Cell phones with cameras, fad or practical? (edit, now with picture)

[iwearnosox]

My girlfriend just took a trip with her friend and sent me one of those cell phone pictures, actually it's cooler than I thought. A 6k image is suprisingly good!

Do any of you have/use phones like this? Do you like them?

Here's the pic! She's looking very Mariah Carey-ish in that one.

 

[Nocturnal]

Just wait until she sends you or accidentally sends you one with her and another guy in bed! :shocked;

 

[mpitts]

I don't see the use for it.

 

[HiTek21]

Just another useless gadget to carry around with you.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
Just another useless gadget to carry around with you.

 

[prodigy]

I think you can disable the "camera sound" on the Sanyo 5300 phone. As you can guess, you can get some really cool pictures with that phone.

 

[BeauJangles]

It's a waste of space and battery power. Totally stupid.

 

[notfred]

are "fun" and "fad" suppsoed to be mutually exclusive? It's a fad because it's fun, but it's not really useful.

 

[blackdogdeek]

i have the sony ericsson t300 in about feb or march and it came with a camera phone. i used it to take a pic of a recliner we were considering and sent the pics to someone to get their opinion. it really helped in that instance.

i haven't used it since.

 

[ScoobMaster]

Originally posted by: HiTek21
Just another useless gadget to carry around with you.

Not useless for suspicious houswives:

Wife (calling husband): "How is your golfing going sweetheart?"

Dishonest Husband (who is not really golfing but instead is with mistress) "Oh, great dear - I am only 2 above par!"

Wife: "Great - I heard that the course looks great this year, take a quick pic so i can see it"

Husband: "uhhhh......................."

 

[amnesiac]

To me it's an annoyance to have features that I won't use often and that add bulk to the device.
If I want a camera, I'll buy one aftermarket.

 

[NutBucket]

I've had my Sanyo 5300 for about 5 months now and love it. The pictures can be amazing.

A View from Fryman Canyon in Los Angeles

 

[iwearnosox]

I didn't realize the pics got so big!

 

[NutBucket]

If you have a real camera phone, 640x480

 

[Nocturnal]

I still say go with a seperate digital cam.

 

[Brutuskend]

Bacon is good, I LIKE bacon.

Cell phones on the other hand....

 

[rh71]

People love to categorize the latest craze as "fads" but this technological marvel (in a long line of them) is actually useful. Not in the sense that you're the normal Joe driving around town and doing your thing everyday. It's useful in the sense that it's a handy contraption small (and keyword: pervasive) enough to enable you to keep "in touch" (visually, in a way) with loved ones.

How is it a BAD thing? It's not. And how is it NOT practical ? What did you just give up ? Nothing.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I still say go with a seperate digital cam.

I'm still not going to carry my S200 all the time, even if it is tiny.

 

[Mallow]

Anyone know what the avg mp rating is on one of these camera phones?

 

[BD2003]

Itll be useful only when they get serious about it.

I've got mp3 player, cell phone, pda and camera. All have a screen, all have some sort of processor, memory card etc. Its all so redundant.

I'm still waiting for them to properly put them all in the same device. That new phone by kyocera with the integrated palm is def on the right track, its just too damn expensive.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: BD2003
I'm still waiting for them to properly put them all in the same device. That new phone by kyocera with the integrated palm is def on the right track, its just too damn expensive.

Handspring Treo came before that... I just wouldn't spend $400-$500 for one right now.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: BD2003
Itll be useful only when they get serious about it.

I've got mp3 player, cell phone, pda and camera. All have a screen, all have some sort of processor, memory card etc. Its all so redundant.

I'm still waiting for them to properly put them all in the same device. That new phone by kyocera with the integrated palm is def on the right track, its just too damn expensive.

The new Sony Clie has a built-in 2MP digicam, MP3 player, Palm OS 5, etc. The only thing its missing is the cell phone. Now that I can sync up my phone's contact list to that on my computer, my PDA is used almost exclusively for games.

 

[Anubis]

Mmmmm.... bacon.....


because they are really stupid

 

[BigSmooth]

Seems like a nice feature for those times you don't have your camera with you, but overall I think I wouldn't get much use out of it.

 

[Lonyo]

It's called market rejuvination.