Nokia to become world's largest camera company

[JEDI]

Fortune magzine

Nokia, the leading maker of mobile phone handsets?including the popular model 3650?will soon be the world's largest camera company because of the wide spread popularity of camera phones.

Once these phones reach 2megapixels with 3x optical zoom, the majority of the general populace will no longer need separate cameras.

 

[samgau]

True dat... except...where do you store your pics? I got a 256 MB cf card in my digital camera...

 

[fs5]

once they reach 2mp they'll have storage slots

 

[Zenmervolt]

I know I'm in the minority, but I want my phone to be a phone and my camera to be a camera.

ZV

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I know I'm in the minority, but I want my phone to be a phone and my camera to be a camera.

ZV

Ditto.

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I know I'm in the minority, but I want my phone to be a phone and my camera to be a camera.

ZV

Same here. Get rid of that camera crap and get me a smaller phone. I don't need/want wireless web and a full color screen, all I want is to make phone calls.

 

[tnitsuj]

I wish they didn't put cameras in all the cool new devices. I would like to get a Treo 600 phone/pda/wireless device, but I can't as cameras are strictly verbotten at work.

 

[beer]

I agree, for the short term.

I will continue to have seperates

Minolta DimageX for a camera (2mp, 3x optical zoom, SD/MMC)
iPod for music (10 GB)
Nokia 6610 (phone, no camera)

Until I can integrate all 3 of those devices into a single device the size of, say, my ipod, or my phone, I won't upgrade short of breaking something.

 

[kmac1914]

That's why im looking forward to the Nokia 6230. It's got a camera, mp3 player, fm radio, and it takes mmc cards. Although i do agree that a lot of that is unnecessary, that's still most of the current phone features rolled up into one phone

 

[lukatmyshu]

Rather than get all these capabilities into ONE device, why can't they concentrate on getting all these devices to talk to each other. The coolest thing about Camera-Phones is that you can take the picture then mail it someone. However, a seperate camera will ALWAYS be better (if only for the optical-zoom capabilities) and I would like it if I could take a picture, blue-tooth transfer it to my phone and mail it to my friends.

 

[Howard]

The only people that wouldn't need separate cameras are the ones that don't care about picture quality.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I know I'm in the minority, but I want my phone to be a phone and my camera to be a camera.

ZV

Exactly my thoughts. If you made a poll two years ago about how cellular phones could be improved, the top responses would be to increase reception, increase battery life, decrease size, and improve ease-of-use. But now every single goddamn cellular phone advertisement preaches how 'vital' a camera and picture messaging is. It's a useless and intermittent step on the way to what will really be a killer-app for mobile phones: real-time video calling.

 

[Sid59]

the phone better keep a liter of water too. i get thirsty.

 

[midwestfisherman]

I know I'm in the minority, but I want my phone to be a phone and my camera to be a camera.

I agree!!!

 

[0roo0roo]

its nice to havea camera as extra. i use it to take a quick note of something i want to remember,i don't use it to take pictures i want to keep its much faster then trying to tap out a note on a pda

 

[UNCjigga]

Don't Nokia phones already have MMC (multimediacard) slots in some of their camera phones??

 

[0roo0roo]

yes

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I know I'm in the minority, but I want my phone to be a phone and my camera to be a camera.

ZV

Ditto.

im with you 2 also

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: lukatmyshu
Rather than get all these capabilities into ONE device, why can't they concentrate on getting all these devices to talk to each other. The coolest thing about Camera-Phones is that you can take the picture then mail it someone. However, a seperate camera will ALWAYS be better (if only for the optical-zoom capabilities) and I would like it if I could take a picture, blue-tooth transfer it to my phone and mail it to my friends.

wonderful idea :beer:

 

[0roo0roo]

yea, can't wait until pda's are obsolete, its happening already. nothing i hate more then carrying both a pda and a phone, thats absurd. i don't want to wear a manpurse or have my pockets bulge.

anyways, its hard to complain when these features come basically free

 

[jamesave]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: BoberFett

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I know I'm in the minority, but I want my phone to be a phone and my camera to be a camera.

ZV

Ditto.

im with you 2 also

Count me as the fourth..
I don't like integrated devices; if any part of the devices went wrong you may lose all the features. For example, in the TV+VCR combo, if your TV is broken, then you can say goodbye to the VCR as well.

 

[dolph]

i used to be quite anti-picture phone, but lately i've been craving one. i don't care about wireless web, but i would like to have bluetooth on my next phone. freakin verizon... pay attention! :|

however, a 5 gb mp3 player (hell, even a 1 gb or 512 mb one) + 2mp 3x optical zoom + bluetooth (& usb 2.0) cell phone = something i would pay $500+ for. in fact, i'll bet some clever geek with too much time and money on his hands has already tried making one.

 

[79Blazer]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
I know I'm in the minority, but I want my phone to be a phone and my camera to be a camera.

ZV

That's what i'm screaming.

 

[Staples]

I don't have a cell phone and I will never get one unless I start liking talking on the phone.

I will stick with my Canon digital camera.

 

[Ticks]

I wish Fuji would put a phone in my current digital camera.