The last video taken of Madeleine McCann.

[jassi]

I find it difficult to believe that none had phones with them that night.
Even when on holiday people seem to carry their mobile with them.

[Miss Taken Identity]

I find it difficult to believe that none had phones with them that night.
Even when on holiday people seem to carry their mobile with them.

Yes...Indeed!

[Alice Purjorick]

I find it difficult to believe that none had phones with them that night.
Even when on holiday people seem to carry their mobile with them.

Watershed mate!
May 2007 mobile 'phones and the internet were both in their infancy, not many people had them or knew how to use them and anyway they were too expensive to use  [sic].
That's the same 2007 when "The Waltzing Weasel" up by Chapel en le Frith had a kin great notice on the front door declaring it to be "Mobile Phone Free" and railways had quiet carriages.

[jassi]

And yet, if we take the airport video sequences at face value, we are led to believe that someone had a mobile phone capable of recording video.
Funny old life.

[Robittybob1]

And yet, if we take the airport video sequences at face value, we are led to believe that someone had a mobile phone capable of recording video.
Funny old life.

How did you figure it was recorded on a mobile phone?

[Vertigo Swirl]

I find it difficult to believe that none had phones with them that night.
Even when on holiday people seem to carry their mobile with them.

11 years ago people were not as obsessed with their phones as they are now.  Few phones were smartphones then and if you were on holiday you wouldn’t be expecting many calls and texts.

[Miss Taken Identity]

11 years ago people were not as obsessed with their phones as they are now.  Few phones were smartphones then and if you were on holiday you wouldn’t be expecting many calls and texts.

This is very true VS, AND it was expensive as well. However, they took their with them, and many people used the 02 free text services, even if you were with Orange...[EE, TMobile]

[jassi]

How did you figure it was recorded on a mobile phone?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1oDCSByz0s

[Vertigo Swirl]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1oDCSByz0s

That proves nothing, unless that clip was posted by one of the parents in question?

[jassi]

That proves nothing, unless that clip was posted by one of the parents in question?

That wasn't what Robi asked.
He effectively asked for a cite. I provided one.
The fact that you don't like it is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.

[Brietta]

That wasn't what Robi asked.
He effectively asked for a cite. I provided one.
The fact that you don't like it is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.

There was nothing to say that the footage had to have been taken using a phone though.  By 2007 there is nothing to say that someone in the company was not in possession of a camera capable of taking short video clips depending on the size of the memory card used.

Wired for sound
In 1995, the first digital camera to shoot both still photos and movie footage with sound appeared. The Ricoh RDC-1 included a removable 64mm (2.5-inch) colour LCD screen. The CCD packed a 768x480-pixel resolution, while the zoom clocked in at 3x and f/2.8. More than a decade later and those are still the baseline specs for compacts (apart from the resolution, of course).

The RDC-1 would have set you back a hefty $1,500.
https://www.cnet.com/news/photos-the-history-of-the-digital-camera/

In 1996, I started with one of the first point and shoot digital cameras. This unit was the Ricoh RDC-1, and it was REALLY expensive.
http://blog.jeffcable.com/2013/09/the-evolution-of-digital-cameras-my.html



Why is this an issue on a thread about what Kate saw when she checked on her children?

[Vertigo Swirl]

That wasn't what Robi asked.
He effectively asked for a cite. I provided one.
The fact that you don't like it is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.

I neither like it, nor dislike it, just pointing out that a youtube clip title proves nothing apart from your susceptibility to making unfounded assumptions.

[Robittybob1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1oDCSByz0s

That footage has been edited.

[Robittybob1]

That wasn't what Robi asked.
He effectively asked for a cite. I provided one.
The fact that you don't like it is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.

I asked how did you know it was recorded on a mobile phone?

[jassi]

I asked how did you know it was recorded on a mobile phone?

That Youtube clip PLUS  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6698737.stm

3rd paragraph down