by David Zax, Technology Review
The poor point-and-shoot camera. People have been predicting its death for ages. As smartphone cameras get better and better, goes the logic, people see less and less reason to stick a separate camera in their pocket or bag. Recent estimates say that smartphones take 27% of all photos nowadays (up from 17% last year). And what if you just need something better than what a smartphone can provide? At that point, you’re probably a serious hobbyist, and want to opt for a digital SLR; sales of such devices rose 29% between 2009 and 2010, according to a December 2010 story in the Times. (I’ll confess that I’ve phased out my own point-and-shoot in favor of the simplicity of my iPhone camera.)
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