Nine months after Kodak first announced it would offer the four megapixel EasyShare-One digital camera with WiFi capabilities for uploading photos (see below) the camera will finally be available in October, according to the company's press release today.
Kodak has teamed with T-Mobile to offer complimentary hotspot access -- to EasyShare-One users only -- at its WiFi locations across the country. Kodak also is working with other hotspots providers in other markets.
Kodak's press release says, "All EASYSHARE-ONE camera purchasers receive a complementary, camera-specific trial service in conjunction with major hotspot providers. In addition to service from T-Mobile USA, with more than 6,000 T-Mobile HotSpots across the United States, EASYSHARE-ONE camera owners will also be able to enjoy public connections in other key world markets.
"Kodak plans to announce further market-specific service providers, as well as retailers that will sell the EASYSHARE-ONE camera, in the coming weeks.
Swivel, touch screen
The EasyShare-One features 256MB of internal memory, a 3x optical zoom lens and a three-inch swivel touch screen that seems to make it easy to organize photos by using the stylus (see left). You're able to create photo albums within the camera using Macromedia Flash software
I wonder how good the LCD looks in bright sunlight.
Perhaps I'll get a chance to see it during the CTIA's Wireless IT & Entertainment 2005 conference in San Francisco at the end of this month, although I don't see Kodak listed as an exhibitor. I'm the so-called "master of ceremonies" for the "personalization" mini-track on September 28.
Congratulations on being the MC! Does this newfound fame mean you'll need to be hiring a staff of loyal toadies? Please keep me in mind.
In regards to personalization issues, I'm curious if there would be copyright problems, not from the free sale of ringtones and that ilk, but from homebrew ringtones. I don't wanna brag, but Sonamobile's impending "Trek" phone is 'way behind the curve for me - my phone already makes a lot of the noises the old Trek Communicator used to make, courtesy a sound editor plus a aiff-to-mp3 convertor. A not-too-farfetched hypothetical: I get a digital capture of a friend saying something particularly funny/satirical/slanderous, and make the comment into a ringtone. Are there issues in this situation for a service provider, particularly if I happily pass on my ringtone to other friends via the network? Instead of a friend, does the issue change if the speaker was a political candidate?
Posted by: Tychocat | Thursday, September 01, 2005 at 12:04 PM