Stage of GTA03 development?

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:00:14PM +1100, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:52:20 +0000 Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <rms at 1407.org>
> babbled:
> > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 12:38:27PM +0100, Michael Zanetti wrote:
> > > On Thursday 18 December 2008 12:29:08 you wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:24:52 +0100 Michael Zanetti
> > > > babbled:
> > > > i have. and millions of japanese have. in japan the mobile is pretty much
> > > > replacing the low-to-mid-end camera. for "happy time" snaps. why? their
> > > > lenses and cameras are GOOD. 5+mpixel was available years ago.
> > > 
> > > Yep... unfortunately that millions of japanese people won't use the GTA03 
> > > without UMTS support...
> > 
> > Maybe it's just a wildguess, but I don't think millions of japanese will
> > use the GTA03 if it has UMTS support.
> > 
> > Just putting your logic into perspective :)
> 
> he asked: "Has ever anyone made a picture with a mobile phone camera that
> doesn't suck?" - i had a good answer to it. :) if you want to see the epitomy
> of awesome technology in phones - visit japan and wander through yodobashi's
> phone section. i lived there for 4 years. they are well ahead of everyone else.
> their software and ui's suck though :)
> 
> seriously dropping camera isn't going to free up money for 3g. 3g is going to
> cost many many many TIMES what the camera does. you're throwing out the
> basketballs from the garage to make room for the hummer.

Yeah! If it's a decent enough camera (5Mp at least), than it's probably worth the
upgrade :)

I don't find a camera or UMTS as requirements for my phones, but I do
recognise the need to integrate communications+computer+camera for I
don't like to carry so many equipments with me.

OTOH, loose one, loose all...

Rui

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