Camera Cell Phones

To be sure,
cell phones are really the hottest new mobile gadgets in the marketplace these
days. Never mind what sort of cell phone you have, whether it’s WAP-enabled,
Bluetooth, or Infrared-based. Most of the cell phones in the market anyway have
all these capabilities and more. Take a little experiment for one.

Try
standing on a crowded street corner where people are most likely to gather,
waiting for the stop light to change. Persuade someone, some friend you have to
call you on your mobile right about there. And you’ll notice that at least about
a dozen or so people in the crowd would reach for their pockets or purse to see
if their phone was ringing. Had enough proof?

There is no doubt that cell
phones have caught on like wildfire in the bushes. However, the popularity of
mobile phones is hardly surprising. After all, they do offer constant
communications from just about anywhere. But what does amaze some people is the
popularity of camera cell phones.

Today’s cell phones can be used to do
just about anything. So with just a touch of a button, you can instantly send
and receive e-mail, play games, send text messages, surf the Internet, and keep
track of appointments. And the best thing about all this is that you can do it
even while on the go. But is this why cell phones are practically selling like
hotcakes? Marketing analysts will agree. However, they would also say that it is
the ability to double as a digital camera that has people excitedly purchasing
new phones.

Camera cell phones were first introduced in Japan several
years ago. Camera cell phones immediately clicked in the Asian cell phone
market. However, it was not until two years ago that camera cell phones were
marketed in the US and became available to the masses. At first, they weren’t
that popular. But as soon as people began to see the extreme convenience
afforded by camera cell phones, the devices became so well liked that some have
predicted that they will be the most popular consumer device in history.


Industry analysts say that a huge number of camera cell phones were sold
last year. In fact, these camera cell phones comprised 12% of the total cell
phones in 2003 and they were steadfast in the belief that that number is growing
rapidly. According to research firm IDC, more than 80 million camera cell phones
have been sold worldwide.

It may seem to you that a camera cell phone
would be no different than having a cell phone and a camera. But if truth be
told having a camera in your mobile phone makes for an entirely different
experience. It means that you can have cameras with you constantly, that the
camera will be always ready to shoot a quick photo, and that the images can be
quickly and easily transferred to others.