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Article: Alliance sets specs for camera-phone prints; But will users print from handsets?(Business)
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- RCR Wireless News
- Article date:
- January 24, 2005
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Byline: MIKE DANO
The Mobile Imaging and Printing Consortium this month released its first set of specifications for mobile-phone and printer makers, guidelines the group said will allow camera-phone users to print out their pictures. However, some in the industry wondered whether the technology will work as simply as advertised, and whether users would be interested in it anyway.
"Where's the market for this stuff?'' asked Michael King, a principal analyst at research and consulting firm Gartner Dataquest.
According to the MIPC, 52 million people worldwide own camera phones. That number is expected to grow to 500 million by 2007, and 80 ...