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Big Brother may turn out to be your little sister or even your best friend in the brave new world of mobile communications.
A new service from the EarthCam online-camera network allows people to broadcast live video for others to view on Web-enabled cell phones. The idea is let folks see footage from their home security cameras, nanny-cams and other webcams without hauling around a computer.
EarthCam Mobile requires camera owners to install special software on the computer a camera is plugged into, enabling the footage collected by the webcam to be beamed, live, to any compatible cell phone. Users can choose to make their webcam public or share its view only with designated friends.
This service costs $3 a month. A separate, free offering lets people upload up to a dozen still photos taken with a camera-equipped cell phone to a Web site for sharing with friends; unlimited photo sharing is included in the paid, video plan.
EarthCam Inc. is best known for its Earthcam.com Web site, which lets Internet surfers view live footage from tens of thousands of cameras stationed around the world. Roughly 180,000 people visit the site daily, according to EarthCam spokesman Joe Nizza.
The site says it's expanding its webcasting services to cell phones because it believes wireless devices represent the next generation of webcams. "This takes it one step further and enables you to see it from anywhere -- on a bus, in a train, in a mall,"
http://mobile.earthcam.com/
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[ This Message was edited by: axxxr on 2004-04-05 15:39 ]
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Posted: 2004-04-05 16:38:17
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But im already doing this on my website without earthcam,plus the software i have can use still pics,video or motion detection and view it from my t610 (apart from video of course,but with the k700
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And it only cost a fiver for the software,shame my host is still down tho
I see what you mean tho,not everyone has a website
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Posted: 2004-04-05 16:49:37
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