Shocking Discovery! Good thing I have a camera phone!
Posted by todd Fri, 17 Sep 2004 17:53:15 GMT
Aah, the advances in mobile technology. Since the invention of the telephone, people have said "This talking thing is neat and all, but what good is a phone without pictures?". Finally the craziness has ended.
Ok fine.. the only person to ever say that was almost certainly some japanese marketing executive, but that is why he makes The Big Bucks(tm).
I am a bit of a phone junkie, and I always play with other peoples phones so I can tell you what the cameras are used for. People take pictures of waitresses, pets, and their own head. The picture of their head is usually one of the first pictures they take, and it is always a bad picture(See example above).
I presume the pet pictures are just because pet owners are weird like that. Ever see an ancient cave drawing? Pet owners.
Finally, the waitresses. This needs a bit more explanation.
There are at least half a dozen waitress pictures on my phone right now. Camera phones are some sort of strange watiress beacon. They love them. "Oh my gosh, is that a camera phone?!?!", they say. Then you take their picture and show it to them, at which point they will say "oh that looks terrible!". It usually does look terrible, because it is a camera, on a phone. Go figure.
Someone with "skills" greater than mine could probably parlay this into a phone number, but why the hell would you want to TALK to someone on a telephone?
i take pics with my phone all the time cause my camera broke and i havent bought a new one yet. :/ but some of mine are ok. i hope nobody ever gets a hold of my phone and sees what i take pics of though!
thats all cool… but they really should make one phone with an electronic shaver as well!