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KT-Tech Challenges Nancy and MPEG-4 for Wireless Video

Posted by timothy on from the rise-of-the-pants-cams dept.

Robert Gallagher writes: "Last week, at http://www.kttech.com/comp.html, KT-Tech released a demo of their video codec running at 32 Kbps. According to the web page and discussion on comp.compression, this codec is 'symmetric,' meaning encoding is just as fast as decoding, and that both can be done in software and in real-time. While Nancy is getting good press for its light decoding cost, KT-Tech is apparently trying to get into the two-way wireless communication market. One question to ponder: Would we really want cameras on our cell-phones?"

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  1. So much for..... by Baalam · · Score: 5, Funny

    answering the cell phone while visiting the restroom...

  2. pr0n by jargoone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would we really want cameras on our cell-phones?

    Kinda brings a new meaning to the term phone sex doesn't it?

  3. I want one by glowingspleen · · Score: 3, Funny

    I want one, that way when some jerk rips off my phone, I can get a good image for the police without him realizing it.

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  4. Neat. by glowingspleen · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's cool...we really needed another level of distraction for idiots that use cell phones in the car! Beep beep.

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  5. these things are great! by posmon · · Score: 4, Funny

    fantastic! so depending where on the phone they put the camera, you can either look down my ear or my throat. enjoy!

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  6. No common sense at k-tech by SanLouBlues · · Score: 5, Funny

    A look at k-tech's still image compression shows them touting the advantages of their image format over jpegs. With jpegs of what both formats look like. They aren't the best marketers.

  7. Re:Well personally... by FasterThanLight · · Score: 4, Funny
    No, no, no... this will lead to an entirely new phenomenon! We already have the "hands-free" earbud style headset, so...

    Instead of the usual "person talking to themselves"(i.e. talking into the headset but not holding the phone), there will be legions of people walking around having animated conversations with their cell phone held at arms' length. Can you imagine someone trying desperately to get a signal? Or having a heated argument? Something similar to the following... "IF I'VE TOLD YOU ONCE, I'VE TOLD YOU A THOUSAND TIMES, DON'T PISS ME OFF!!!"

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