This was inevitable – as memory on mobile phones increases there is less need to delete old messages and images, so people keep them. Some people get excited about the phenomenon, give it a name (life caching), and companies see a whole new market to sell products for. For example, Nokia has released Lifeblog which collects text and picture messages and video clips you send and receive on your handset and organizes them. The kick is that the program costs 30 euros so Nokia doesn’t have to sell a lot of them to get in the black. It’s not just mobile phones that are getting in on the action, Microsoft with Sensecam – which takes 2000 pictures a day and records things like temperature and movement…
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