I know that the radio manufacturers, and the telco carriers in particular, are hoping these phones "skyrocket" as the Slynkster predicts. They've already moved on from the Internet, it being such a 90's techy thing, to the warm-friendly foto-fone connecting family values. Or something like that... Consumer phones sending still pictures, and preferably full motion video, have been featured at every Research Review and Marketing Show since at least the Jetsons. The Consumer reaction has generally been, "Cool!" I hope Slynky is correct, [maybe my retirement fund won't be completely gone...] It is sure not clear to me why anyone would really WANT one of these, but many folks are convinced these phones will take over at least the point-and-shoot Market within a couple years. [Actually, I wrote a product description once about how such phones could be targeted to the biggest emerging Internet market; wireless pornography. Think of the advertizing possibilities alone at every major city convention center! My report was not well received... Bad attitude.]