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profdlp
4 Sep 2006, 06:45pm
Though some suspect that this is merely a publicity stunt, it is an interesting concept if true.

If you took the photo of a Chihuahua at http://flickr.com/photos/benvoluto/216323527/, you have caused a Web sensation.

The mobile phone used to take that picture was stolen from Web designer Ben Clemens on an Amtrak commuter train in California in mid-August, he says.

Days later, thanks to software installed in the phone for Clemens’ use, the Chihuahua picture and other snaps of a woman and children were automatically posted to Clemens’ photo Web site for the world to see.
More Here (http://www.practicalist.com/archives/000183.html)

Source: Reuters via MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14655410/)

Enverex
5 Sep 2006, 04:18pm
I'd expect if it were a publicity stunt then the user would be having a bit more luck, heh.

WISKINITA
7 Sep 2006, 04:25pm
that's clever if it was a marketing stunt. if not, oh well. at least nobody can be original in trying to do that again. that sorta keeps everyone from caring in the future.