Webcam images go mobile on Sprint

[larry]

Webcam images go mobile on Sprint
August 30, 2004 4:38pm
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Sprint is hooking up with live Webcam service EarthCam to let subscribers view streamed videos on their camera phones.

The wireless carrier announced Monday that owners of certain Sprint PCS Vision handsets loaded with EarthCam's Java-based software, EarthCam Mobile, will be able to view live images from their PCs' Webcams using the new service. They will also be able to watch videos from Webcams around the world and find local traffic and weather Webcams by simply typing in a ZIP code.

Consumers could use the service to "check for upcoming road construction or view the beach at their next vacation spot," Jeff Hallock, Sprint's vice president of consumer marketing, said in a statement.

The EarthCam Mobile service is available for $4.95 a month and can be accessed through the "Downloads" menu on Sprint camera phones.

Both Sprint and EarthCam anticipate a greater future ahead for camera phones. Camera phones already constitute more than a quarter of mobile phones shipped worldwide, market researchers have said. Overall, cell phones makers are expected to ship a record 625 million units this year.

[Yankees368]

$1.50 here....$4.95 there

[Gabriel]

about a year and 5 months ago i started working for radio shack, and i was sent to a verizon meeting for new employees, where they talked to us about verizon's offerings and phones and etc. that time, they were really trying to promote the motorola t720 phone, and of course they showed us almost everything this phone could do.

one of the things it could do was the same thing you are mentioning. the guy who was talking to us had a webcam running, and actually got the image on the phone. i actually grabbed the phone in my hand and got infront of the webcam and i saw myself on the phone. it was a bit slow, but still, it was already possible 1t least a year and a half ago.