In another in his series of occasional mini-app-reviews, Ow Kah Leong tests out the plainly named 'Screenshot app' (go on, guess what it does....), triggering (uniquely) from a lateral shake of your Symbian smartphone. There are free and 'pro' versions, and Kah reckons that it's a useful app to add to your Symbian toolkit if you ever have need for grabbing screens.

Ow Kah Leong writes:

It has always been argued that Symbian ecosystem is a second-class citizen, compared to Android and iOS. While the the numbers are nothing comparable to the other two, I think the quality is not too shabby. In fact, there has been a nice deluge of new additions and the quality is pretty good too. For example, QuasarMX is a powerful music player with a slick UI to boot and numerous settings to satisfy the geeky music lover.

I was browsing the Nokia Store (yes, I know… kinda sad...!) and came across a screen capture app called ScreenShot app, developed by appmolecule. It’s another one of those apps that has only one function and it is reflected in the app name. So what can the developer offer? Its unique point is that you just shake your phone to take a screenshot, no messing with buttons. That’s it.

I remembered when Steve reviewed Saving Private Sheep (a great game, by the way!), he mentioned he had difficulty capturing screenshots of the game. So I tried with 'Screenshot app' and managed to take a few screenshots, shown below:

One point to note though. The phone has to be held upright, else the screenshot will not turn out right:

You can also get the Pro Version, which allows you to change where the images are saved. This is also, incidentally, the only setting to play with.

Not an app for the masses, I suspect, but one that's good to have in your utilities folder, for when you need it.

You download 'Screenshot app' from the Nokia Store for free, or buy the 'pro' version for £1 here.