Once your smartphone is connected to the PC, launch the camera app on your phone. You will now be able to see the camera viewfinder live on your PC's large monitor. If you have a Samsung ...

Switch the app to the Barcode mode by pressing the button with a QR code. Point the camera at the QR code you want to scan. Windows will show Wi-Fi network details, such as its SSID, password ...

Called JQuickTake, it’s a Java app which has the advantage ... so can be had for Mac or Windows. It allows retrieval of both metadata and images from the camera, but sadly it doesn’t display ...

as reported by Windows Central. The main part of this update is the new "Multi-app Camera" feature, which lets users stream video from their camera to multiple applications at the same time.

On all Windows Phone 7s, holding the camera button unlocks the screen and opens the camera app in one fell swoop. It seems so obvious once you've used the feature, I'm surprised more manufacturers ...