How the Camera Phone Changed the World

theodp writes "Ten years after the amazing Philippe Kahn married a cell phone and a digital camera to capture the birth of daughter Sophie, Slate takes a look at the impact of the camera phone, the gadget that perverts, vigilantes, and celebrity stalkers can all agree on. 'With this kind of device,' Kahn told Wired, 'you're going to see the best and the worst of things.'"

Comments

Some Marriage!

[Anonymous Coward]

Ten years after the amazing Philippe Kahn married a cell phone and a digital camera

And people say gay marriage is unnatural!

And, I didn't know that Kahn is a minister.

Re:Some Marriage!

[ddvlad]

Well, marrying a cell phone with another cell phone is just silly.

Yes, but marying a cell phone and two cameras is 3G. What is the world coming too?

Re:What?

[Snarfangel]

Camera phones have such poor quality. Why don't you just buy a disposable one for a few bucks and save yourself some pain.

If only they'd put a crappy phone on a high-quality camera, I'd be set.

Re:Washed out, grainy, bad contrast

[Anonymous Coward]

Tell us more of these "girls" you speak of.

Re:Camera Phones Suck

[Ed Avis]

Dilbert on banning camera phones

Re:The best idea ever!

[Thunderstruck]

Screw megapixels, I can't wait for the first Video/Camera/Handgun/Phone...

This would be a great combination, in theory. But do you really want to put a gun into a device that you frequently hold against your head? *Oops, wrong button!*

Re:Tons of phones without cameras... quit complain

[EinZweiDrei]

(guess what - they sell cell phones that are literally no-frills so that employees can have a cheap company phone)

And about time, mes sieurs! I'm tired of all those literally-frilled phones getting caught on my coatsleeves right in the middle of a rousing bout of lawn-tennis!