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Camera Phones Take Over

by Tim Stevens on May 21, 2007 at 10:16 AM



The camera phone was invented just 10 years ago, yet amazingly has already expanded to encompass a staggering 40% of the cell phone market. This means that just about wherever you go and whatever you do there's a good chance someone is capable of capturing it on a phone pulled from their pocket. And, if a new prediction is correct, in just a few years you won't be able to escape them. Research by market forecaster Gartner Group indicates that in 2010 over 1 billion camera-equipped cell phones will be sold worldwide, nearly double the 589 million predicted to sell this year.

Already today major events like the Virginia Tech massacre and the torture at Abu Ghraib have been brought to the eyes of international viewers with grainy pictures and footage captured by phones. With twice as many in use by 2010, it's hard to imagine any major event taking place without it being captured through a tiny lens on the back of a phone and quickly shared over the Internet for all to see. Let that be a warning to those who would go on ugly public tirades.

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