23half Inc launches Thrrum MMS Search
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California-based 23half Inc has launched Thrrum MMS Search, which uses the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) functionality of camera phones to find information about the camera phone user’s surroundings.
To use the visual search facility, a camera phone user takes a picture of a piece of text they see around them - this could be a […]
3UK in deal with Fun Text
Permalink: 3UK in deal with Fun Text by Jan Harris
3 UK is to roll-out Fun Text’s emotional messaging service on its handsets. The service will be accessible directly from the messaging menu on a range of 3 UK’s phones.
Fun Text claims that the service combines the richness of MMS with the ease of use of SMS.
3 UK customers with N95, N73, E65 […]
SnapMyLife photo sharing site launched
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US-company Mobicious Inc has launched SnapMyLife, a mobile social media site which allows people to instantly share camera phone photos by uploading them to the site via picture messaging (MMS) or email.
The site, which is optimised for viewing on cell phones, gained over 1,000 members each day during a 90 day trial period prior […]
Polaroid plans UK launch of PoGo Printer
Permalink: Polaroid plans UK launch of PoGo Printer by Jan Harris
Polaroid has renamed its Zink inkless mobile printer and announced a May launch date for the device in the UK.
The Zink printer is now called the Polaroid PoGo as in “Polaroid to Go”. It will sell for £99 in the UK.
The device can print 2 x 3 inch colour photos in just 60 […]
NowThen announces mobile picture sharing service
Permalink: NowThen announces mobile picture sharing service by Jan Harris
Mobile phone blogging service, NowThen, recently launched a mobile picture sharing service at www.NowThen.com which allows user to share photos with an unlimited number of other NowThen users for the price of one MMS.
Users can add pictures to an online journal on the site and send photos, together with a short caption, directly to […]
Mitek turns camera phone into banking tool
Permalink: Mitek turns camera phone into banking tool by Jan Harris
Mitek Systems is planning to demonstrate new camera phone technology at BAI-Transpay on 5 February, a tradeshow targeted at the banking industry.
The new software, ImageNet Mobile Deposit, can be used by banks to let customers deposit cheques or pay bills via a Windows Mobile phone.
The software uses the phone’s camera to photograph an item, then […]
knfbREADER Mobile helps blind people interpret text
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Nokia and KNFB Reading Technologies have partnered to develop a mobile phone which incorporates text-recognition technology - the knfbREADER Mobile.
KNFB’s text-recognition system has been installed inside the Nokia N82 cell phone, providing a device which can help people with visual impairments interpret text.
The adapted Nokia N82 includes a 5-megapixel autofocus camera. The user […]
New software converts camera phone to 3D mouse
Permalink: New software converts camera phone to 3D mouse by Jan Harris
Researchers at two UK universities have developed prototype software which enables a camera phone to act like a 3D mouse and control a computer.
The software makes it possible to control onscreen items by waving the handset in front of the screen. The handset connects with the computer via Bluetooth.
The computer tracks where the […]
Eye-Fi Inc’s camera card wins prize at CES
Permalink: Eye-Fi Inc’s camera card wins prize at CES by Jan Harris
Eye-Fi Inc’s wireless Eye-Fi card, which wirelessly sends pictures from a digital camera to a computer, beat nine other gadgets to win the traditional Last Gadget Standing session at CES 2008 in Las Vegas.
The competition is staged by Yahoo Inc and the winner is the gadget which the audience applauds the most.
Eye-Fi Inc’s […]
Printers for phone pics unveiled at CES
Permalink: Printers for phone pics unveiled at CES by Jan Harris
Polaroid has introduced a portable printer which allows camera phone users to take a photograph and print it without the need for a computer. The printer will also connect to a digital camera.
The inkless printer uses thermal printing technology and special paper. It takes less than a minute to print 2-inch-by-3-inch prints pictures. Polaroid plans […]
Moto Z10 features movie studio technology
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Motorola has unveiled the Moto Z10, a kick-slider phone with ‘movie studio’ functionality which allows users to capture, edit and upload movies to sites such as YouTube, Google, Yahoo! And ShoZu.
The company expects the device to revolutionise video recording on the mobile phone.
The Moto Z10 has a spun stainless steel, polished metallic […]
Mobycator launches web publishing service for Nokia S60
Permalink: Mobycator launches web publishing service for Nokia S60 by Jan Harris
Mobycator of Sweden has launched a media publishing system for Nokia S60 mobile phones.
The system, called Mobypal, allows S60 users to immediately publish and store photos and videos on the Internet.
Mobypal is a free application which can record photos and videos directly, and store the material on the Mobypal server. Photos and […]
Celio add-on allows smartphone to be operated from laptop
Permalink: Celio add-on allows smartphone to be operated from laptop by Jan Harris
Celio Corporation has developed an add-on for Windows Mobile smartphones, which allows users to send the phone screen to a laptop-like screen and keyboard, via a Bluetooth or USB connection.
The company is unveiling the Redfly Mobile Companion at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, next week.
No synchronisation is necessary to use […]
SnapTell launches mobile marketing campaign
Permalink: SnapTell launches mobile marketing campaign by Jan Harris
US-based SnapTell has developed innovative technology which allows camera phone users to take a picture of an advert and receive money-off vouchers for the product.
The company has launched its first mobile marketing campaign, which gives a discount on wine at Wine Enthusiast’s website.
Camera phone users simply take a photo of the Wine Enthusiast […]
Piczo launches photo and video tools
Permalink: Piczo launches photo and video tools by Jan Harris
Piczo, a social networking site for teenagers, is expanding its service to mobile users around the world in the New Year.
The site, which is fourth largest social networking site in the UK with 12.5 million unique users each month, will allow users to post camera phone photos, videos and messages to their profile pages. […]
Upload photos to web with KDev device
Permalink: Upload photos to web with KDev device by Jan Harris
Italian company KDev has developed a Linux 2.6 device which allows camera-phone photos to be easily and instantly uploaded to the web.
With its GSM/GPRS cellular modem card, KDev’s FoxBox MMS accepts photos sent via multimedia messaging service (MMS).
As MMS messages are usually free to receive, KDev suggests that it would be inexpensive for web […]
QR code for camera phone decoding comes to UK
Permalink: QR code for camera phone decoding comes to UK by Jan Harris
When the DVD of zombie-movie ‘28 Weeks Later’ is released in the UK next week, it will be accompanied by an innovative marketing widget - the QR code.
The QR code, which is already widely used in Japan but is new to the UK, will be contained in a square box on the film poster. […]
Zink’s inkless Camera-Printer available this year
Permalink: Zink’s inkless Camera-Printer available this year by Jan Harris
Zink Imaging Inc is on schedule to distribute its innovative portable ‘inkless’ integrated Digital Camera-Printer in late 2007 (Zink stand for ‘zero ink’). The company also plans to release a stand alone Mobile Printer at the same time.
You can take a photo with the integrated printer/camera and then immediately print the image. The printer […]
Realeyes3D applications shipped in 30 million camera phones
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Realeyes3D, a developer of mobile imaging applications for camera phone users, today announced that its handwritten messaging applications have been shipped in more than 30 million camera phones worldwide, including handsets by its OEM customers Samsung and Sanyo.
Handwritten messaging applications allow camera phone users to send messages that they create in their own handwriting, using […]
Neochroma brings big screen to mobiles
Permalink: Neochroma brings big screen to mobiles by Jan Harris
Neochroma, a German company, is marketing a digital stereoscope attachment for mobile phones which promises to put a big screen into the palm of your hand’.
A mobile phone is attached to the device and the user then views the screen through the stereoscope, which give the effect of looking at a 19 inch computer […]