Smile For The Camera Phone

The mobile generation is riding a new wave of convenience. Camera phones are quickly replacing basic cell phones as the gadgets of choice for today's on-the-move market.

These days, almost everyone has a cell phone. From Bluetooth and WAP-enabled phones to infrared-based models, we simply can't live without them. There are almost as many cell phones on the street as there are pedestrians. If you're not convinced, try a little experiment to prove it to yourself:

Have a friend call you on your cell phone while you stand on a crowded street corner or in a shopping mall. Then, when your handset rings, look around and see how many people are checking their phones. You really will be surprised.

The very fact that cell phones have caught on like wildfire in the bushes is hardly surprising. After all, these mobile wonders offer constant communications from just about anywhere, to virtually anywhere. What amazes some people, however, is the rampant popularity of the camera phone.

Modern cell phones allow users to make calls, take calls, instantly send and receive e-mail and text messages, play games, surf the Internet and organize their lives. Best of all, these tasks can be performed while the user is at home, at work, on the bus, in a restaurant or virtually anywhere else. Now, there's yet another benefit for cell phone users: the ability to take photographs using their cellular handsets. Cellular users are so excited at the prospect of taking digital photographs with their cell phones that they're quickly hanging up their old handsets in favor of new camera phones.

The Japanese market was first to experience the thrill of the camera phone, and Asian cellular users immediately caught the camera phone bug. A few years later, manufacturers began marketing camera phones in the United States and these hot gadgets became available to the masses. While not overly popular at first, North Americans quickly began to appreciate the convenience of having a camera and cell phone together in one handset. Of course, the devices have become so well-received that some have predicted that camera phones will become the most popular consumer device in history.

Industry analysts suggest that camera phones comprised about 12% of all cell phones sold in 2003, and those numbers are expected to climb rapidly. According to a research firm called IDC, more than 80 million camera cell phones have been sold throughout the world.

You may ask yourself, why not just carry a phone and a camera? You'll know the difference when you spot the perfect sunset at the beach, with your camera locked in the trunk of your car three miles up the shore. Or you'll notice the difference when you bump into your favorite movie star at a busy restaurant, whip out your camera phone for an impromptu photo shoot, and email the photo proof to your buddies just seconds later.

The convenience of having a camera incorporated into a cell phone may seem excessive, but you never know when life will hand you a perfect moment. And when it happens, that's one call you don't want to miss.

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