Famous for their applications on the Windows Mobile platform, Resco have been pretty active across other platforms as well. One of such applications on the symbian platform is Resco Photoviewer which was first launched way back in 2007, the golden years of Nokia’s dominance in the smartphone segment with the unparalleled success of Nokia N95.
Well Nokia as well as we as consumers have come a long way and so has Resco with their Photoviewer which is now into v5.01 beta. Whats the deal with Resco Photoviewer? Well, it packs in quiet a punch with its kinetic scrolling and true image editing tools, that are presently not offered by the default image browser of our Nokia 5800s. Ok, how do they actually pan out on our 5800s? Let’s find out after the break though.
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First and foremost, this is not a free application and Resco have made even the beta a trial version! Something we haven’t seen in any of the betas so far but we are not complaining. Resco Photoviewer is a an amazing image browser tool which has something to offer for everyone. Whether you are a fan of list view or thumbnail view (comes in small and large), the photoviewer has an answer for you. Add image editing tools and kinetic scrolling to that and we have a complete browser app.
What we like?
- Kinetic Scrolling (again Nokia, where are you?)
- Image editing tools
What we don’t like?
- Slideshow is presently not working
Verdict
We gotta give Resco Photoviewer one of our coveted “must have” tags but we guess we will wait till the final version is released for we really want to see how the slideshow turns out to. However, even in the absence of slideshow, Resco’s Photoviewer is an amazing app, just for its kinetic scrolling and basic image editing tools. We don’t yet know the pricing of this app, but going by the history of this app, we are expecting somewhere around USD 15 ~ 20, which may look overpriced but we do think it deserves the pricing.
Free download link for Resco Photoviewer v5.01 beta
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Sunday, December 13th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
This doesn’t make sense. We should pay 15 / 20 $ for an App that already exist!!! Its name is Nokia Photo Browser that comes from Nokia Beta Labs at http://betalabs.nokia.com/betas/view/nokia-photo-browser
And it would be perfect only if the developers would terminate the work around this Phone! Because is almost 6 months that customers are waiting for the final release of this App and other months for a “definitive” firmware upgrade, that, I think at least, will never be released.
I am a sad 5800xm owners.
Sunday, December 13th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
Why cant realplayer play in background on nokia 5800. Does not even stream on n 97. What is nokia playing at. It is giving apple all its loyal customers cos that it where I am going along with millions of other nokia customers.
Sunday, December 13th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Im done with my 5800, i waited ages for Nokia to release a firmware upgrade with kinetic scrolling!!!!! I went and bought my self a iphone 3gs 32gb white…… Damn you Nokia!!!
Monday, December 14th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
I dont understand why people are complaining. This is a best image viewer for nokia 5800, nokia photo browser is nowhere near it. And slideshow is also working, just change the effects in the slideshow settings to none or other effects. Many of them r working, which can be tried. Worth buying….
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 at 12:55 am
Just admit that you want that iPhone so bad. The kinetic scrolling is just an excuse for you.
Thursday, December 17th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Hey! try using scrollbar located on the right of the screen with your finger to go up and down the page. I admit initially it turns out to be a real pain, but in just few days u will become a master at using it, being able to locate any photo or song u want!.Its like learning to drive a vehicle-initially difficult but becomes easier and easier later ….
Sunday, December 20th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
really cool…….
Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 6:41 am
does ti works on X-6? i think so, same os platform.