A chap called Romain Guy, who’s one of the more public-facing of the many Android engineers, was given the task of creating a 1080p video clip to best show off the video recording powers of the forthcoming Galaxy Nexus.

Here’s what he came up with, which is a longer version of the clip Google itself used in the Galaxy Nexus / Android 4.0 announcement presentation. Be sure to pop the player out and select 1080p to see it at actual HD resolution.

Obviously the clever timelapse stuff required specific hardware, with Romain attaching the Galaxy Nexus to a custom dolly, which looks like…

…that. Of course, you don’t get a timelapse dolly with every phone. You can read more about Romain’s video capturing skills over on his Google+ page.

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The new Android version of Pixamid promises to do one thing – organise group photos from events. Everyone installs the app on their phones, which then tags all pictures taken at a specified “event” so they can be shared easily with all attendees.

So, if you see someone else being very brave and taking a good photo, don’t panic! You’ll get a copy of it too. Automatically.

There’s a big list of what Pixamid does and how it works over on the maker’s blog, if you’re the sort of person who socialises and may actually use it.

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Popular Dr Who web site Dr Who Online has put together an Android app, which is up on the Android Market now for £1.19. We’re not entirely sure what benefits this paid app brings over simply reading the web site, although perhaps it might be nice for serious fans to have easy access to podcasts on your mobile?

Here’s what it looks like. A bit “RSS” to be honest:

Haven’t watched it since Billie Piper left. Still quite upset about that.

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We’ll continue our Galaxy Ace review today, despite being quite annoyed that yesterday’s installment is currently sitting there with only one “retweet” to its name. And that was generated automatically by the system when the post was uploaded.

Anyway. Here’s how the Samsung Galaxy Ace performs as a web browser, plus we’ll answer the boring question about how well it runs bloody Angry Birds.

So yes, as we expected, the only slightly weak point here is the screen resolution. Seeing a 320×480 image blown up to fill a 3.5″ screen results in some slightly rough text.

It’s by no means a disaster or a phone-breaker, it’s just that compared with a phone running at a higher resolution text is a little harder to read. But as most Galaxy Ace buyers are likely to be trading up to this phone rather than, in our case, switching down from an HTC Desire, we doubt anyone will have an issue with it.

Browser speed is good. Pages whizz around quickly, although we did get the odd weird scrolling glitch that would fire us to random bits of the page unexpectedly. But it was rare enough to not be an issue.

Multitouch zooming is supported. The settings and bookmarks are your standard Android 2.2 web browser types. It works very well as a mobile browser.

Alternate Android keyboard Swype is pre-loaded and set as the default text entry system. We’re still undecided on Swype. Some days we think it’s the best thing in the world, then the next we get stuck for AGES editing one word and wish we’d stuck with the default keyboard.

But this is not a review of Swype.

Oh wait, there’s another issue – no Flash Player support.

We don’t really give a toss about Flash Player, to be honest, but the fact that its non-appearance means some apps will be missing from the Android Market is a pity. The average user is going to feel pretty pissed off when his brand new Android phone can’t run the BBC iPlayer services when his friend’s similar Android 2.2 phone can.

At least Angry Birds runs well. Very well. Perfectly, in fact. If you like random physics engines, your luck’s in.

GPS. Someone always asks about the GPS. It works. It took a few seconds to connect via Google Maps Navigation. Seems OK. Worked.

General app performance was fine. We didn’t notice any lock-ups or significant glitches while using the thing. Solid phone.

Anyway. That’s enough screenshots and half-baked opinions for today. We’re running out of words. Tomorrow we’ll look at the Galaxy Ace’s camera and maybe finish it off with some sort of coherent conclusion.

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Here’s something we’ve not done for a while. These photos were taken using the super sexy Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, which, as we’ve already seen, comes with a promising 8.1megapixel camera and a lens & sensor combo Sony Ericsson seems to be pretty proud of.

So here’s what Sony Ericsson’s latest Android phone camera is capable of producing, courtesy of a sample set uploaded to Flickr. The photos are all a bit “ideal conditions” but you get the idea. Click the pics to see the full-size originals.

That’d do for us. Phone, dog, woman, we’ll take the lot, please. We remain VERY SOLD on the Xperia Arc. Link via Phandroid.

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We’ll continue our Acer Stream review with a look at the Android phone’s camera. The lens round the back of the Acer Stream is rated as a 5megapixel model, capable of recording video at 720p resolution. Results are OK! Here’s a collection of photos taken on the Stream – click on the image to see the uncompressed originals.

Pictures at the highest setting are captured at 2592×1944 resolution, resulting in some vast 3MB files sitting on your SD card. Colours are good, but detail isn’t great when viewing them at original size.

Marco mode is the star, producing great results. These made great jam, too.

Took this cow’s photo time and time again, but she refused to smile.

We’d happily use the Acer Stream as a replacement camera. Shots aren’t anything special, but are still better than we were expecting.

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Motorola’s just uploaded a whole stack of sample photos taken with its upcoming MILESTONE XT720, showing off the sort of output you’ll get when using the Android phone’s 8megapixel camera and Xenon flash.

Well, actually the flash isn’t demonstrated in the test shots, as they’ve all been taken outside in the sort of bright light that’s perfect for showing off cameras. But still. Here’s what your shots will look like, should you go for an XT720 as your next Android phone and be fond of nature photography:

Lovely, especially the beetle shot – a good macro mode would be an excellent selling point for the camera geeks. The (sadly resized) originals can be found over on Motorola Europe’s Facebook gallery.

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Here we are then – D-Day for mobile phone cameras. Sony Ericsson has squeezed a staggering 8megapixel digital sensor into its imminent X10 Android phone, and will be marketing it as THE phone for sociable people who don’t want to compromise on picture quality.

So that’s the bluster. But what are the photos produced by the X10 actually LIKE? They are like this…

Very, very nice. The blue sky is BLUE – not the usual odd mixture of blotchy, jagged purple pixels and glowing artifacts you get when pointing most cameraphones at the sky.

Another great shot. Background detail is perhaps a little blotchy, but this is still by far the best output we’ve yet seen from an Android phone. Lovely colours. Well done Sony Ericsson and Mother Nature.

UPDATE:
Some photos taken using an Xperia X10 during the tricky “night” period can be found on Sony Ericsson’s blog. Thanks to readers Stephen and Tom for the heads-up.

This sort of shot is always the toughest challenge for a camera – separating light areas from dark. And the X10 pulls it off superbly well. Incidentally, the photographer also has a good eye for a shot and lives in a very pretty place.

The X10 even copes admirably with the always difficult “Photo of the reviewer’s desk” shot. Some great detail there and the X10 manages well in slightly dodgy internal lighting conditions. Looks like Sony Ericsson has CRACKED IT when it comes to squeezing camera tech into a phone.

SO CAN THE X10 REPLACE MY CAMERA?
Finally, yes, we have a mobile phone that could quite happily also be your “main” camera without embarrassing you when you come to share the results.

Original photos taken from Daily Mobile’s battered server.

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The Motorola CLIQ, which we call the DEXT in Europe and is available in the UK exclusively through Orange, is Motorola’s first Android phone, predating the DROID/Milestone. It comes with Motorola’s MOTOBLUR smeared over the top of Android, in case Google’s seamless integration of social networking stuff isn’t good enough, plus there’s an impressive 5megapixel camera round the back.

The CLIQ/DEXT is also more curvaceous and prettier than the bizarrely fashionable DROID/Milestone to our eyes, although it’s currently lumbered with Android 1.5 – but internet chatter suggests the DEXT may get updated to Android 1.6 soon.

But anyway, what we want to know is… IS THE CAMERA ANY GOOD?

That’s a literally unbelievably good shot from the Motorola CLIQ/DEXT. OK, so this sort of bright, sunny, angular American cityscape isn’t exactly challenging for a digital camera, but the colour reproduction here is definitely the best we’ve seen from an Android device.

Well done to all at Motorola, or whichever Chinese wholesaler you bought the lenses and sensors off.

Another clear and sharp shot from the CLIQ/DEXT. There’s little purple-fringing visible even on those often tricky shiny surfaces, and the geometry is sharp – there’s only the slightest hint of barrel distortion on that top black section. Good work.

This one’s not so good, but until they start putting macro modes into mobile phones you’re never going to get a good close-up of something as small and round as an AA battery out of a phone. Trust me. I have experience in this field.

Pics taken from Ubergizmo’s Flickr page.

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Ahh, the Acer A1. Looks a bit chunky, runs a marginally customised version of Android 1.6 and boasts a whopping great 3.5″ touchscreen running at 480 x 800. The phone was reviewed well by most outlets, although we’re yet to actually see one in the flesh so can’t even pretend to have an opinion on it.

BUT! What we can do is dig up some example photos taken by the Liquid A1, then attempt to see if they’re any good or not, as we add it to our Android Photo Sample MEGA-DATABASE.

So, here we go.

That’s… terrible work by the Acer’s camera. Click the photo to see the big version and you’ll notice the colours are awful and virtually non-existent, everything’s blotchy and… what’s with the general aura of fogginess?

For some reason, even though the A1′s new and only just came out, the phone’s lacking a flash on its camera, so don’t go expecting any miracles to happen in low-light situations.

This one’s OK! If you’re looking for a phone camera that can just about recreate a scene if the lighting’s ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, the A1′s your phone. Such a shame the camera’s not much cop, as the phone itself looks lovely.

Photos courtesy of Phonearena‘s superb Liquid A1 review.

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