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As the party season takes a firm grasp and shakes us by the dancing shoes, I wonder if the camera module on lots of mobile devices is going to be getting a good workout? What with the ubiquity of camera now found on devices (very few don’t have one), stills, and increasingly video, can easily (and sneakily) be captured. From your boss doing karaoke, through to Jake and Tasha quietly nipping off to the stationery cupboard, it’s all fair game?
I wonder too whether in the new year we are going to see a hoard of images appearing on facebook, myspace, flickr, and so on – with people in various states of drinking / dancing / undress / gurning / passed out…and so on!
This year, perhaps more than ever, everyone is a potential “citizen journalist” – whether it’s within the confines of a corporate’s office, or out in public in a bar/club/hotel etc – frivolous behaviour is all up-for-grabs and capture on internal memory and/or memory cards.
I’ll make a prediction – we are going to a see a new round of those “Mastercard…… priceless” Ad send-ups (not real Ads!) in the new year, but this time the image capture will have been almost exclusively on mobile devices.
Just wait, Mid-January will roll round and your friend will forward you a ZIP file, with a bunch of JPG images in it – you’ll open the images and find a series of images that have had text added like:
Penguin outfit – $50
Vaseline – $6
Permanent Marker – $7
Booze – $180
Photo of office gimp involved in pseudo animal-husbandry incident – $priceless
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About The Author
Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
