On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Michael Sydenham wrote:
> > >Given that you're talking about 200-300 KB images, consider the
> > >following points:
> > >
> > > 1. Mailing megapixel images off the phone is prohibitively expensive
> > > (see above), not to mention very, very slow on 2G systems.
> > >
> > > 2. Standard memory capacities do not provide very many photos, by
> > > digital camera standards. (8 MB gives you about 24 shots.)
>
> I think you'll find that these camera phones will work cap-in-hand with
> removable high-capacity media (e.g. SH series & Toshiba AU phones).
Just to make it clear, I completely agree with this. I'm not arguing
that we won't see megapixel cameras in phones: I'm arguging against
the idea that witin a year or so *all* new phones will have megapixel
cameras.
cjs
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Received on Mon Jan 13 02:52:52 2003