Camera Phones Granting Wishes, According to Textamerica.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Photo Editors/Feature Editors/Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Multimedia assets available A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111903/bb19 SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2003 As the sales of camera phones soar, they are beginning to find practical uses. The latest craze is to create Christmas or Hanukkah wish lists using your camera phone. At stores across America, kids are picking items off the shelf, posing for a picture taken with mom's camera phone, and then posting it online to their personalized wish list at a Web site called http://www.textamerica.com. The wish list then gets e-mailed out to friends and family ensuring the wish list owner gets exactly what they want. A few examples include 'Daniel's Wish List' at http://dtf.textamerica.com and 'Nicole's Wish List' at http://nlb.textamerica.com. "When you have a picture of what someone wants, it's a lot easier to get it right," says textamerica Founder Chris Hoar. "It's also a lot of fun for the kids, it makes them feel as if Christmas has come early, plus it's a free service and very simple to use," said Hoar. But it's not just kids creating lists; adults too have been quick to join in. On 'Janet's Wish List' you can make her day with an Aston Martin Vantage
Aston Martin has used the Vantage name on a number of vehicles, normally indicating a high-performance version of another model. or by giving up chicken http://giftsforme.textamerica.com, but some people take it even further, for example 'Laura' includes breast implants Breast Implants Definition Breast implantation is a surgical procedure for enlarging the breast. Breast-shaped sacks made of a silicone outer shell and filled with silicone gel or saline (salt water), called implants, are used. , liposuction Liposuction Definition Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty or suction-assisted lipectomy, is cosmetic surgery performed to remove unwanted deposits of fat from under the skin. and psychotherapy among her wishes this year -- you can see her entire list at http://lauraville.textamerica.com. Others like 'Tina' include a wish that her friend quits quits adj. On even terms with by payment or requital: I am finally quits with the loan. [Middle English, probably alteration (influenced by Medieval Latin smoking, http://henaa.textamerica.com. "You don't have to have a camera phone, you can use a digital camera then just e-mail pictures to your wish list or upload them direct from your PC," said Hoar. To setup your free wish list, just go to http://www.textamerica.com/wishlist.asp. Textamerica's primary service allows users post camera phone images to direct to the Internet to a 'Moblog' which is a mobile blog or in other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently an online photo diary. Textamerica is a private company based in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . URL http://www.textamerica.com Note: A photo is available at URL: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.111903/bb19 |
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