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Analyst Over Reacts To Camera Phones In The Workplace
from the slow-down,-partner dept
There have been plenty of stories in the last few months about certain workplaces banning camera phones (including camera phone maker Samsung). While it's definitely important to understand the issues that camera phones raise, there's no reason to over react to them. Of course, you wouldn't know that listening to Jack Gold at the Meta Group, who has gone with the knee-jerk reaction telling people that all companies should ban all camera phones outright. This is, of course, the typical response to anyone who doesn't understand a technology and is afraid of it (just ban it!), but does little to help in real life. Of course, if companies believe this sort of thing, it could harm camera phone sales, as they will become much less valuable if you can't even bring your own mobile phone to work. What is more likely to happen over time is that people will become accustomed to people owning camera-enabled phones, and will become much more aware of how others are using those phones in the work environment, and do their best to prevent espionage. However, completely banning the phones is an over reaction, a step backwards, and not (at all) a workable or reasonable response to the rise of such a tool.
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Ban's would be unworkable
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Its a gadget with very little practical use...have been become so sheeplike when faced with marketting of gadgets?
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I'm just saying that all-in-one gadgets aren't usually the great idea that marketting says it is...nor are they needed like they say you need it.
AND its obvious that these camera phones DO have the potential for problems in some situations..maybe a ban is strong...but I think the "moron/jerk" factor in today's society is very strong and growing so that potential for problems is very likely to become actual problems with the combination of this particular technology
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Interestingly, Rolling Stone magazine honored a request by pop star Britney Spears to confiscate all cell phones at a recent party in New York. My, my, new technology meets vanity and egotism head on. Bam!br>
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-19-cell-phones_x.htm
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