Camera Phone Bans Expected
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Camera phone sales are expected to surge. Gartner, an IT research and advisory firm, predicts that sales will nearly double this year, from 80 million in 2003 to 150 million in 2004. The Zelos Group of Oyster Bay, N.Y., predicts that one-third of cell phone users will have camera phones in 2008. Most users will have phone cameras with VGA resolution clarity or less, according to Zelos Group. But many will eventually have megapixel cameras that match a common digital camera's capabilities.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- IEEE Distributed Systems Online
دوره 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004