Agreed. I’m sure it comes in handy for a lot of people in a lot of situations; however, I can appreciate how some people would prefer a more simple phone to one containing seemingly every gadget/function under the sun.

The stickers are “tamper-proof,” apparently they change colors if you try to take them off.

The moment I raised my phone to snap a picture of an icky nerd fondling himself between library stacks, it scampered away like a cockroach fleeing the bright exposure of an open cupboard door.

so pawi uses your library?

I’ve got a Canon digital camera that takes good pictures and an iPod with 5000 songs that sounds really great, so why would I bother using my phone to take shit pictures

Most people do not carry around their digital cameras; hence, the photo function in a mobile phone is very convenient for documenting evidence in auto accidents, vandalism, harassment, and other civil and criminal infractions. The moment I raised my phone to snap a picture of an icky nerd fondling himself between library stacks, it scampered away like a cockroach fleeing the bright exposure of an open cupboard door.

This has become such a problem that, ironically, even camera phone makers Samsung and LG Electronics have banned their own employees from using camera phones in the research and manufacturing facilities. Employees at these facilities are required to cover their camera lenses with stickers during work hours.

can someone enlighten me as to how the sticker is supposed to be effective other than as a reminder not to take pictures? surely you can remove the sticker, take pictures, then replace it.

It doesn’t play music. It doesn’t take pictures. It doesn’t talk to you. No gimmicks. No bullshit. You just push buttons and make a call.

It’s called Just a Goddamn Phone.”

I see your point. I’ve got a Canon digital camera that takes good pictures and an iPod with 5000 songs that sounds really great, so why would I bother using my phone to take shit pictures or listen to a tiny library of music in inferior sound quality?

One illegal trend in Korea is for students to take photos of the contents of expensive textbooks at bookstores. This is known as “digital shoplifting,” and has become such a problem that Kyobo Bookstore in Gwanghwamun has posted a sign that reads, “Photographing the cover and contents of books here violates the copyright law.”

Another common copyright violation is to film movies at the movie theater with cell phone cameras. Recently, one man in Australia filmed the movie “The Simpsons” and uploaded it onto the internet. The illegal footage was removed after two hours, but not before it was downloaded 3000 times. The file was spread to BitTorrent file sites and was downloaded 110,000 times. In dollars, that’s about $1,000,000 worth of movie tickets in just one day. Consequently, the original camera phone user is in court and may be spending the next five years in jail.

Another illegal usage of camera phones in Korea is “industrial espionage”. Many companies are worried about having important corporate information leaked to the public or to other competing companies. This has become such a problem that, ironically, even camera phone makers Samsung and LG Electronics have banned their own employees from using camera phones in the research and manufacturing facilities. Employees at these facilities are required to cover their camera lenses with stickers during work hours.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007.....ld-people/

It doesn’t play music. It doesn’t take pictures. It doesn’t talk to you. No gimmicks. No bullshit. You just push buttons and make a call.

It’s called Just a Goddamn Phone.