Camera Phone Reviews

'At Apple Computer's shareholder meeting in April, attendees weren't allowed to take pictures. So what did security personnel check for, among other things? Cell phones.

It was the latest example of how camera phones are friend to some, foe to others.

In recent years, camera phones have been banned in a number of places. Gyms have banned their use in locker rooms, hoping to prevent unsavory members from taking photos of their nude colleagues. Courts have banned them to keep the public from documenting private proceedings. And, as Apple did last month, corporations have banned them at events for a variety of privacy reasons.

Fear of the tiny, inconspicuous device that can quickly take a photo and send it around the globe also has expanded to schools, swimming pools, concerts and miliary sites.'

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