[pct-l] New phone

[kdpo at pacbell.net (Ken Powers)]

My son showed up for Thanksgiving dinner with a phone with a camera in it.
Not sure if it was the same one you are talking about. He took a picture and
emailed it to us while sitting at the table. The picture was taken in low
light. It wasn't up to my standards for recording my hiking adventures.
Maybe I should give it another chance, but I don't think it would pass.
Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <CMountainDave@aol.com>
To: <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 5:53 PM
Subject: [pct-l] New phone


> I just saw an ad in Time advertising a new picture phone that has a 1.3
mega
> pixel capacity. For someone like me who is not really into photography and
has
> relied on throwaway cameras in the past, I think the quality would be good
> enough, since I'm satisfied with pictures taken last summer in the 800k
range.
> No, not the mountain range, pixelwise.
>   As for the cost of transmission, why not get one of those unlimited
minutes
> after 7 P.M. plans? You could transmit from 7 P.M. to say 5 A.M. while in
> town doing chores, eating and sleeping for no additional cost on your
phone bill.
> Am I missing something here? Or you could e-mail the whole shebang via a
> communal computer with high speed Internet access while in town.
>   The ability to transmit a photograph of any number of scenes at very
little
> additional cost to your normal phone bill and have them waiting for you by
> the many hundreds on your computer at home is a phenomenon that I think
will
> become mainstream, especially for recreationists and vacationers by 2010.
Sounds
> like a good stock to buy to me.
>  The best part about digital is that I don't have to worry about
conserving
> film. I can take three or more shots of the same scene and either keep
them all
> or just save the "good" ones to give me more pixelocity power
>   Next best is saving a bunch on developing and film costs, not counting
the
> original investment in memory chips
>  Now the next thing is to be able to transmit them from anywhere via
> satellite at a reasonable cost. Maybe Japan or China will send up a couple
of hundred
> satellites each and greatly increase capacity. Until then, I may just look
> into that 1.3 mega pixel phone camera
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