the first cell phone with a camera came out in 2000.
the first cell phone with a camera came out in 2000.
when did the first cell phone with a camera come out?
2000
on june 11, 1997, philippe kahn instantly shared the first pictures from the maternity ward where his daughter sophie was born. he wirelessly transmitted his cell phone pictures to more than 2,000 family, friends and associates around the world. kahn's wireless sharing software and camera integrated into his cell phone augured the birth of instant visual communications. kahn's cell phone transmission is the first known publicly shared picture via a cell phone.
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the first cell phone novel was “published” in japan in 2003 by a tokyo man in his mid-thirties who calls himself yoshi. his first cell phone novel was called "", the story of a teenager engaged in "subsidized dating" (enjō kosai) in tokyo and contracting aids. it became so popular that it was published as an actual book, with 2.6 million copies sold in japan, then spun off into a television series, a manga, and a movie. the cell phone novel became a hit mainly through word of mouth and gradually started to gain traction in taiwan, china, and south korea among young adults. in japan, several sites offer large prizes to authors (up to $100,000 us) and purchase the publishing rights to the novels.
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