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02/04/2005: "Maybe there's another explanation for this"

This week's Time magazine (yes, I'm finally reading Time during the week that it's relevant!) calls camera-equipped cell phones the "latest must-have tech product, with more than 31 million sold in North America last year alone."

I don't think it's an issue of it being a Must! Have! Product!, but rather that you simply can't buy a normal cell phone these days. When I went to Verizon to trade in my older, non-camera cell after my original contract was up, 95% of the options were camera phones. The other, non-camera-y 5% definitely weren't being pushed by the sales clerks.

Sure, I love the fact that I can have a picture of my sister's Chihuaua as my background (shhhh, don't tell my Yorkie), but I think that camera phones are the most superfluous fad ever.

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I totally agree with you. Also, I got sucked into the hype this past summer and got one. Know what? I've taken about 8 pics with it. Oh, and the quality sucks, BTW!

Cheeky prof, Friday, February 4th

Heheh, Daxter is STILL on your background?

Hey wait.. Didn't I last make your background a picture of ME?! TRAITOR.

Lindsay, Sunday, February 6th

Actually, having a camera phone has come in handy man times.

For example, once I had to take a long, cucuitious route to work because a truck flipped over on the entrance ramp to the freeway. I took a quick picture of the truck and,half an hour later, showed it to my boss. I spared myself a lot of grief.

Saint Nate, Thursday, February 10th