The Nokia N96 is an amazing mix of features packaged oddly together, particularly the camera. There’s something about less being more. Fewer camera adjustments is kind of liberating, as is editing JPG rather than RAW files. I highly recommend the cameraphone. A digital camera would do better, but the phone is always present, while a digicam is an extra carry-along not often brought along. Here, vlogger Morriopp reads at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in La Mesa, Calif. The N96 will geotag photos, but I hadn’t turned on the feature. Do you have a gadget story you’d like told? Please e-mail Joe Wilcox: oddlytogether at gmail.com.

The Nokia N96 is an amazing mix of features packaged oddly together, particularly the camera. There’s something about less being more. Fewer camera adjustments is kind of liberating, as is editing JPG rather than RAW files. I highly recommend the cameraphone. A digital camera would do better, but the phone is always present, while a digicam is an extra carry-along not often brought along.

Here, vlogger Morriopp reads at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in La Mesa, Calif. The N96 will geotag photos, but I hadn’t turned on the feature.

Do you have a gadget story you’d like told? Please e-mail Joe Wilcox: oddlytogether at gmail.com.