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Kevin uses mobile tech to shop for glasses#

 This had me cracking up.  A very cool use of mobile tech that only a true geek would think of.  That's not an insult - I am safe in the knowledge that true geeks don't mind being called geeks.

...the problem: how the heck can I tell what eyeglass frames look good on me? Truth is: I can't because the frames have clear glass in them, which obviously does nothing for my eyesight. I usually bring someone with some fashion sense with me, but today I couldn't. What to do, what to do......

The answer hit me while I was waiting to be helped. I had my XV 6700 Windows Mobile phone with me and it has a 1.3 Megapixel camera in it, right? I decided to snap pics of myself in potential frames, and then put my glasses on to view the actual pics. Heck, if I wanted to, I could have do a whole little fashion show and recorded a video!

So that solved the majority of my dilemma. Using the camera, I could take pics and then review them with my corrected vision. The other issue I had was getting a second opinion on my choices. Barb couldn't join me at the store, but once I had the pics, it was a simple matter of sending her the pics in an e-mail via the EV-DO connection. Sure enough: I got the thumbs up in about 3 minutes.

Good to see that you also check with your fashon advisor ;-)

Source: Mobile tech just solved a 28 year old problem
Originally published on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:18:50 GMT by Kevin C. Tofel

Friday, January 05, 2007 11:39:17 AM (AUS Eastern Standard Time, UTC+10:00) #   
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