CAMERA PHONES

Mobile imaging, relatively a new concept ; will take the industry into a new era where CAMERA PHONES ill become mainstream imaging devices and an extention of our mobile lifestyles.
Cellular phones , once meant just for talking , now almost universally come with built-in digital cameras. That means user can snapphotos and send them instantlyto loved ones almost as easily as placing a call.
Mobile imaging is relatively a new concept,with Nokia launching the industry's first mobile phone with integrated camera(for GSM markets) in june 2002.According to a Mobile imaging report, by 2005 the number of CAMERA PHONES sold outnumbered the sales of still digital cameras. With the significant surge in demand over the last two years, mobile phones are expected to add more cameras to the mix than digital and analogue cameras combined- approximately 50 percent more. The rise of mobile imaging has been unprecedented and this trend has tansitioned from being a gadget fad confined to JAPAN in 2001 to emerging as the most popular mode for picture taking around the world in five years.
It is interesting to note that in JAPAN , where CAMERA PHONE penetration is by the far the highest, sales of single-use cameras are on the decline. So what does this mean? The dominance of CAMERA PHONES will impact the imaging market in a variety of ways that will benefit the industry.Mobile imaging is a revolutionising mode where MMS is set to eclipse SMS traffic sometimes in 2007.The concept of mobile phones has drastically evolved over a period of time. Gone are the days , when it is used to be a single fuctionality device just to serve your communication needs. With the advent of CAMERA PHONES, mobile phones have given a new dimension to human expression .As they say "An image is worth a thousand words".
When text messaging was first introduced in a Nokia phone in 1994, mobile phone users discovered a new way to communicate quickly and efficiently-without speaking. Take a lok around and you will find people busy fiddling with their mobile phones to confirm appointments , discuss strategy, greet loved ones and share jokes. It has indeed become an integral part of everybody's life. Building on this plateform, came Multimedia imaging in 2002 that took text messaging to the second level. This allowed a rapidly increasing number of mobile users to experience how life can be enriched by means of visual communications.