June 22, 2006
DoCoMo To Release Camera-Free Corporate Cell Phones
NTT DoCoMo is launching a mobile phone this month without a camera function, targeted to corporations - "to prevent data leaks caused by employees photographing documents or other sensitive information", according to Nikkei.net.
Related:
-- Siemens new business phone - without a camera - The company's marketing stand on the SP65 is that it is a phone which "supports corporate security policies which prohibit employees to use handsets with cameras".
-- "Camera-less" cell phone - "Camera-less" - the selling point behind the launch of a new handset, the T-Mobile SDA.
-- 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.
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