Nokia 7650 Modified to Record Video Clips

rocannon writes "T-Mobile has started offering MPEG4 video messaging on the Nokia 7650 with a modified software created by the Finnish company Hantro. This is the European debut of the service that allows users to record, save and play back video sequences, up to a maximum of 95 Kbs in size, on their mobile phone. Clips can be transmitted and received to/from peers via (MMS) e-mail."

Comments

Cool, but I still want a P800

[Anonymous Coward]

Too bad the P800 will probably cost something like $800.... But I bet they will mod the P800 to record video, as well. Too bad the camera points away from the LCD screen -- most of the video I would shoot would be of myself, for a video email to a friend or family member. Clumsy to not be able to see the screen when shooting yourself.

Maybe I'll just get a Hiptop. Out now, apparently. To be officially released on October 1st via CompUSA/T-Mobile.

Nokia 6650

[leijona]

Nokia has announced yesterday a new camera phone with ability to record video (and sound) clips, up to 7MB in size [http://www.nokia.com/6650_event/index.html]. It is WCDMA (that's why external antennae, btw) and is capable of (at least) 128kb/s transfer rate in 3G network. It works in GSM networks too, of course, achieving very agreeable transfer rates using GPRS.

Of course, it supports MMS, polyphonic ringing tones, Bluetooth and what-have-you. Large color screen, hefty weight and unbelievable stand-by time.

Do you notice, btw, that phones grow bigger in size nowsdays?

mpeg4?

[Trojan]

Well maybe I didn't look carefully enough, but nowhere do I see mention of mpeg4 encoding, and I actually doubt very much that a mobile phone would be capable of that. Probably more like animated gif or so.

One step closer.....

[sawilson]

to a realistic portable personal concealable full
motion video device. I can't wait. Especially
when the video is automatically shot through the
air to somewhere else and can't be taken away,
destroyed, etc. So many good uses:

#1 When your girlfriend calls you a liar about
where you've been

#2 When the cop lies about what he said and did
in traffic court

#3 When your boss tries to take credit for
something you did

#4 When that coworker gets fitshaced at the
office party

#5 etc.

You get the idea.

Re:95 Kbs in *size*?

[jfanning]

Nope, that is the size. The standard for MMS multimedia messaging restricts the size of any message to 100kb. It doesn't matter what the content is, voice, video, image.

Jody

Re:What is that with this 'antenna' we still use?

[Filarion]

I don't know any specifics regarding this on-chip antenna, but I do know that there were medical studies regarding the radiation emitted by cellphones and the consensus then was that external antennas (pointing out at a specific angle) greatly reduce the -possibly- harmful radiation.