Sprint PCS Vision customers who subscribe to EarthCam Mobile will have the ability to broadcast and share live images from their personal PC-mounted webcam right onto their phone. EarthCam Mobile costs $4.95 per month.
“It is our belief that camera phones will increasingly become the next generation of webcam,” said Brian Cury, founder and CEO of EarthCam. “With camera phone sales in the USA expected to double to 12 million units this year, EarthCam Mobile is dedicated to providing compelling content and applications for this exciting mobile webcam market.”
Will cellular video succeed? Yes, says Alan Reiter.
Meanwhile, Logitech’s Mobile Video Webcams work with Verizon’s cell phones so you can view live webcam video on your cell phone. Verizon Picture Messaging let you deliver pictures, sounds, and text all in one message.
Panasonic s webcam/server (right) can be accessed via a PC (video streaming) or phone browser (still images only), with pan and tilt control available from both. It also detects infrared and will move the camera to point at anything that its IR sensor picks up. Should sell in the low Y40,000s (say $360-$400) if it makes it to the U.S. Toshibia’s wireless netcams include the high resolution, user-controlled, WB01A.
Yahoo launched a free photo service, that lets people upload photos directly from their camera-equipped phones to their photo sharing site. Yahoo Mobile Photos Upload is free to any Yahoo registered user, and can be used with AT&T Wireless, Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon. There reportedly is no limit to the number of photos that can be uploaded.
Services like TextAmerica, LightSurf and others can send photos (and videos) to different phone providers, unlike many carrier-sponsored photo sites. Other Moblog hosting companies include:
- Textamerica
- Dot Photo
- Fotolog
- Buzznet
- AutoPic
- Blogger Pro
- TypePad
- FoneBlog
- Fotopages
- Phlog
- Audblog
- CamBlog
- 20six
- Ploggle
- albino gorilla
- Photokyo
- Rare Window
- Uboot.com
- AT&T Wireless
- Cingular Mobile
- Sprint PCS
- Verizon Picture Messaging
- T-Mobile Hiptop blogs
- Hello (sharing)
- mlogs (audio & video)
Other Moblog Resources include Alan Reiter’s phone blog, Moblogging.org, BlueHereNow, Picturephoning, Mobitopia, Mobileblogging News, Russell Beattie, Joi Ito’s Radio site, Smart Mobs, AllAboutSymbian, PalmInfoCenter, MS Mobiles, MMS Memo and Mobilemms.
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