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Camera phones killing mobile wallpapers

Categories: Content, Research
By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 at 4:22 AM

Mobile wallpaper exampleHave a camera phone? Sure you do – as most of the latest handsets come with a built-in camera.

Apparently, that camera in your phone is one of the reasons mobile wallpaper sales are going down. It seems that people prefer to have their own photo on the mobile phone screen than to purchase one.

“While a cameraphone in the pocket of most mobile phone owners may have picked the proverbial pockets of graphics publishers, the penetration of this technology has a positive impact on operator data revenues overall as consumers increasingly purchase photo messaging bundles,” said Mark Donovan, senior vice president and senior analyst, M:Metrics.

So, everything is not lost for the carriers. And I just started crying for their margins. (via: Mad4MobilePhones) :)

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

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  • Robert_101

    I love to create my own wallpaper. It is such fun and it gives a personal touch to my collection. I can give my wallpaper collection a name. I can also give each picture a name also. I can arrange my wallpaper into a slide show. I have a Motorola V3re and i love it.