Camera phones are probably the fastest growing aspect of the cell phone world and are already outselling regular digital cameras.

Video capable and camera phones are well on their way to becoming one of the most popular consumer electronic devices ever created. It is clear that camera phones are here to stay, they are being integrated into the everyday lives of their users

The image quality still does not match up with what you would get from even a low-level digital camera, but they are perfectly fine for a quick snapshot.

There is no question that camera phones are taking over the handset market, although, there is still a lot of progress to be made, the better camera phones are mostly showing up in Asia. For example: the camera phones in Japan are designed to set off an electronic ring when the shutter is pressed, warning everyone nearby that a photograph is being taken.

In addition, mega-pixel camera phones just  coming to the market this summer, they can print an image with reasonable quality.

Now the technologies grown out of ever smaller digital cameras into video capable camera phones, they are popping up with wireless carriers pushing photography and multimedia services in the US.