Time to notify the people who worship Camera phones:

Adobe released a new update to its Camera Raw plug-in for Photoshop on Tuesday. The updated plug-in added support for 13 more digital cameras, and improved the noise reduction and sharpening toolsAdobe Camera Raw 4.1 Supports Additional Cameras [Updated] (The Mac Observer)

Those videos, all shot with cell-phone cameras and seen by millions, are just a few recent examples of the power now at the fingertips of the masses. Even the man widely credited with inventing the camera phone in 1997 is awed by the cultural revolution he helped launch.Inventor of camera phone marvels at his work (Daytona Beach News-Journal)

Britain’s Carphone Warehouse has started sales of a black fashion phone model from the world’s top cell phone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) which has not yet been unveiled by the Finnish company.Carphone selling new Nokia fashion phone (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Patrice Elmi hasn’t touched her bulky 35 millimeter camera since last fall. The emerging visual artist from Los Angeles has discovered that all she needs is the diminutive gizmo she clips to her jeans and flips open to chat with friends.Artist prefers cell phone camera (Akron Beacon Journal)

VANCOUVER - A Surrey man faces child porn charges after being caught taking cell-phone videos of children at the West Vancouver Aquatic Centre. West Vancouver police said the 27-year-old was detained on Saturday afternoon after he was spotted “taking surreptitious images with his cell phone”.Cell-phone sleaze nabbed at West Van aquatic centre (Vancouver Province)

Camera Phone Photography Emerges As ArtCamera Phone Photography As Art (ABC News)

The sounds of gunfire on the Virginia Tech campus; the taunts from Saddam Hussein’s execution; the racist tirade of comedian Michael Richards.Camera phone technology creates cultural impact (Chicago Tribune)

A new digital camera chip from South Korea’s Electronic Technology Institute is 2,000 times more sensitive than current digital camera chips and would allow pictures to be taken in dark settings without a flash. As long as the chip … (follow link to read)Korean Camera Chip Could Negate Flashes (Phone Scoop)

How Jitterbug designed a mobile phone and service to appeal to even the most technophobic seniorsA Cell Phone for Baby Boomers (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! Asia News)

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