March 4, 2004 articles

Chicago ponders $500 cam phone abuse fine

Mar 04 2004 - 07:38 PM ET | Camera
The city of Chicago is contemplating a $500 fine for the abuse of a camera phone. What constitutes as abuse? Bathrooms and locker rooms are only one half the equation, store check-out lines are the other: bq. "Hairston wants to...

Philips announces improved camera for phones

Mar 04 2004 - 01:19 PM ET | Camera
Philips announced new lens technology that aims to work like the human eye. Designed to be in camera phones, the lens uses fluid in a tiny transparent tube to focus. bq. "By charging the sides of the tube with an...

DoCoMo suspends sale of F900i over bug

Mar 04 2004 - 01:13 PM ET | DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo has suspended the sale of its F900i handset until it can fix a bug dealing with, "automatically receiving incoming e-mail under certain circumstances." The F900i was shipped in early February. Owners of the phone will be able to...

N-Gage 2 at E3 rumors mount

Mar 04 2004 - 01:08 PM ET | Nokia
Talk of the N-Gage 2 debuting at E3 this May has started. The Nokia handset hasn't sold nearly as well as expected and has even spawned some rather entertaining websites [example]. One of the developers of Doom, John Romero, spilled...