Mobile phone cameras - useful or just flashy?

Posted by: Anonymous

4th Jun 2007 02:36pm

Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates 95% of the adult population have mobile phones while a much smaller percentage (10%) have the more advanced 3G network enabled phones. Nokia especially have been advertising heavily its 'N' series of phones (pictured opposite). These phones come together with some amazing digital picture and video capture capabilities to rival digital cameras. All of which is easily uploaded and shared online (so they say).

After a recent shopping trip for a new mobile I noticed it was hard to even buy a new phone without a camera/email/calender etc. etc.

I am interested in your views on mobile phones. Should they be all things to all men containing cameras, diaries, email, web browsers etc. ? Personally I like to keep my gadgets separate, mobile phone for calls and video/digital cameras for taking photos and video.

Judging by all the new mobile phones on the market companies like Nokia see this as the future but what do you think? Do you have a phone with a camera/email etc.? If not, would this type of capability lure you to get a new phone? Maybe you are happy just making calls and sending SMS messages?

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