 Monday, November 24, 2003
- "In the handset category, Krantz says that about one-third of Nokia's phones shipped this year will include either an internal camera or the ability to attach an external camera. He quotes Richard Gould, portfolio manager of the Rockland Small Cap Growth fund, who says all Nokia handsets will include camera phone capabilities within 18 months.
There have been numerous articles in the press about Nokia's interest in camera phones, including one by CNET News where the head of the Finnish company says Nokia this year could be the largest manufacturer of digital cameras in the world." [Reiter's Camera Phone Report]
- "China's official news agency, People's Daily has reported that there are now more mobile phone users than there are landline phones in the country, according to Cellular News.
The country now has 259.638 million cell phones compared to 255.139 million landlines." [Textually.org]
- "Now there's a tech elite class. And according to the folks at the Pew Internet & American Life Project, it makes up about 31 percent of the public. They're not just turning away in big numbers from prime time TV and reading the newspaper over the Web instead of on dead trees. They're also demanding better service -- and more of it -- from the companies that provide their connections to the world.And in what Pew says is clearly a growing trend, many are giving up their plain old phones and instead using only wireless units. For the first time in history, the study reported, the number of land-based telephones in service in the United States is declining. Here's my column on the study." [Tech-Knowlogy]
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