Comments on: Five and seven megapixel camera phones? http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/five-and-seven-megapixel-camera-phones/ Mobility News, Reviews, and Views Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:05:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: CrowdedCranium http://mobilitysite.com/2006/01/five-and-seven-megapixel-camera-phones/comment-page-1/#comment-8704 CrowdedCranium Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:39:59 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=2821#comment-8704 This has been a vexation from my first "multi function" cell phone, a Motorola razr. Currently I have an HTC Wizard (Cingular 8125). And, although much better for pictures and video, it stinks. Reflecting over the years I have captured far more snapshots and video clips than phone calls. Twice I really absolutely had to make a phone call. Once I was 90 miles out of town and the company car crapped out. The other time, some dicks set a truck bomb off in front of the Federal building downtown and caused the industrial convention nearby to be shutdown prematurely (no refunds to exhibitors). Both of those events I was on the road with one of those very early Motorola flip phones about the size of a Gorilla fist with a two hour battery life. It made the emergency calls jus fine. But, there was no documentation of historic events. Not even crappy squidgy squint pictures. So, spanning the decade plus time period? There have been some minor improvements. But, That improvement could have been fielded far more expediently. Granted, the handset manufacturers are fettered by the carriers. This is without doubt in my mind. However, I would think there would be an opening that should the carrier reject a model features it would open the door wide for the manufacturers to offer it directly to the public. In the now sanctioned "Unlocked" condition. It would be nice to have an HD camcorder with Gigabytes of SD storage and heart stopping stills and even be able to make that periodic emergency call or check email. This has been a vexation from my first “multi function” cell phone, a Motorola razr. Currently I have an HTC Wizard (Cingular 8125). And, although much better for pictures and video, it stinks. Reflecting over the years I have captured far more snapshots and video clips than phone calls.

Twice I really absolutely had to make a phone call. Once I was 90 miles out of town and the company car crapped out. The other time, some dicks set a truck bomb off in front of the Federal building downtown and caused the industrial convention nearby to be shutdown prematurely (no refunds to exhibitors).

Both of those events I was on the road with one of those very early Motorola flip phones about the size of a Gorilla fist with a two hour battery life. It made the emergency calls jus fine. But, there was no documentation of historic events. Not even crappy squidgy squint pictures.

So, spanning the decade plus time period? There have been some minor improvements. But, That improvement could have been fielded far more expediently.

Granted, the handset manufacturers are fettered by the carriers. This is without doubt in my mind. However, I would think there would be an opening that should the carrier reject a model features it would open the door wide for the manufacturers to offer it directly to the public. In the now sanctioned “Unlocked” condition.

It would be nice to have an HD camcorder with Gigabytes of SD storage and heart stopping stills and even be able to make that periodic emergency call or check email.

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