[plug] Mobille with camera and Linux compatibility

[Chris Caston]

On Wed, 2004-09-29 at 08:34, Senectus . wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:25:33 +0800, Chris Caston <caston at arach.net.au> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm considering buying a new mobile phone and would like to get one with
> > a digital camera.Does anyone here know of anything that is both decent
> > and works with Linux? That is I can upload the pictures to my Debian
> > box.
> > 
> > I haven't really kept up with mobile brands/models etc and I'm still
> > using a Nokia 3310.
> > 
> > regards,
> > 
> > --
> > Chris Caston
> 
> As a general rule anything that uses a memory card (SD, MMC etc) will
> be fine for the Linux compatibility side of things.
> 
Cool I'll have a look.
> As to the camera, the quality of these things are abysmal... no, worse...
> Do not expect too much from this device.
> I have an XDA2 which does 640x480 (.3 mega pixel).. its adequate for
> record keeping, and playing around only.. and suffers greatly in dark
> environments.
> 

I'm not that fussy about picture quality but I have noticed that it is a
big problem with cameras if you don't have a flash. Do mobiles usually
have a flash these days?