Snaparazzi

Many high-tech pundits have examined the new generation of camera-equipped mobile phones -- and wondered why the heck anyone would want one. (Well, other that voyeur-camming your fellow workout-mates in the locker room at the gym.)
Here's one new reason: Celebsnapper. It's a mobile-blogging concept; if you see a celebrity out in the wild, you snap a picture of 'em on your phone and post it to the site. I haven't logged in yet to see what it's like -- stupidly, the site doesn't even let you view any snaps unless you log in, and for some reason I don't feel like handing out my email address today. But they get points for coining a new word: "Snaparazzi." (Or did they invent it -- or steal it from a previous usage? Anyone out there know?)
(Thanks to Rachel for this one!)
Posted by Clive Thompson at May 19, 2003 08:51 PM
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Hi Cliver, thanks for the shout-out!
The term "Snapparazzi" was coined by Elizabeth Spiers of the blog Gawker.com - don't know if she got it from the site because I, too, was too lazy to give my email address out. Anyhoo, FYI!