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submitted: Aug 25th 2008 | by: ArethaRudford | Total views: 1 | Word Count: 542 | |

Say Cheese! The market's hottest commodity is no longer the lowly cellular phone. Today's generation is equipped with a camera phone that allows them to answer life's calls, and take the pictures to prove it!

It seems that most people have cell phones these days. There are WAP-enabled, Bluetooth and infrared-based models, but regardless of the style, we've all got 'em. Not convinced? Try a little experiment and see for yourself:

Stand in crowded public place, like at the mall or on a busy street corner. Have a nearby buddy call you on your cell phone and as it rings, look to see how many people are reaching in their pockets or purses to check their own phones.

It's hardly surprising that cell phones have caught on like wildfire in the bushes. These modern wonders offer mobile communication no matter where you are. Now, camera phones are the latest crazes igniting the market.

Today's cell phones are like the Swiss army knives of the communication world. With just a touch of a button they can be used to instantly send and receive e-mail and text messages, play games, surf the Internet and keep track of appointments. Best of all, each of these tasks can be accomplished while the user is out and about: at work, on the bus, in a restaurant or at a club. Now, the most exciting advancement in the average cell phone is the addition of photographing capabilities. The ability to take digital photographs from their handset is enough to send users out to the stores to replace their perfect good handsets with new camera phones.

Several years before North Americans saw the camera phone, the technology was introduced to the Japanese market. Asian cell phone users quickly took to these amazing gadgets, and camera phones hit North American shores a few years later. Even though they didn't catch on as quickly, the phones were widely marketed in the United States and eventually became popular. Once North American consumers began to realize how convenient it could be to have a cell phone combined with a camera, popularity began to climb. It's now predicted that camera phones may become the most popular consumer devices in history.

A research firm called IDC suggested that more than 80 million camera cell phones have been sold across the world. Industry reports also indicate that camera phones comprised 12% of the total number of cell phones sold in 2003. Those numbers are expected to quickly rise.

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.

About the Author

Aretha Rudford contributes to a variety of web sites, on discount shopping and new products topics.

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