The Camera Phone's Dirty Little Secret

Forbes has written an interesting article outlining some of the shortcomings of camera phones and the not-always-so-easy task of sending pictures.

"Despite the fact that 10 million camera phones are expected to ship by the end of this year, exchanging pictures the way that they do on TV commercials are actually only possible between people who use the same carrier. And even then, the process doesn't quite work as advertised. Quite a few keypad clicks are required to see the photo sent.

One would expect that carriers would be racing towards interoperability to boost sales, but so far there has mostly been foot-dragging. "Carriers look at applications like this as a means of getting and keeping customers. They want customer to feel like they'll lose something if they switch providers." says Waryas. The Enderle Group's Rob Enderle adds that carriers see establishing standards as enabling the competition".

emily | 4:08 PM | News, Buzz |
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