From the ‘really really cute’ category to the ’sexy sexy’ category, you are sure to find something you like. The pictures are sent directly to your phone. The sad part: you’ll need a data plan to receive the pictures, and you also need a compatible handset.
Sorry Canadian folks, the service is only offered on AT&T, Cingular, Sprint and T-Mobile at the moment.
Via: ChipChick
“As expected, Disney announced Wednesday at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas plans to launch its own cellular service in June utilizing Sprint Nextel’s network. The company would sell phones with GPS functionality that would enable parents to locate their children using their cellphone or the Internet.”
Disney to Launch Mobile Cell Service
Poor children. Some parents should really learn to communicate and trust their children.
“Its new Vizrea Snap service can automatically move pictures among a phone, PC and the Web. No heavy lifting required. You just need to load software on a computer and compatible phone.
Images from the phone show up on your PC and the Net. And you can use your phone to peek at pictures stored on your hard drive.
Vizrea also organizes pictures, audio and video clips and blog text into “collections” that can be shared. Under that scenario, Vizrea has copied images onto its own servers.”
Article at: Cell-phone photos in your PC
Vizrea Snap is free during the trial phase. Check it out if you have a compatible phone. I don’t see cellular phones as big competitors to digital cameras though. The quality just isn’t there yet, and as digital cameras are becoming cheaper and cheaper, I’d think people would use the digital camera on their phone only to send a quick snapshot to another phone.
“Online payment company PayPal said it was preparing to offer a service for consumers to make purchases or money transfers through text messages via cell phones.
Known as PayPal Mobile, the service will be launched in the next couple of weeks in the United States, Canada and Britain. Over time, PayPal Mobile may extend to the more than 55 countries and regions where PayPal is registered to transfer funds online.
Customers will be able to send payments over the phone via text message or by calling an automated customer service system and using voice commands. Offering options to transfer funds by phone to nearly anyone they choose, PayPal Mobile in effect turns a cell phone into electronic wallet.”
Read more at Mobiledia.
It sounds like a good idea. Anything that makes my physical wallet smaller is a good thing.
“Have dozens of photos of documents or whiteboards from your camera phone that you want to print out but can’t because they’re too lo-res? ScanR can help.
The company is known as a Web-based scanner service that specializes in making clean and readable versions of poor-quality photos and files. Just email them your snapshot of a piece of paper, board drawing or what have you and they’ll clean it up and send it back. They have just upgraded their service to offer you pdf files tagged with keywords, these make it easy to search for things within your documents.”
From ScanR’s cellphone scanning service gets a clear picture
