Camera Phone Activity

Just read about a new start-up here in Seattle called Vizrea that apparently has developed a method for consumers to easily transfer photos from their camera phones to PC's. It works on Symbian based devices only but a J2ME version is "in the works". I haven't tried it yet but (similar to previous post on ringtones)any service like this has to be brain-dead simple or people won't use it. I don't take a lot of pictures with my phone but I'll give it a shot and post on my first impressions later.

With regards to camera phone usage, as of November, 2005, M:Metrics data shows that 65 percent of camera-phone owners used their phone to take pictures, and more than half (51 percent) of those who did take a photo sent it over the network.

2/3 penetration rate is spectacular so clearly if a company like Vizrea can help these consumers transfer & manage their phone-photos seamlessly and figure out how to make money doing it would be an interesting company to follow.