Best Cell Phone Cameras — More Features, Lower Prices

When you start looking for the best cell phone cameras you may get a little overwhelmed at the range of features, functions and options that come with these versatile devices. Like the Swiss Army knife of mobile communications, cell phone cameras come with more than basic telephone service...you also get text messaging, scheduling, games and memos.

Picture quality and advanced features are two things that determine what makes the best cell phone camera. Camera phones are often rated by picture resolution, measured in pixels. VGA is the current standard for cell phone cameras. VGA is a relatively low resolution standard, but it is ideal for viewing on computers and other electronic devices. Higher resolution “megapixel” cameras like the Motorola V710 can take pictures that can be printed as 4 x 6 photographs.

Most camera phones come in the compact flip-phone style. The sturdy clamshell case protects the keypad and display. Some top-quality camera phones, like the Sony Ericsson T616, are available in as a “bar” style phone. The advantage of this design is that the display is always visible. This can be useful when you have picture caller ID enabled.

There are several ways to transfer pictures from camera phones. You can send pictures to another phone or an e-mail address using multimedia messaging technology. You can upload the pictures to a computer using a USB cable. Some camera phones can transfer pictures wirelessly using an infrared port similar to those found on personal digital assistants (PDAs) but this tends to be a slow process. Bluetooth is an exciting new technology that lets you make a wireless connection to computers, as well as headsets and other devices.

With wonderful leading edge technology and prices that are falling like a rock, phones with built in cameras are catching on in Burien, Washington, Sandy City, Utah, Front Royal, Virginia and all over the USA.

Also see; camera mobile phones.

Author Notes:

Nathan Menzies contributes and publishes news editorial to http://www.cell-phones-n-plans.com. A cell phone industry resource that features service plan comparisons, cellular phone reviews and articles.