Friday, April 29, 2005

TV for cell phones set to reach masses | CNET News.com

"Five years from now, about 125 million consumers will be watching television on their mobile phones, a survey released on Thursday has found."

I am unsure if I consider TV a branch of phonecam, but I expect it will be viewed on the same screen, so it is of interest. On top of yesterday's announcement of the Nokia music phones, including one with 4 GB of storage, this TV capability shows more clearly how the content is now physically disconnected from the medium. Of course, we'll have to work with several formats (HTML, XML, WAP) to make those pixels "fit" on different screens, but I expect one day you will fit your media pieces together and then press "publish" and have choice of "wrapping" your content in a variety of content wrappers that will let you send out your message to your viewer/user where/whenever they are.

TV for cell phones set to reach masses | CNET News.com:

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

100 Cameras Travels Across America - PhotographyBLOG

I like a road trip as much as anyone. I wonder if they will include phonecams? 100 Cameras Travels Across America - PhotographyBLOG

iPod challenge from Nokia? Hmm I like my Nokia and if it could play music that would be cool. For me, price will be the decision point. Oh, and I like to carry fewer rather than more devices...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Nokia unveiled new premium phones on Wednesday that included one with an MP3 music player that it said will outsell Apple's iPod and a camera
phone that it forecast will surpass Canon, the world's top digital camera maker.


Last but not least, phonecams and arrests and police

Saturday, April 23, 2005

In Defense of Music Phones

Will phone cameras eventually "bring down" the iPod at least in the hands of the 18-34 yr. olds? In Defense of Music Phones: "Research firm Strategy Analytics says that 257 million camera phones were shipped worldwide last year, while only 68 million standalone digital cameras sold. When it comes to cell phones, people are willing to trade quality for convenience, a truism that maps to music just as well as it does photos."

BBC NEWS | Election 2005 | Election 2005 | The first mobile phone election

There are now more mobile phones in the UK than there are people. More and more of them are phonecams. BBC NEWS | Election 2005 | Election 2005 | The first mobile phone election: "For the general election, the Electoral Commission hopes to harness the 'accessibility and sense of immediacy' of mobile phones, setting up an election service, with 02, which will give young people information about voting."