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Byline: Erika D. Smith
Don't like being photographed?
Well, traditional cameras soon may be the least of your worries. Now, cell phones have eyes, too, and they're everywhere.
Take the Sprite Liquid Mix concert in Cleveland last month. Dozens of camera phones floated above the standing crowd to snap shots of the stage, even though traditional cameras were prohibited.
Or take the Dallas Morning News. A day after space shuttle Columbia crashed, the newspaper published photos taken with cell phones.
Or take the teen-ager in Clifton, N.J., who led police to a man who tried to kidnap him in August. Police arrested the suspect the next day based on a photo of the man and his license plate, the Associated Press reported.
"The demand for camera phones is definitely growing," said Laura Merritt of Verizon, the ...
Source: HighBeam Research, People are finding reasons to take photos with their cell phones.