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Re: Cameras on phones? (2001) [video]

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Post by NoPicklez » Thu, Nov 10, 2022, 10:55 PM UTC

Now in my mid 20s, I feel like I am experiencing that part of my life of "when I grew up". It is incredible how far camera technology has come in phones.

Not just the cameras but the ability to send the image. I remember sending an MMS and not really being guaranteed the receiver would get the image. Perhaps they didn't have MMS enabled, or have a device able to receive images, or they didn't have a large enough phone plan to send/receive MMS's.

Now days, sending an image is just part of the furniture.

A part of me would like to rewind and see what the world was like without social media.

Re: Cameras on phones? (2001) [video]

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Post by r_transpose_p » Thu, Nov 10, 2022, 11:09 PM UTC

kristopolous wrote: post #31

zrules wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s a movie directed by Wim Wenders called “Until the End of the World” with tech similar to this. It’s a Pay phones actually, where you’d flip the arm with the screen up attached up to make a call and down to end a call. The movie is really an alternate universe where tech like this is ubiquitous. There’s something about the late 90s / early 00s vision for tech future I have an increasingly difficult time graspi…

features in the trailer around 30 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfFWBWKwQT8 You want that era? Here's two things to flip through https://archive.org/search.php?query=mondo+2000 https://archive.org/search.php?query=verbum%20magazine I went deep into that for back research on my most recent article https://siliconfolklore.com/internet-history/ I'll revisit it soon for something else I'm sure. Maybe the Dougl…

That description of the 1990s brings back memories for me.

Re: Cameras on phones? (2001) [video]

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Post by yaky » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 4:57 AM UTC

poisonarena wrote: post #47

TaylorAlexander wrote: post #30

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It was a weird time, being in the USA and learning that Europe and Japan had all these great technologies in their mobile phones that we didn’t have. It sucked being so behind the times here. It’s interesting that now every country has the same high tech mobile phones, though there are still niche devices that may only be produced for a specific region.

example of country specific niche devices for the curious?

Not a specific device, but usage. In early-mid 2000s in Ukraine, most (if not all) cell phone services were prepaid, and special SMS or codes allowed you to send some amount of money from your account to someone else. Since not many people had actual banking accounts, this was a de-facto banking system at the time.

I believe this or similar systems are still in use in some countries.

Re: Cameras on phones? (2001) [video]

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Post by kridsdale2 » Fri, Nov 11, 2022, 10:33 PM UTC

JKCalhoun wrote: post #62

noobermin wrote: post #49

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That with the video of shakira someone posted, it's a shame Japan now has a reputation for being behind the times now, I wonder how much the language barrier had to do with why none of the tech companies in japan other than those tied to video games have an international footprint today.

I assumed it was the lack of a homegrown OS? It seems OS's turned out to be a pretty big deal when device complexity moved beyond menu/+/- buttons on the side of the device.

The only one I could imagine having had a chance would be Sony. They had a rather well built out OS on the Playstation 3 with lots of modern online features.