I think that a large reason why mobile phone camera's are more gimmicky that useful is because they don't compare to pure-bred digital's on an even footing. They are missing out in subtle areas such as the abscence of a flash and the ability to zoom -- as concerns this article.
They are as you mention finding their niche in a few applications. I know of atleast one media purchase manager (as in advertising exec) who snaps up photographs of billboards on his way to and from work. I'm sure he could just as easily do this with a digital, but quality not being an issues convenience rules here. And this is just one unique example. Given some more time, I see no reason why the camera phone should remain to be as useless.
I have to agree with you. It's a very delicate arrangement based on the principle of gripping surfaces and tension between two surfaces that looks like it can come apart or go awry quite easily.
LIST OF MAJOR MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE ----- --------- ------- Tech. Frequency Country ----- --------- ------- CDMA 800 South Korea CDMA 800 Japan CDMA 1900 South Korea CDMA2000 1X 800 South Korea CDMA2000 1X 800 Japan GPRS 1900 North America GPRS 900, 1800 Europe, Asia GSM 1900 North America GSM 900, 1800 Europe, Asia IDEN 800 USA, Canada, Brazil, Israel and Middle East PDC 800 Japan PDC 1500 Japan W-CDMA Tokyo, Japan
The cost of the service on the network is given as.40 Rupees. The dollar equivalent has been incorrectly put at.8 (.80).. should instead read as.08. It seems that this service promises to provide mobile connectivity at very low cost. Even at that low cost, I believe that many people would have incorrectly gauaged how much cheaper this service is by a factor of ten.
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I think that a large reason why mobile phone camera's are more gimmicky that useful is because they don't compare to pure-bred digital's on an even footing. They are missing out in subtle areas such as the abscence of a flash and the ability to zoom -- as concerns this article.
They are as you mention finding their niche in a few applications. I know of atleast one media purchase manager (as in advertising exec) who snaps up photographs of billboards on his way to and from work. I'm sure he could just as easily do this with a digital, but quality not being an issues convenience rules here. And this is just one unique example. Given some more time, I see no reason why the camera phone should remain to be as useless.
I have to agree with you. It's a very delicate arrangement based on the principle of gripping surfaces and tension between two surfaces that looks like it can come apart or go awry quite easily.
for anyone looking for more info on technologies used the world over ..
http://www.gsmcoverage.co.uk/coverage.html
LIST OF MAJOR MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE
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Tech. Frequency Country
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CDMA 800 South Korea
CDMA 800 Japan
CDMA 1900 South Korea
CDMA2000 1X 800 South Korea
CDMA2000 1X 800 Japan
GPRS 1900 North America
GPRS 900, 1800 Europe, Asia
GSM 1900 North America
GSM 900, 1800 Europe, Asia
IDEN 800 USA, Canada, Brazil,
Israel and Middle East
PDC 800 Japan
PDC 1500 Japan
W-CDMA Tokyo, Japan
Draw your own conclusions
The cost of the service on the network is given as .40 Rupees. The dollar equivalent has been incorrectly put at .8 (.80) .. should instead read as .08. It seems that this service promises to provide mobile connectivity at very low cost. Even at that low cost, I believe that many people would have incorrectly gauaged how much cheaper this service is by a factor of ten.