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To: marginmike who wrote (38715)	8/26/1999 10:47:00 AM
From: Ruffian	Respond to of 152472

Here Is A Twist> Say cheese to your cell phone? Photobit Corp., a closely held chip maker, is developing a tiny camera that will allow a cell phone to take digital photographs. The camera, about the size of a pencil eraser, will likely be mounted near the antenna of the phone, allowing shutterbugs to take pictures and then send them to other cell phones or computers. Photobit, of Pasadena, Calif., says it is developing the camera for companies including Sweden's Telefon AB L.M. Ericsson, Qualcomm Inc. of San Diego and Finland's Benefon Oy. A prototype is about ready, and a cell-phone/camera device is expected to hit the market by the end of next year. Photobit is also working on another version with a built-in video camera. But Photobit hasn't worked out all the kinks. It's unclear whether users will be able to talk into the phone and simultaneously look into the camera. Chatting while driving a car is hard enough.