Camera Phones Help Buyers Beware

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Buyers, sellers beware on the Internet

Buyers, sellers beware on the Internet 12/30/2004 08:42 AM
Steamboatpilot.com - Thu Dec 30, 10:44 am GMT

SILVER THERMAL PASTES - BUYERS BEWARE

SILVER THERMAL PASTES - BUYERS BEWARE 01/22/2004 02:25 AM

SILVER THERMAL PASTES - BUYERS BEWARE!
Part 2

SILVER THERMAL PASTES - BUYERS BEWARE!
Part 2 01/27/2004 11:33 AM

Beware Those Evil 3G Phones

Beware Those Evil 3G Phones 06/16/2004 09:11 PM
Last month, we wrote about NCH's incredi bly biased survey saying that parents were afraid 3G phones would be used by pedophiles. When you looked at the way the questions were worded, it's no surprise they got the results they did. However, politicians seem to be taking the study seriously. Over in Ireland, they now want to create a national registry of anyone who dares to buy a 3G mobile phone just in case they turn out to be a child pornographer. They admit that those darn GPRS/2.5G phones are a lost cause -- even though many of them have cameras and can do just as much, just at a slower speed. This is a typical political response to a problem. Someone puts out a study that gets whips up people into a frenzy about an issue, and so they come up with some sort of law that makes it look as if they're concerned about the problem. Instead, what we have is a problem that doesn't necessarily exist (certainly, pedophiles could end up using 3G phones, but they can also use the internet, or a regular camera or whatever) and put together a solution that will be expensive, but won't actually do anything to deal with the elements of the problem. As the article points out, someone who intends to use the phone for such purposes will simply give false info, or borrow someone else's phone. The only people this will really impact are tax payers who will have to pay to implement this registry.

Multimedia Solutions in Camera Phones &
3G Phones

Multimedia Solutions in Camera Phones &
3G Phones 08/03/2004 05:48 AM
3G Aug 3 2004 8:55AM GMT

LG Mobile Phones and Verizon Wireless
Introduce the Next Advancement in
Wireless Phones - the VX7000 Camera Ph

LG Mobile Phones and Verizon Wireless
Introduce the Next Advancement in
Wireless Phones - the VX7000 Camera Ph 07/01/2004 10:28 AM
Linux Electrons Jul 1 2004 1:45PM GMT

Too Much Focus On Camera Phones

Too Much Focus On Camera Phones 01/16/2004 01:03 PM
There's been all this fear-mongering about the dangers of people using mobile phones to take pictures of people without their knowledge, so the second someone is actually caught trying to do so, the press turns it into a story worth covering. The point here, though, shouldn't be to focus on the fact that this school crossing guard/playground supervisor was trying to take pictures of these students with a camera phone, but the fact that he was in the girls bathroom at all. It should be obvious to just about anyone that a male adult does not belong in an elementary school girl's bathroom. Furthermore, by this point, anyone with half a brain should be suspicious if someone has pulled out a camera phone in a public restroom. It certainly sounds like that was the case here. The guy seems to have been caught pretty quickly. While reaction to this story is likely to be more calls for banning camera phones - that's the wrong response. Clearly, the normal methods worked here. People saw right away that this guy was doing something wrong, and he was apprehended.

Camera phones grow up (a bit)

Camera phones grow up (a bit) 06/29/2004 09:49 PM
ZDNet Jun 30 2004 0:56AM GMT

Hot item: Camera phones

Hot item: Camera phones 03/19/2003 10:46 PM

Scavenger Hunts with Camera Phones

Scavenger Hunts with Camera Phones 07/24/2004 07:44 PM

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“As camera phones are becoming more and more popular, people are wondering what to do with them. My suggestion is to join my scavenger hunt! At ScavengerPhone.com we plan on providing a daily ‘target’ which users will photograph and upload to our website. Users may view and rate the pictures in a given target, and the top rated picture may even win a prize if our sponsor has donated one.”…

Missing The Point On Camera Phones

Missing The Point On Camera Phones 01/19/2004 05:05 AM
Sometimes you want to sit down folks and have them read (once again) Clayton Christensen's research on how disruptive technologies work. What's amazing is that, despite the popularity of his work, those who are facing the challenge of a disruptive technology never seem to notice it until it's too late. That's exactly what's happening with camera phones, and it almost makes the following article comical, as various people who have a vested interest in more traditional types of photography point out the weakness of camera phones. That, of course, isn't the point. Of course camera phones aren't as good for taking pictures. Camera phones aren't designed right now as a replacement for cameras. They're not competing with cameras. They're offering an alternative - and that alternative leads to new and different uses. People who use a camera phone don't take the same types of pictures that a normal camera user takes. That's not what they're for. However, as the quality does get better, there is going to be an increasing segment of the population who realizes that camera phones certainly serve the needs that they used to use a regular "snapshot" camera for. Already the quality of new camera phones is getting to be pretty good, and it's not like camera phone makers have hit their limits yet.

Megapixel camera phones will kill MMS

Megapixel camera phones will kill MMS 07/02/2004 11:26 AM
It's a matter of quality, you see

Camera phones a liability for
enterprises

Camera phones a liability for
enterprises 12/17/2003 10:48 AM
Personal Computer World Dec 17 2003 9:38AM ET

Camera Phones Link World to Web

Camera Phones Link World to Web 05/18/2004 04:44 AM
Semacode, a free system released this month, lets users scan bar codes on everyday objects with their camera phones and instantly pull up all sorts of information about them. It's an information bridge between the world and the Web. By Chris Ulbrich.

Camera-phones must 'click' in Korea

Camera-phones must 'click' in Korea 11/12/2003 10:16 PM
ZDNet Australia Nov 12 2003 9:38PM ET

Rumsfeld bans camera phones

Rumsfeld bans camera phones 05/26/2004 07:38 PM
Via unmediated: ?MOBILE phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, The Business newspaper reported today.?

Camera Phones As Bar Code Scanners

Camera Phones As Bar Code Scanners 01/19/2004 03:04 PM
Considering that we were just talking about the fact that the nice things about camera phones isn't that they're cameras, but the fact that they let you do something different, here's the perfect article to go along with that. There are a number of new applications coming out that let users take photos of product barcodes - and automatically get more information about the product. The info can include anything from detailed info to reviews to coupons to offers at other merchants. This is exactly the type of thing that you can't do with a regular camera that a camera phone lets you do. It's not a replacement for a camera - it's adding new capabilities that open up new possibilities.

Legal Ramifications Of Camera Phones

Legal Ramifications Of Camera Phones 11/06/2003 09:37 PM
People left and right have been over reacting to camera phones, but it does raise some legal issues - specifically about the rights of those who are being photographed. Where I'm confused, though, is how come existing law doesn't already cover this? If you're in a public place and have no expectation of privacy, I'm not sure how there's an issue. If you're in a private place, it's a different story - but is still covered by existing law. The article also mentions a law saying that if you're in a federal areas (government buildings, national parks) and someone takes a photo of you in "sensitive or compromising states", they can't disseminate those photos. I'm curious why that is. If you're on such federal property, why are you going to be in "sensitive or compromising states?" Anyway, as someone else in the article points out, this is mostly just people over reacting to new technology that they don't understand. After it percolates a bit, people will reach social norms and expectations. There were digital cameras before this, and once people realize that most phones have cameras as well, they'll be more conscious about what's happening around them.

Did Rumsfeld ban Iraq camera phones?

Did Rumsfeld ban Iraq camera phones? 05/25/2004 10:00 AM
And is it even possible?

"Did Rumsfeld ban Iraq camera phones?"

"Did Rumsfeld ban Iraq camera phones?" 05/26/2004 07:51 PM

Camera phones raise privacy fears

Camera phones raise privacy fears 11/18/2003 07:47 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Nov 18 2003 6:58PM ET

Did Rumsfeld ban Iraq camera phones? |
The Register

Did Rumsfeld ban Iraq camera phones? |
The Register 05/26/2004 01:23 AM
Did Rumsfeld ban Iraq camera phones ? .. questioning report .. The Register

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Camera Phones, Privacy Concerns Not
Clicking

Camera Phones, Privacy Concerns Not
Clicking 11/03/2003 02:36 PM
Los Angeles Times Nov 3 2003 1:48PM ET

Will camera phones upstage digital
cameras?

Will camera phones upstage digital
cameras? 06/11/2004 03:56 PM
Cell phone manufacturers are starting to ship three megapixel camera phones. Should digital camera makers feel threatened?

Rumsfeld Bans Camera Phones In Iraq...
Or Not

Rumsfeld Bans Camera Phones In Iraq...
Or Not 05/24/2004 06:02 AM
Just as a number of news stories have come out over the past few weeks talking about how technologies like camera phones have changed the way war is perceived in ways that those running the war in Iraq simply didn't expect, comes the completely unsurprising news that Donald Rumsfeld has responded to the various photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse by banning camera phones at military bases in Iraq. Now, no matter what your politics are, or however you feel about the situation in Iraq, (and as unsurprising as this is) this seems like a particularly pointless move. First of all, I'm sure taking camera phone photos within a military prison environment was already very much against the rules before this happened. However, it still happened. All this does is ban a technology, not an action. Second, and more importantly, this doesn't seem like what you do when you're trying to put a stop to whatever caused the prisoner abuse to happen in the first place - it's an action to prevent more such "bad publicity" from getting out there. It's the typical reaction to technology when it's used against you: ban the technology that unveiled something embarrassing, rather than trying to stop whatever was the real cause of the embarrassment. That, alone, is an embarrassment. For someone so focused on using technology for military purposes, to then go and assume that technology is only okay when he controls it shows a particular lack of understanding about how technology works. Technology empowers everyone - and those who assume it only empowers their side show a particular lack of foresight. Update: Engadget points us to a story from a few weeks ago at TheDailyFarce, which looks somewhat similar - raising the question as to whether or not this is yet another case where media sources were taken in by farcical online stories.

CeBit: Samsung zooms in on camera phones

CeBit: Samsung zooms in on camera phones 04/09/2004 04:09 PM
ZDNet Mar 19 2004 8:53PM GMT

Picks to click: Megapixel camera phones

Picks to click: Megapixel camera phones 07/15/2004 07:02 PM
Chicago Tribune Jul 15 2004 10:59PM GMT

- Korea to Capture 30 % of Global Camera
Phones

- Korea to Capture 30 % of Global Camera
Phones 04/14/2004 05:12 AM
Hankooki Apr 14 2004 8:59AM GMT

Motorola reports delay with camera
phones

Motorola reports delay with camera
phones 12/04/2003 07:14 PM
Boston Globe Dec 4 2003 6:25PM ET

Nokia Launches Three New Camera Phones
(Reuters)

Nokia Launches Three New Camera Phones
(Reuters) 09/09/2004 08:44 AM
Reuters - The world's largest mobile phone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) launched on Thursday three new handsets, the 7260, 7270 and 7280 models, all with cameras.

Motorola Reports Delay With Camera
Phones

Motorola Reports Delay With Camera
Phones 12/04/2003 07:14 PM
SiliconValley.com Dec 4 2003 5:35PM ET

Rumsfeld bans camera phones in Iraq

Rumsfeld bans camera phones in Iraq 05/23/2004 09:15 AM

News24.com

Rumsfeld bans phone cameras

London - Cellphones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, The Business newspaper reported on Sunday.

Quoting a Pentagon source, the paper said the US defence department believes that some of the damning photos of US soldiers abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad were taken with camera phones.

"Digital cameras, camcorders and cellphones with cameras have been prohibited in military compounds in Iraq," it said, adding that a "total ban throughout the US military" is in the works.

via Smartmobs

The increasing reliance of this administration on secrecy is really disturbing. When your government starts to strip the people of their privacy and civil rights and consistently marches forward with a variety of efforts to hides its own movements, you know you're in real trouble.

I've worked on whistleblower protection bills and thought a lot about the importance of the ability for people to come forward outside of the chain of command. It is an essential protection measure against coverups and corruption. I can understand arguments about why allowing random photos could be bad, but I'm sure the importance of having "eyes on the ground" outside of the "main channel" out-weigh the risks.

Printer firms focus on camera phones

Printer firms focus on camera phones 02/12/2004 02:18 PM
Through the Mobile Imaging and Printing Consortium, HP, Epson and Canon plan to create guidelines for the mobile phone industry to deliver reliable wireless printing options.

Camera phones in Iraq; digicams and
truth in wartime

Camera phones in Iraq; digicams and
truth in wartime 05/24/2004 12:49 PM
SEE UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF POST

London's "The Business" newspaper (aka the Sunday Business) reported this weekend that US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ordered a ban on camera phones and other mobile imaging devices in US army installations in Iraq. The story was subsequently cited in numerous online news reports, including UPI and AFP, and blogged abundantly.

Quoting a Pentagon source, the paper said the US Defence Department believes that some of the damning photos of US soldiers abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad were taken with camera phones. "Digital cameras, camcorders and cellphones with cameras have been prohibited in military compounds in Iraq," it said, adding that a "total ban throughout the US military" is in the works.

This morning, I asked a Defense Department spokesperson whether or not the reports of a phonecam ban were true. This spokesperson said that these reports were technically inaccurate -- that the Pentagon is not issuing a new ban on camera phones per se, but that a Directive 8100.2 was issued on April 14 establishing new restrictions on wireless telecommunications equipment in general. The text of this directive is available online here in PDF format: Link. The intent of this April 14 directive, and how commanders in the field will be expected to enforce it, are matters I'll be reporting on in more detail for the NPR program "Day to Day," later this week.

Li nk to cameraphone ban report, Link to full Rumsfeld "running around with digital cameras" quote. See also this Chicago Tribune editorial by Clarence Page, "Weapons of Mass Photography." (thanks also to Joi's blog and Smartmobs )

Forget Camera Phones, Now iPods Are A
Security Risk

Forget Camera Phones, Now iPods Are A
Security Risk 07/06/2004 05:28 AM
Well now that analysts have gotten people all worked up about the security horror of camera phones, they've now set their sites on another evil security villain: the iPod. That's right, your iPods is a corporate risk. Hell, it could be used to introduce a virus or even to (gasp! oh no!) steal company files. Just wait until these analysts types learn about those USB keychain drives that just about everyone has already... oh wait, the report warns about those too. They then suggest that companies ban just about every new technology, no matter how useful it might be, just because there's a small risk that it could be misused. At what point do analysts stop freaking out about every new (or even not-so-new) technology, and realize that (a) banning the technology will never work and (b) will often make a company less productive than its rivals who learn to embrace new technologies? Is there a risk in any kind of additional, portable storage medium? Sure thing, but there's just as big a risk in someone ftp-ing files to an outside server. What it really means is that an IT staff no longer has to just be afraid of threats over the network, but also need to realize that threats can come from portable storage devices. Expect a ton of new client-side security products to start protecting on that side of the fence in the near future.

Camera phones to be addressed by
Internet Advisory Board

Camera phones to be addressed by
Internet Advisory Board 01/22/2004 11:05 PM
Irish Examiner Jan 23 2004 2:48AM GMT

Newest camera phones answer the call for
better resolution

Newest camera phones answer the call for
better resolution 07/24/2004 05:49 PM
Los Angeles Times Jul 24 2004 8:42PM GMT

Yahoo Takes Photos from Camera Phones
(NewsFactor)

Yahoo Takes Photos from Camera Phones
(NewsFactor) 07/23/2004 06:18 PM
NewsFactor - Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) has introduced a service allowing users to upload photos to their Yahoo Photo online accounts directly from their cell phones.

NEWS.com.au | Rumsfeld bans camera
phones (May 23, 2004)

NEWS.com.au | Rumsfeld bans camera
phones (May 23, 2004) 05/24/2004 01:36 AM
Rumsfeld bans camera phones .. Ban on Camera Phones in Iraq .. all digital cameras .. said a source

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