Next-generation of phones shoot Web-ready video

Cell phones could once again revolutionize how journalists work, according to Kansan.com.

"Students in the School of Journalism at the University of Kansas are working with both design and business students to evaluate two new Nokia cell phones (N93, N73) that are capable of shooting, editing and uploading high-quality video on the fly.

The project will help define and advance the role of citizen journalism, the concept that any citizen can report news events... and identify ways to communicate the emerging trend of citizen journalism among college students.

Checking Out Your Cab Driver By Cameraphone

This is wild and another inspiring example of how people are using cameraphones. Apparently, paranoid taxi passengers in South Korea are planning to stick special cameraphone-enabled barcodes inside and outside of cabs, so that riders can snap a quick photo of their driver, and "text-message it to their friends or family.

Best Selling US Mobile Phones of 2006

Online wireless retailer LetsTalk.com has announced the hottest selling cell phones for 2006. Six out of the top ten selling phones have music phone capabilities that allow for download and playing music (MP3, and/or Apple's AAC, Windows WMA files), signaling a significant increase in music content functionality.