It would be hard to talk about cell phone cameras these days and not
mention the innovative Apple iPhone. I can't think of a piece of
technology in the past 10 years that has created more of a stir that
this expensive little cell phone. Of course, to call it just a "cell
phone" is like calling your MacBook a calculator: sure, the iPhone can
make phone
calls, but it is also, essentially a teensy laptop computer. In fact,
you can perform a whopping 16 different major functions from the
touch-screen keyboard, including: making a call, accessing email,
browse the web using Safari (I wish it was Firefox) and even use
Widgets that will take you right to the internet (via Wifi and Edge).
You can also access
Google Maps which is a brilliant idea since most of us have come to
rely on Google mapping to get ourselves around. And, of course, there
is also a 2.0
megapixel digital camera. Actually, I was hoping that Apple would be a
little bolder and put in an 8 or 10 megapixel camera just to blow
photographers away--and I'm sure the pixel count will grow in the next
year or so. A 2.0 mp camera is fine for anything you'd want to email
from the phone though...and I'll report more about the camera in the
days to come.
Some Really Cool iPhone Stories & Links
While poking around the web soon after the iPhone was released I began
finding some fun & interesting stories about the iPhone camera and
so as I come across them, I'll link to them here:
Here's a great story that I found on MacRumors.com about what *might* be the taken (by non-Apple employees, at least).
And from Gizmodo.com (a very fun site) here is a really interesting story about the
And from Flickr member Perfectlymadebirds, and a iPhone user's first photo as well as his comments on the iPhone (he loves it).