Cell phone doubles as home surveillance gear

SingTel, the Singapore-based telephone company, has released a home surveillance camera that lets people view the images via their mobile phones. News.com reports.

"The Mobile LiveCam is 0.3-megapixel camera equipped with a SIM card, a built-in microphone and a 512MB memory card for recording video-streaming images, SingTel said in a statement.

The surveillance camera operates on a 3G network. To view the images captured, people dial the camera's assigned number using their 3G mobile phone. They can use the numeric keypad on their phone to remotely control the camera, which SingTel said is able to pan, tilt and zoom in. "

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