[jdowd]

Have I missed something or is there no way to start the camera other than touch screen icons on app menus or start screens (which both are very hard to hit reliably without actually looking at the phone)?

Pretty much any application can be configured to the shortcut buttons -- except the camera (I tried on fw versions 021.014 and 022.014). As a quick fix I'd think someone could create an app that launches the camera (because apparently apps other than the camera find their way to the shortcut list), but that sounds quite silly.

[jdowd]

Oh well, no replies so I installed Nokia's QT SDK and wrote a launcher app and set it run with a long press of the calendar button.

Basically just File -> New -> QT Widget Project -> Mobile Qt Application etc,
then edited the template main.cpp to add

#include <QProcess>

and replaced contents of main() with

QProcess process;
process.start("CameraApp.exe");
return 0;

And it seems to work fine... I'd still obviously prefer this fixed in firmware, though.

[4Cu2]

Good point. It's most likely missing from the list since most phone models have a dedicated camera key available. I escalated your proposal to R&D, let's see if camera launch support for shorcut keys is added to some upcoming E6-00 SW update.

[JWHK]

Any update for that? Obviously the E6 Belle doesnt have this option!