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heyginger in little_details

cell phone video

Sep 16, 2007 01:27

You know how people can record short clips of video footage on their cellphones? When did that technology become widely available in the USA ( Read more... )

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heyginger September 16 2007, 18:20:25 UTC

Damn, that's what I feared. Oh, well. Thanks so much for the help!

peachpastiche September 16 2007, 18:05:26 UTC

Video only became widely available around... three years ago? And even so, the majority of people still don't have video-capable phones.

heyginger September 16 2007, 18:20:49 UTC

Well, I guess that settles that. Thanks so much!

bwinter September 16 2007, 18:10:37 UTC

At that time I was shopping for my first phone and even cameras weren't available IIRC. Video appeared in the last three years or so.

shortysc22 September 16 2007, 19:42:06 UTC

I would say about three years ago is when they first started becoming available, but not widely so until the past year or so.

Camera phones I would say about 4 years ago if that might help. I've have a cell phone since about 1999 and didn't get a camera phone until the fourth one I got. (I get one every two years.)

In 2001, the most popular phone at my high school was a Nokia 5110. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_5110 This phone was really popular because they had so many faceplates and had snake. If you have any other questions, let me know and I'll try and answer them.

missravenx September 16 2007, 19:47:24 UTC

I got my first cell phone in January of 2000. I was just about to turn 19. I knew a few young adults with them before then but only 30+ year olds who had cell / car phones in the mid-nineties. During high school I had a pager. I lived in Dallas, TX.

missravenx September 16 2007, 19:48:39 UTC

But it wasn't until a few years later they added cameras and then video to cell phones.