| When terrorists attacked London's
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| | when a small plane crashed into a
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| transport system in 2005, the first
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| | building in 2006. A cameraman was filming
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| images of what had happened did not come
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| | nearby when the incident happened and in
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| from the news cameras or the newspapers,
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| | order to get there and film quickly he
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| but the people who actually lived through
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| | used his Treo Smart Phone, which streamed
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| the ordeal themselves.
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| | the video complete with his commentary to
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| Pictures and videos from the cameras
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| | the news network he worked at and was
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| built into passengers mobile phones, soon
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| | shown live.
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| after these pictures were being shown to
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| | Mobile phone manufacturers are now
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| the world on major news networks such as
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| | recognizing this trend and including
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| Sky News and CNN. Before long people from
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| | methods that everyday phone users can
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| the US were posting online messages such
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| | upload their own content on to the
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| as: "I am watching this on the news in
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| | internet.
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| the US, praying for you all".
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| | Manufacturer Sony Ericsson has a deal in
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| This is just one of the many cases in
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| | place with blogging website, eBlogger so
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| recent history when men and women on the
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| | that users of their phones can upload
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| street have been able to provide valuable
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| | photos to a blog instantly wherever they
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| news content at lightning-quick speed.
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| | are. When they can access a computer they
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| This concept has been developed further
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| | can add to this blog in other
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| by news companies worldwide, where
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| | conventional ways such as written text
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| correspondents and reporters in the field
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| | too.
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| are being given smart phones with cameras
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| | This allows mobile phone users who may be
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| to take photos and capture videos,
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| | away to be able to upload photos to a
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| coupled with the ability to upload these
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| | blog for family and friends to view
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| back to the TV stations for news
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| | potentially miles away.
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| broadcasts.
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| | Some social networking sites such as
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| AfricaNews has done exactly this and is a
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| | Facebook also offer this service via MMS
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| fully interactive online news site. They
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| | and can let users upload photos from
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| have four reporters who produce articles,
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| | their mobile phone on to the internet for
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| photos and videos of news reports
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| | others to see.
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| entirely from their mobile phones. All
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| | Although free, these services still cost
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| they need are mobile phones with adequate
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| | users through data charges by mobile
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| features (GPRS and a camera at least),
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| | phone service providers. So if you intend
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| access to a cell tower and some credit.
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| | to upload pictures and other media from
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| The benefits of this approach are that
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| | your mobile phones then you should check
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| often these news networks will get the
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| | with mobile phone operators about charges
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| details of breaking stories hours before
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| | for data usage.
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| the satellite vans arrive on the scene.
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| | With over 600m camera phones in
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| It's the obvious next step from
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| | circulation, the potential coverage for
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| eyewitness phone calls, and while in
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| | newsworthy events is greater than ever.
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| cases like the London bombings their
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| | Many news channels and papers actively
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| recorded images were shown on network
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| | seek content from the public, sometimes
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| television, there are devices available
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| | offering payment for such items. As this
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| that can stream the video from a camera
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| | is explored further it seems the world is
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| phone live to the networks.
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| | no longer such a large place after all.
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| That is exactly what happened in New York
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