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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (26169)	8/28/2002 11:19:44 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 196660

If Docomo can recognize how popular camera handsets were and managed to come up with something to compete in just a few months, are all the Euro carriers asleep? It took Docomo about 12 months to release their first handset with an integrated camera after J-Phone began their service. This was a FOMA handset....it was another 6 months before they released a PDC version. The GSM carriers are on about the same schedule as the CDMA carriers in terms of offering MMS capabilities. It seems to just take a certain amount of time for the Korean/Japanese handset manufacturers to port an existing design over to GSM or CDMA at a different frequency. Also, getting carrier approvals also slows down the process. Hopefully, the fact that the 7650 is getting a decent reception is a good sign for camera phone sales worldwide. If usage follows the early trends of SMS, it wont be long before we start to hear about bandwidth problems for GSM carriers. Slacker