i had no idea that sending drunken pictures of yourself was the new, new thing with camera phones. in any case, “photo messaging tries to rival txt” does raise some interesting points. i think in one-to-one scenarios that the novelty of simply shooting pictures will always be secondary in popularity to to texting. it’s the power of conversation. i’ve been wrong before, but i don’t think contrived efforts to develop a “visual language” for camera phones are going anywhere:
“Vodafone has come up with The Little Book of Picture Messaging, which is full of ideas for how everyday objects can become significant messages.
So a door knob indicates an idiot, the back of a bus an ugly date, a thumb says “I can’t come out tonight” and ice cubes are shorthand for cool. ”
one-to-many scenarios might be a little different. i like what mena is doing with dollarshort and “moblog” photos in that they add context and feeling to the site as a whole.