RIM files patent for something camera-related

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thought @ Jul 8th 2006 9:39PM

On the surface this idea seems lacking.

There's a reason why far more photos are snapped using cell phone cameras than with stand alone cameras: because most people carry their cell phones everywhere, whereas do not carry their digicams everywhere. Most people don't want to take their digicam with them everywhere.

Who wants to carry two devices when with other competing products, you only have to carry one? And who wants to go through the trouble of transmitting photos from camera to phone, when with other products the photos are automatically stored in the phone, because, well, the camera is in the phone.

This latest concept seems to be a poor design choice. Of course, just because this is a patent, doesn't mean that RIM will ever bring it to market. Remember, Apple files a lot of patents that they never act on.

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