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…… it is also a pointer to a future in which visual records are increasingly available online, and this has some frightening implications. <\/b><\/i>We will soon be surrounded by millions of picture phones, all with internet connectivity and the ability to send photos via e-mail, or upload them to websites.<\/p>\n
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<\/b><\/i>I’ve included this extract from the BBC tech website, ‘cos it confirms that a process I’m trying to do, does exist and IS possible.<\/p>\n
Bill Thompson info and contact<\/a><\/p>\n Being a photographer, I’m very interested in the development of the digital cameras on mobile phones AND their application.<\/p>\n The system is being sold as ‘picture messaging’ ie. sending a photo from one mobile device to another. If the other party does not have a suitable mobile, if can be sent to an e-mail address, and viewed later on a PC.<\/p>\n Right then, none of this is news! However, I’m interested in another possiblity. That of taking a picture with such a phone, which I would be able to upload it to a website, thus be instantly viewable, by the public.<\/p>\n I can already, [as regulars on my blog will know] write some text on my WAP phone, and publish it to my blog.<\/p>\n Details of how I do this WAP to my Blog at:<\/p>\n http:\/\/tash_lodge.blogspot.com\/2002_10_13_tash_lodge_archive.html#83088570<\/a><\/p>\n I have been able to do this for a couple of years now, but am finding so much difficulty in finding out, if I can add a picture as well.<\/p>\n I might be able to call myself a proper ‘internet photo-journalist’ then \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n When dealing with police \/ protest \/ evidence in the street, can you image how much the police are going to hate that? Not just by trouble-makers like me, but by very many members of the public who find authority being oppressive to them! In fact, Police Review has already covered this as a possiblity of concern to officers in an article by Superintendent Peter Woods of the Northumbria Police, in an article titled: ‘Candid Camera: how in the near future, mobile phones will change the work of the police’ . Police Review 27th September 2002.<\/p>\n As I say, I’m still looking into what devices and services, might be able to do this. Considerations are also picture quality, picture size, compression, memory capacity [number of saved images] and loads more!<\/p>\n After an afternoon round the shops, [where most shop assistants have though me to be talking Martian!]. I think it comes down to the following devices.<\/p>\n Sony Ericsson – P800<\/b><\/p>\n the alteratives being, the Nokia 3650 and the Samsung V200<\/p>\n Latest news on all this might well happen on these info sites.<\/p>\n Smartphones info center: http:\/\/my-symbian.com<\/a><\/p>\n Sony Ericsson P800 – Symbian News: http:\/\/www.symbian.com\/news\/2002\/soneric-p800-2.html<\/a><\/p>\n GSM Arena: http:\/\/www.gsmarena.com<\/a><\/p>\n On-Message – Weblog and commentary on multimedia messaging from FableFlow<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.fableflow.com\/weblog<\/a><\/p>\n Contact 2.0 expedition software: http:\/\/www.humanedgetech.com\/contact<\/a><\/p>\n So, please, if you think you know more of the possibilities than this, or, have some advice to offer me, please e-mail me at: tash@gn.apc.org<\/a><\/p>\n * * * * * *<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A whole day, trying to find more details about devices and services. I want to take a picture with such a phone, but, then upload it to a website. When every picture tells a story Bill Thompson, BBC Friday, 3 … Continue reading ![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/homepage.ntlworld.com\/tash.lodge\/Blog_Pix\/WAPPhone_blog01.jpg?w=640\")
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