[mMode beginning to introduce new features:] AT&T Wireless shows true colors
Nation's third-largest wireless telephone company offers digital mobile phone camera.
July 16, 2002: 6:30 PM EDT
REDMOND, Wash. (Reuters) - AT&T Wireless Services Inc., the nation's third-largest wireless telephone company, introduced a digital picture service on Tuesday that will allow customers to use their mobile phone to take pictures and instantly send them to any e-mail address.
AT&T Wireless (AWE: up $0.20 to $6.20, Research, Estimates) said it was the first U.S. wireless operator to offer the service, which is already available in Europe and Asia.
To access the service called mMode Pix, customers must attach a miniature digital camera accessory to the bottom of a Sony Ericsson T68i phone.
Once the camera is attached, the phone's screen becomes the view finder and customers can take pictures by pushing a button. The camera can store 14 to 200 pictures, depending on picture size.
NTT DoCoMo's latest model SH251i camera phone (above) offers similar services to customers in Japan. (Photo: Reuters)
The Sony Ericsson phone retails for $199.99 and the digital camera accessory costs $129.99. Customers must also subscribe to an AT&T Wireless voice calling plan, as well as its mMode mobile Web service.
MMode Pix is available for no additional cost beyond standard mMode usage fees.
AT&T Wireless said customers may also subscribe to a premium service that will allow them to post their pictures to online digital photo albums.
Sony Ericsson is the world's fourth-largest mobile phone maker and a joint venture between Japan's Sony Corp. (SNE: Research, Estimates) and Sweden's Ericsson (ERICY: Research, Estimates). |
