you can swipe to go through all available images of that face until you find the perfect one.

Yet another Zoe feature is called Sequence shot.

It takes a shot of a moving object and it creates a cool effect "multiple exposure" effect where that object appears several times on the photo. It's perhaps easier to show the effect than explain it, here's a shot of a BMXer jumping over a ramp. You can tweak the effect by adding and removing clones.​

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I really do think poor HTC is cursed. You know that spiffy dual-membrane mic we all complimented earlier in video recordings? It's Nokia's tech and was built for them exclusively by STMicroelectronics who then sold it to HTC for use in the One without Nokia's consent. So a judge issued an injunction in the Netherlands and the One won't be sold there until HTC either pays Nokia for using their tech or comes up with a "Plan B." I'd imagine with a win in the Netherlands the next injunction Nokia will seek is in Germany. Again, poor HTC.

Don't worry, this time it's not a patent issue. However, it is more bad news for HTC's already-delayed One. Nokia has been granted an injunction by the Amsterdam district court concerning the technology HTC used in its current flagship. The legal battle involves a pair of high-amplitude mics housed within One's aluminum body, which are apparently the same dual-membrane components that Nokia's used in its recent Lumia 720, seen above.

The Finnish company recently applied for a preliminary injunction, pointing the finger at ST Microelectronics, which is responsible for manufacturing the mic for both Nokia and HTC. According to our source, the issue is likely to be a breach of an NDA between Nokia and ST Electronics, as the phone maker asserts that the "microphone components [were] invented by and manufactured exclusively for Nokia." We're still hearing new details and will update as we learn more. We've also reached out to HTC for comment. For now, you can read up on Nokia's statement following the court's decision, embedded after the break.

Update: HTC has offered up an official statement in response to the injunction

"HTC is disappointed in the decision. We are considering whether it will have any impact on our business and we will explore alternative solutions immediately."

http://www.engadget.com/2013/04/22/...utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget​