PictureMail Innovation Timeline, from LightSurf

LightSurf’s PictureMail Innovation Timeline began in 1997 when Philippe Kahn devised a system for instantly sharing pictures of his newborn baby using a digital camera attached to a cellular phone. Since that time, LightSurf has been at the cutting edge of innovation: designing, deploying, integrating, and managing Multimedia Messaging solutions for trusted partners worldwide.

September 2004	LightSurf PictureMail and VideoMail are Honored by theCDMA Developer’s Group as the Most Innovative MessagingSolution for Advanced Wireless Networks.
April 2004	LightSurf launches first inter-carrier MultimediaMessaging service in North America, connecting Sprint toCanada’s Bell Mobility.
January 2004	LightSurf launches MMSC and PictureMail Services for bothCDMA and GSM operators.
December 2003	Sprint becomes the first carrierto deliver an easy-to-use, affordable and nationwide VideoMail service powered by LightSurf.
November 2003	Bell Mobility, Canada’s leadingwireless carrier, selects LightSurf’s PictureMail technologyto provide customers with fun and easy-to-use picturemessaging services.
September 2003	Philippe Kahn honored for 3 decades of innovation in thetechnology industry by the Computer History Museum.
March 2003	LightSurf launches the LightSurf 5 Multimedia MessagingPlatform bringing real revenue opportunities to MMS,Picture-Messaging, and Premium Content Delivery.
November 2002	Motorola, O2, and LightSurf launch ‘Media Album’ – aunique, next-generation MMS Service
August 2002	Sprint Vision Pictures Launches Nationwide: InstantPicture-Messaging – Powered by LightSurf
May 2002	LightSurf Receives Upside Magazine’s Hot 100 Honors
March 2002	LightSurf Opens European Sales Offices LightSurf works with Microsoft to Support LightSurfInstant Imaging solutions on Microsoft’s SmartPhone andPocketPC platforms
February 2002	Sprint PCS and LightSurf Announce Partnership to Deploythe LightSurf Instant Imaging Platform, enabling PictureMailfor all Sprint customers International Imaging Industry Association (I3A) Presents2002 Leadership Award to Philippe Kahn LightSurf’s eSwitch Instant Imaging Solution Delivers MoreThan Three Million Wireless Images During First 30 Days ofCommercial Launch
January 2002	LightSurf and Yahoo! Partner To Launch Web Image DeliverySolution For All Cell Phones In Japan
September 2001	LightSurf Announces the LightSurf III Instant ImagingPlatform to Deliver Secure Wireless Imaging Solutions to LawEnforcement and Intelligence Communities LightSurf Announces Availability of the LightSurf eSwitch,Providing Instant Imaging For Mobile Internet Sites
June 2001	Philippe Kahn Demonstrates PictureMail for 20,000 Javadevelopers During Keynote with Ed Zander to Sun’s DeveloperCommunity
May 2001	LightSurf Demonstrates GPRS PictureMail Service withOne2One (T-Mobile) in the United Kingdom at MobileExpo 2001
April 2001	LightSurf Announces MediaExchange Server; Enables VisualMessage Delivery for MMS LightSurf Announces Support for Qualcomm’s BREW platform LightSurf Announces Support for Sun’s J2ME platform
March 2001	LightSurf Announces Availability of the LightSurf Instant Imaging Platform with Support for MMS and other Standards-based Messaging Systems LightSurf Demonstrates PictureMail Picture-Messaging Service on Commercial GPRS Network at CeBIT in Hanover,Germany
September 2000	Philippe Kahn Demonstrates First Wireless PictureMail Solution at Demo Mobile Conference LightSurf Reveals the First Application of Its Wireless Visual Communications Technology
June 2000	Kodak Launches the Kodak Picture Center Online – Poweredby LightSurf
April 2000	LightSurf Signs Partnership Agreement with Kodak toJointly Develop the Kodak Picture Center Online
February 2000	Motorola Licenses the LightSurf Instant Imaging Platform:Future Motorola Solutions to be “Powered By LightSurf”
1999	LightSurf Announces New Headquarters in Downtown SantaCruz, Ca
Spring 1998	Philippe Kahn Founds LightSurf with Partner Sonia Lee withthe Vision to Make Instant Visual Communications Possible for Everyone
1997	Philippe Kahn and Sonia Lee have a brand new baby, Sophie.While in the hospital, Philippe figures out a way to connect a cell phone to a digital camera to send pictures instantly tofriends and family around the globe. They decide this is a fantastic idea, but it needs to be radically simple soeveryone can use it.

The original timeline, located on the LightSurf website

http://www.lightsurf.com/info/timeline.html