Camera & Video Phones

Colored screen, MP3 player, camera and video function, name it and they can come up with it for your cell phone. Just a short while back cell phone manufacturers came out with a broad range of new functions for cell phones to attract more buyers, especially in the under 30 group of consumers. Camera phones and video phones have a built in small size camera, that can take digital still pictures as well as short digital movies. Camera phone pictures so far are not high quality pictures because the pixel rate at which the sensor takes the pictures is not high enough to store a big amount of photo information while taking the picture. While you might not always carry your digital camera around you almost always have your cell phone with you and a quick camera phone pic can be taken anywhere.

To find the best camera phone available you cannot just go by the price. Just as with many other products it is recommended to first read some consumer reviews and then pick a cell phone camera. Besides the camera in the phone while buying it, it is usually also important to figure out which cell phone service provider you want to go with and then pick a cell phone from their line. Not all services work with all the cell phones available on the market. Some mobile phone video cameras can even be used as a videoconference phone, especially important for business calls.

As with many new technologies there are pros and cons for camera phones. The pros probably include that you do not have to buy a separate camera if you are not to big into photography and just want to send picks around. Also you are able to send pictures to your buddies via the phone or even mail them to your home PC.

For the side of the Cons there is one argument/event in particular that recently happened. A Saddam Hussein execution cell phone video appeared after his death on the Internet. While the government did not want to release specifics about his execution into the public and probably for a good reason, one of the guards used his cell phone to record the video of Saddam’s hanging. This Saddam execution cell phone video is circulating the Internet and can there be even seen by younger kids and teenagers. The guard responsible for taking and releasing the Saddam hanging cell phone video was arrested, but the damage is already done and cannot be reversed. Also a second Saddam cell phone video appeared on the market shortly after the execution one. This Saddam phone video shows the body of Saddam after the hanging and also specific wounds that happened to the body.