N73 - Gallery is stupid.

Well, i got a simple question for Nokia.
Why add a supernice gallery button to the side of the phone, when the gallery itself is completely useless?
What am i talking about?
The simple yet idiotic fact that the gallery shows EVERY image and video file on the phone and memory card.. ALWAYS.
Regardless of where the file is, oh yes i've tried to place a certain easy-to-spot image in plenty of different folders, original and created, doesnt matter where, it always shows up in the gallery..
Luckily the phone is quite new to me, and i still dont have much stuff on it except for a handful of photos.
But imagine in 6 months or so, with 500's of photos, 100's of video clips, 100's of background images, and alot of contact images which i use solely for the purpose of being able to see who is calling instead of reading the name.
How is that gonna be practical? To flip trough all that content completely mixed up in a huge mess?
Why not just have a normal file/folder structure? Could still be the nice gallery interface, but with NORMAL folders..
Create a folder if u wanna place all the background images there, create a folder called "New Years Eve 2007" if you want that..
You know, to have some sense of structure at all!
Yes i know there is an Album feature, but seriously.
First i have to open the gallery and the phone chugs along trying to load the thumbnails of 5 photos and 5 videos, then i gotta press the select button, scroll all the way down to albums, then "show albums"..
That completely eliminates the conviniance and point of the physical gallery button!
Actually, a very easy solution would simply be to have an option to allow the Album's to be the first screen you are presented with when pressing the gallery button!
Dont get me wrong, i absolutely love this phone, and thats why its so sad that it has such a big flaw in it.
There is just no reason in NOT having a normal folder structure in the gallery. Who wants all of their images and videos completely messed up and mixed without any order at all?
Not the kind of people who buy a smartphone..
I pray that this is going to be fixed in an upcoming firmware edition.
Thank you.Message Edited by baleur on 13-Oct-2006
11:34 PM

have nokia fixed this issue yet??
i have over 100 photos and 15 videos on my N73, i have a 1GB memory card installed, my camera tells me i have enough spare for another 1200 photos, however without folder stuctures in the gallery i dont want to put/take anymore photos/videos as it is a nightmare to scroll through...
NOKIA HELP!!!!!

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