Cool cell phone apps coming soon

I’m sitting with Chris Dury, VP of marketing of ScanR. Really cool cell phone service. You take a picture of a whiteboard and it processes and and uploads and forwards the image. But a lot better cleaned up than if you were only moderately skilled with Photoshop. Same for business cards. The service runs on Windows Server 2003, they run on any phone, and have specialized apps for Windows Mobile phones. Coming soon, they are planning their coming out party for the CES show in Las Vegas in January.

They are thinking of other kinds of things you can do with cell phone cameras, too and talk about some of their ideas on their blog.

  • http://blogged.btvillarin.com/2005/10/25/scanr/ All Narfed Up » Blog Archive » ScanR

    [...] ScanR was mentioned in Scobleizer. I haven’t heard of it before, but it looks way cool. “Scan documents or send faxes, anywhere, anytime, using only your camera phone.” Whoa. [...]

  • http://blogs.msmobiles.com/mobilephonefan/ Mobile Phone Fan

    Nice idea, Robert, but unfortunately quality of cameras in Windows Mobile phones is very cr-ppy so usually you can’t see anything. However it is well known that Palm has good quality in Treo so the upcoming Windows Mobile Treo may improve the situation but by now: all Windows Mobile phones, without exception have camera of poor quality.

  • http://blogs.msmobiles.com/mobilephonefan/ Mobile Phone Fan

    Nice idea, Robert, but unfortunately quality of cameras in Windows Mobile phones is very cr-ppy so usually you can’t see anything. However it is well known that Palm has good quality in Treo so the upcoming Windows Mobile Treo may improve the situation but by now: all Windows Mobile phones, without exception have camera of poor quality.

  • mcepat

    Lookout we may have a M$ basher

    Hey Mobile Phone Fan, MS doesn’t make the phones it justs licenses the software, oh and I am sure Treo or any non windows phones are far far superior

    your a apple troll right?

  • mcepat

    Lookout we may have a M$ basher

    Hey Mobile Phone Fan, MS doesn’t make the phones it justs licenses the software, oh and I am sure Treo or any non windows phones are far far superior

    your a apple troll right?

  • http://blogs.msmobiles.com/mobilephonefan/ Mobile Phone Fan

    mcepat : the contrary is true: I am fanatical lover of Windows Mobile phones and user of Windows XP (Dell PC with 3GHZ intel, Laser 6000 mouse, etc). I don’t have Mac. However I am just saying how it is : I am not hiding drawbacks.

  • http://blogs.msmobiles.com/mobilephonefan/ Mobile Phone Fan

    mcepat : the contrary is true: I am fanatical lover of Windows Mobile phones and user of Windows XP (Dell PC with 3GHZ intel, Laser 6000 mouse, etc). I don’t have Mac. However I am just saying how it is : I am not hiding drawbacks.

  • http://www.gamingandtech.com/ robyn

    Interesting thread on new things to do with mobile marketing.

    http://www.mobile-weblog.com/50226711/mobile_marketing_best_answer_wins_a_prize.php

  • http://www.gamingandtech.com robyn

    Interesting thread on new things to do with mobile marketing.

    http://www.mobile-weblog.com/50226711/mobile_marketing_best_answer_wins_a_prize.php

  • BenB

    No new news here… Realeyes3D announced the same service back in Feb 05: http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/1958

    It seems that are getting good traction with real business: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/tech/story/0,4136,96416,00.html

    Check out their PR with Docomo: http://au.biz.yahoo.com/051011/17/axdw.html

    their website claims that they have patents over this. http://www.realeyes3d.com.

    cool stuff!

  • BenB

    No new news here… Realeyes3D announced the same service back in Feb 05: http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/1958

    It seems that are getting good traction with real business: http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/tech/story/0,4136,96416,00.html

    Check out their PR with Docomo: http://au.biz.yahoo.com/051011/17/axdw.html

    their website claims that they have patents over this. http://www.realeyes3d.com.

    cool stuff!