Staying fit is no longer just a craze; for many Americans, it’s a way of life. Consumers are looking for new and innovative ways to lose weight and track the nutritional content of the foods they eat. Sprint (NYSE:S) is taking diet and nutrition to the next level by giving its customers the ultimate tool for remaining fit and healthy while on the go - MyFoodPhone.

MyFoodPhone will provide Sprint camera phone users access to the world’s first nutrition service based on the use of camera phone images and video feedback. MyFoodPhone allows Sprint customers to conveniently track their food consumption and have easy, remote access to nutrition counseling based on their eating habits. (more…)

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Freecellphonesunlimited.com is offering a free cell or camera phone for signing up for wireless service. Consumers have their choice of all major cell or camera phone brands, plus shipping is free. Most calling plans include bonuses, like free long distance, free nationwide roaming, unlimited night and weekend calling, extra anytime minutes and more.“Life is getting so expensive,” says Willie Tomlin, owner of Freecellphonesunlimited.com. “The price of gas is fast approaching record levels. (more…)

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Microsoft is working on a way to search the Internet by submitting a photo shot by a cell phone to represent what the user is searching for. The effort is part of a bigger project by Microsoft Research called Photo2Search to make search technologies more usable on cell phones. The search engine would return Web sites that match items in the photo, or similar photos found across the Internet.

By including the details of what a photo captures, Microsoft says the results produced are more useful. According to Microsoft researcher Xing Xie, “the value of camera phones on daily information acquisition” has been overlooked. The findings are planned to be released in mid-May as part of a larger research paper titled “Photo-to-Search: Using Camera Phones to Inquire of the Surrounding World” in Nara, Japan.

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Care to join us in welcoming LG’s KG225 and KG220 to the UK? The chic clamshells jetted in this morning for a publicity stunt and are keen to spread the word of their picture-taking, video-making abilities. Personally, we are more pleased with the fact that you can see your reflection in their piano black bodies…

The silver trim on the KG220 doesn’t hurt either. Oh, and they’ve also got a built-in flash, zoom and colour display.

They’ll be available from 10 April - the KG225 from Orange and the KG220 from T-Mobile.

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