March 22, 2005
Siemens new business phone - without a camera
Siemens has launched a mobile phone without a camera, aimed at business users. [via via i4U]
The company's marketing stand on this handset is that it is a phone which "supports corporate security policies which prohibit employees to use handsets with cameras".
The SP65 is a high-end business phone. The handset has been specifically tailored for business professionals who seek a premium high-end phone with sophisticated synchronization features but without the camera function. The absence of the camera supports corporate security policies which prohibit employees to use handsets with cameras. More in company press release
Related:
-- Sprint puts lens cap on camera phones -The corporate backlash against mobile phones with built-in cameras has spurred Sprint to remove the lens from one of their best-selling models and said it was introducing the camera-less Treo 600 in response to corporate customers' demands" (June 10, 2004).
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