(keitai-l) Re: Nokia warns of tough times ahead

From: Petri Ojala <ojala_at_iki.fi>
Date: 04/20/04
Message-Id: <5466382E-92A0-11D8-995F-000A95C45E6A@iki.fi>
> oh yes, the n900i is a peach of a phone. shame about the os though. 
> and as
> you say  few really need a 2.2 meg camera. how many people have their 
> snaps
> printed these days? according to Kodak not very many.

The problem with Kodak is that they're the "old photography world" and 
haven't adopted that fast to the new world.

Printing digital photos is growing very fast right now and there are a 
number of small players in all the markets that take advantage of the 
latest hardware to print the images and the possibility to transfer the 
images over the Internet for printing.  Very typical transition from 
analog to digital where the new players can be fast and cost-effective 
compared to the old and slow with heavy cost structure.

People are taking more pictures with digital cameras than analog 
cameras as a single photo doesn't cost anything.  However the print 
volumes are going down as one is not forced to develop and print a full 
film but just the best shots.  Various media servers for flat 
screens/TV's and photo slideshows on DVD are also used but the majority 
of digital photos are either 1) printed (the best, if any) or 2) stored 
somewhere on a PC and pretty much forgotten or lost.

Petri
Received on Tue Apr 20 10:58:59 2004